Bandits ambushed police officers on the Sokoto–Gusau road in Zamfara, with some feared dead and others reportedly abducted while travelling to an APC primary.
Rice prices in Lagos recorded mixed changes in October, with a 50kg bag of imported long-grain rice selling for N53,375, while local rice remained unchanged.
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.
US troops will be able to deploy to a string of bases along the Panama Canal under a joint deal seen by AFP Thursday, a major concession to President Donald Trump as he seeks to reestablish influence over the vital waterway. Trump vow to take back the canal, and his claim of Chinese influence have prompted mass demonstrations.
The head of the US auto workers union endorsed car tariffs Thursday as a way to address the "free trade disaster" while rejecting use of the levies for "political games." "We don't support the use of tariffs for political games about immigration or fentanyl.
The Tesla electric vehicle company owned by billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday opened its first showrooms in oil-rich Saudi Arabia -- where hybrid cars remain a rare sight. Mainly young Saudis gathered to look at the Tesla cars, even though demand for electric vehicles is low in Saudi Arabia.
The Land Use Charge is a key revenue source for the government, and may be paid by the property owner or the tenant. Failure to pay can attract heavy fines.
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