El-Rufai said governors’ defections did not sway voters, insisted Nigerians were turning to the ADC, and urged unity as youths faced unemployment and insecurity.
The Federal Government has reopened the YEIDEP 2025 portal, offering Nigerian youths aged 18–35 grants of N50,000 to N500,000 with required documents.
The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven announced on Thursday a raft of new measures to fend off a takeover by a Canadian rival, including a huge share buyback and an IPO of its US unit. Reports of the raft of measures, that appeared before the retailer's announcement, caused its shares to surge as much as 10 percent in afternoon trade.
Japan's top court said Thursday it had finalised the acquittal of two former executives from the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant charged with professional negligence over the 2011 meltdown. In March 2011, a massive tsunami swamped the Fukushima Daiichi plant on Japan's northeastern coast after an undersea 9.0-magnitude earthquake, the country's strongest in recorded history.
China's economy is facing growing "uncertainty" in the international environment, as well as insufficient domestic demand, a top economic official said on Thursday. He also said "we are also facing some problems such as insufficient domestic demand, production and operation difficulties in some industries and some enterprises".
German airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday its 2024 profits dived during a turbulent year marked by strikes, rising costs and delays in aircraft deliveries, but vowed a turnaround plan will boost earnings this year. It also pointed to problems caused by "significantly higher costs, especially in Germany" as well as "further delays in aircraft deliveries".
Meta has finally taken action to protect Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users from fake celebrity ads being used by scammers to deceive the public.
The concession arrangement, earlier billed to last for 25 years has come to an early end. The state government reeled out areas where the concessionaire failed.
German airline giant Lufthansa said Thursday its 2024 profits dived during a turbulent year marked by strikes, rising costs and delayed aircraft deliveries, as a post-pandemic rebound petered out. It also pointed to problems caused by "significantly higher costs, especially in Germany" as well as "further delays in aircraft deliveries".
Asian markets climbed on Thursday after US President Donald Trump announced a one-month tariff delay on auto imports from Mexico and Canada. Wednesday's tariff delay buoyed global markets and lifted the auto sector, with stocks in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul also climbing Thursday morning.
Massive German spending pledges and uncertainty caused by US trade policy are fuelling expectations the European Central Bank could on Thursday signal that a pause in interest rate cuts is in sight, analysts said.
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