Death has been recorded after a gunman opened fire near White House on Saturday. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the US president.
CBN assures continued operations for five banks amid recapitalisation challenges, highlighting investor confidence as 33 banks comply with new capital requirements.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang held talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Thursday, state media said, days after the United States curbed sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China. Huang on Thursday expressed hope for "continued cooperation" with China, state media said.
The global economy is likely to avoid a recession despite the hit to growth from US President Donald Trump's tariff rollout, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.
Nigeria and other African countries have been described as operating a pit to port model where raw materials are exported without adding value to them.
French fashion giant Dior named the highly-rated designer Jonathan Anderson as creative director of Dior Men on Thursday. Anderson replaces British designer Kim Jones at Dior Men.
Turkey's central bank hiked its key interest rate to 46 percent on Thursday after a month of protests over the arrest of Istanbul's opposition mayor and economic uncertainty provoked by US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.
As President Donald Trump's tariffs threaten the US economy, questions are being asked about how long the dollar can maintain its status as the world's key trading and reserve currency. - The dollar initially gained on news of Trump's tariffs owing to concerns the levies will push up inflation.
US President Donald Trump blasted Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday for not lowering interest rates, calling him "always TOO LATE AND WRONG." "Powell's termination cannot come fast enough," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "Too Late should have lowered Interest Rates, like the ECB, long ago, but he should certainly lower them now."
The electronic call-up system has faced challenges with racketeering, leading to congestion at Tin-Can and Apapa ports, with truckers now paying exorbitant fees.
The spectre of a transatlantic trade war is also fuelling hopes of a silver lining in Europe: that a commerce deal with four South American countries could get a final green light despite longstanding French opposition. In exchange, the South American nations would be able to export meat, sugar, rice and soybeans, which worries European farmers concerned about cheaper goods pricing them out.
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