Atiku Abubakar approved a lean 2027 campaign council, naming El-Rufai deputy chairman and Dele Momodu media chief as the ADC unveils its national election team.
Naira weakens to N1,328.50 at official market as dollar demand rises; reserves hit $54.808bn and Brent tops $102 amid global rate and geopolitical pressures.
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde's recent remarks on a "digital euro" prompted a fresh wave of misinformation online, highlighting an uphill battle ahead to convince the public of the project's merits. - 'Strategic autonomy' - The ECB and dozens of other central banks worldwide are exploring or putting in place central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as cash use declines.
The European Central Bank has pushed back against calls to loosen rules for eurozone banks despite fears they could fall behind US rivals if President Donald Trump implements major deregulation. - Banking rules stall - Still, Montagner conceded it was ultimately not his call to set rules for the eurozone banking system -- that is up to European lawmakers.
Lingering hopes that Donald Trump's planned tariff blitz next week will not be as painful as feared helped lift Asian markets Wednesday, though uncertainty about the president's policies and the US economy tempered optimism.
Nathalie Mago's work day begins after she's tucked her three daughters into bed and flicked off the lights in their house north of the Philippine capital Manila. - Risks and rewards - A recent TikTok video with tens of thousands of likes featured a virtual assistant slowly unveiling a screenshot of her pay for five days' work -- P29,400 ($512), more than double the monthly minimum wage in Manila.
When waves come crashing over the sea wall in Chile's biggest port of San Antonio, dockers run for cover. On a recent day of calm seas at San Antonio, cranes were busy moving blocks to reinforce the sea wall and top it with curved concave blocks that break the waves' momentum as part of an $11-million climate mitigation upgrade.
Rosalie Cote and her parents vacationed in the US state of Maine every summer for 25 years -- but this year they are staying home, incensed like many Canadians by Donald Trump's threats of annexation and tariffs.
A US federal judge on Tuesday set a trial date of June 23 in the Justice Department's criminal case against aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing over two deadly 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019.
The producers behind the "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter" film franchises will oversee the next James Bond movie, Amazon MGM Studios announced Tuesday. Heyman, who is British, produced all eight film adaptations of J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter" books.
Lesotho will suffer from Donald Trump's aid cuts and stands to lose up to 40,000 jobs if the US president also cancels a trade pact granting duty-free access to the American market, the monarch of the tiny southern African kingdom warned ahead of a trip to Europe on Wednesday.
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