A bombing at Khadija Al-Kubra mosque in Islamabad killed 31 and wounded over 160, prompting condemnation from Pakistani leaders and urgent aid efforts.
Nigeria's banks face a March 2026 recapitalisation deadline. Top performers like Access and Zenith exceed targets, while others risk mergers or exits if they fail.
German auto giant Volkswagen said Tuesday its annual profits nosedived during a torrid year that saw Europe's top carmaker increasingly struggle with high production costs and fierce Chinese competition.
Struggling Japanese automaker Nissan announced on Tuesday that chief executive Makoto Uchida would step down, a move that follows the failure of merger talks with rival Honda.
Nigerian authorities are warily moving to regulate Africa's largest cryptocurrency market in long-delayed efforts to create legal certainty in a field still fraught with fraud and volatility.
Fires were still raging on Tuesday after a cargo ship laden with toxic materials slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel in the North Sea, as questions mounted about how the accident happened. The Stena Immaculate was carrying around 220,000 barrels of jet fuel.
Lego's CEO told AFP that US President Donald Trump's tariff threats do not keep him "awake at night" as the world's largest toymaker posted on Tuesday record earnings for 2024.
Amid complains of inflation and cost-of-living crisis, Chatham House in London has warned the federal government against strengthening the naira.
The naira recovered in the official foreign exchange market on Monday, March 10, 2025, after days of depreciation, trading at N1,528 to a dollar from N1,542.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will buy a "brand new Tesla" to show support for his top campaign donor and advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk. "I'm going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American.
South Korean automaker Kia told AFP Tuesday it had not approved an advertising campaign that featured one of its electric vehicles with a bumper sticker denigrating rival Tesla owner Elon Musk.
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