Nigeria, through the Sultan of Sokoto, has officially announced that Eid al-Fitr 2026 will be observed on Friday, March 20, with details emerging.
Nigeria's government launches FarmerMoni, offering interest-free loans up to N300,000 to 22,000 farmers, boosting productivity and promoting rural economic stability
The spike in the number of incidents in the past five years brings to question, how much effort Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is making to solve it.
Donald Trump on Friday hosts top cryptocurrency players at the White House, a political boost for an industry that has struggled to gain legitimacy -- and where the Republican president faces conflict of interest concerns. In a post on X, Sacks said the event would take place as a roundtable, and despite industry interest, the White House would have to "keep it small."
President of the GreenPlinth Africa, Dr. Olawale Akinwumi, listed the first two states where the initiative will start implementation and the date of commencement.
About 26 Nigerian states increased their contributions to the national VAT pool for January, led by Lagos, Kwara, Rivers and Imo states, respectively.
Indonesia approved local certificates for more than a dozen Apple products on Friday, the industry ministry said, moving the tech giant a step closer to having a ban lifted on iPhone sales in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. "We have issued local content requirement certificates for 20 Apple products," Industry Ministry spokesperson Febri Hendri Antoni Arief said in a statement.
China's exports grew slower than expected in the first two months of the year, official data showed Friday, as a deepening trade war with the United States piles on economic malaise. Exports in US dollar terms in January and February combined grew 2.3 percent compared to the same period last year, official data from China's customs administration showed Friday.
Asian stocks tumbled at the open Friday following a tough day on Wall Street as uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's trade policies roiled markets and traders awaited key US jobs data. Traders were looking ahead to Friday's US jobs report for February, a key indicator of economic health.
China's retaliatory tariffs against US farm produce from corn to chicken are designed to hurt Donald Trump's voter base, but remain restrained enough to allow room for the adversaries to hash out a trade deal, analysts say.
China's foreign minister on Friday vowed Beijing would "firmly counter" US pressure, after Donald Trump heaped tariffs on Chinese goods and torched off a trade war between the world's two largest economies.
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