A fresh claim has identified the alleged main sponsor of the Peter Obi-Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 elections in Nigeria.
The Federal Government launches the YOUTHCRED for Entrepreneurs initiative, offering loans of up to N2 million to empower 500,000 young Nigerians.
The naira rebounded against the US dollar in the official foreign exchange market on Thursday, April 10, 2025, closing at N1,634.500 from N1,644 per dollar.
Britain's economy grew far more than expected in February, official data showed Friday, in a rare piece of good news for the Labour government as it grapples with unpredictable US tariffs. But Friday's figures exceeded economists' expectations of a much smaller 0.1 percent increase in GDP in February.
Smartphone buyers were cheered by shopkeepers in Jakarta on Friday after Apple's latest smartphone went on sale following a monthslong ban in Indonesia. Indonesia has also banned the sale of Google Pixel phones for failing to meet the 40 percent local parts requirement. mrc/ebe/tc
As the naira contrinues to strenghten, here are top five countries Nigerians could visit. The naira is stronger than the local currencies, and one can get a lot.
Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility.
Washington's 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25-percent hike on car imports, analysts say.
Stocks and the dollar tumbled while gold hit a fresh record high as panic gripped markets again Friday after Donald Trump admitted that his global tariff blitz could see "a transition cost". The weaker dollar and the rush for safety has also sent gold to a fresh record high above $3,200, while fears of a possible global recession have battered oil prices, which extended losses Friday.
Jitters about US tariffs hammered Asian stocks again early Friday as President Donald Trump acknowledged a "cost" to his surging trade offensive against superpower rival China. Trump acknowledged "a transition cost and transition problems," but dismissed global market turmoil.
US President Donald Trump's delay of steeper tariffs may have won brief respite on Wall Street, but analysts say his actions -- which hit China especially hard -- already bring the average US effective tariff rate to its highest in over a century.
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