PDP, led by Governor Seyi Makinde, visits ADC leaders in Abuja to address political pressures on opposition parties and emphasise unity ahead of the 2027 elections.
CBN implements stricter BVN rules from 1 May 2026 to combat identity fraud, enhance digital banking security, and improve fraud response with a temporary watchlist.
Amid calls to offset N4 trillion electricity debt, the FG has shared the payment plan. Minister of Power Adelabu insists that a tariff review must happen soon.
With many Nigerians still lamenting lost investments in the recent CBEX collapse, the CBN has ordered banks and fintech to do tighten their compliance framework.
NNPC’s newly appointed GCEO, Bayo Ojulari, shares ambitious plans to increase Nigeria’s crude oil production to 3mbpd and attract $60 billion investments by 2030.
The Google Startup Accelerator Africa programme is an annual programme for startups across Africa. It exposes them to trainings, resources and tools.
Sky-high tariffs imposed on China by US President Donald Trump have triggered a slump in factory orders, manufacturers told AFP this week -- with some fearing business may never return. "It's a new round in the trade war," Andy Lin, the firm's business development manager, told AFP at one of its factories in nearby Zhongshan.
The facility was constructed in a record 22 weeks and was ready for operations by the end of 2024. Many new jobs are expected to up in the coming months.
Seated on the pavement outside a bank in central Damascus, Abu Fares's face is worn with exhaustion as he waits to collect a small portion of his pension. "There are a lot of ATMs in Damascus, but very few of them work," she said.
Asian markets were mixed in holiday-thinned trade Friday as investors keep tabs on countries' tariff talks with the White House, while Donald Trump's remarks that he was reluctant to hike levies on Beijing even more provided a little support.
Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday, as core inflation accelerated in the world's number four economy. The data is likely to strengthen expectations that the Bank of Japan will hike interest rates, with inflation above the BoJ's target of two percent for almost three years.
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