The men of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have reportedly besieged residence of Nasir El-Rufai, ex-Kaduna governor
The federal government’s ICSS programme empowers youth and entrepreneurs with training, mentorship, and single-digit interest loans to start, grow, scale.
Oil giant Saudi Aramco posted a drop in annual profits on Tuesday as lower prices and volumes hit the lynchpin of the kingdom's ambitious economic reform plans. The world's biggest crude exporter said profits were down more than 12 percent to $106.25 billion in 2024, the second annual drop following a surge in oil prices in 2022.
The power sector is plagued with challenges ranging from operational inefficiencies, maintenance issues, and constraints in gas supply, and this plan will fix them.
Taiwanese chip-making giant TSMC will invest at least $100 billion in the United States to build "cutting edge" manufacturing facilities, President Donald Trump said on Monday, announcing the latest blockbuster financial pledge by a private company since his return to office.
Workers' rights, a housing crisis and marital disputes are among the issues that China's leaders will discuss at annual political meetings that open Tuesday in Beijing. NPC representative Feng Tao, of eastern Shandong province, told the Workers' Daily newspaper that he wanted longer annual leave for those with more than 30 years of experience.
Asian markets tumbled on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump heaped tariffs on Chinese imports and warned levies on Mexico and Canada could not be averted. Beijing also warned on Tuesday that it would take countermeasures against new US tariffs on Chinese imports.
Shares of the owner of 7-Eleven plunged on Tuesday after a report said the Japanese retailer plans to reject a multibillion-dollar takeover offer by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT). The latest news followed separate reports that the 7-Eleven owner is set to replace its CEO Ryuichi Isaka with outside director Stephen Hayes Dacus.
Donald Trump's latest tariff hike targeting China is likely only the start of his intensifying trade war against Beijing, which may struggle to shield its already ailing economy, analysts warned.
Residents of the Canadian border city of Windsor had held out hope US President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs on imports from Canada would prove hollow, but that faith was dashed Monday, sparking fear for their futures. Trump's decision is "not even logical, it makes absolutely no sense," said John D'Agnolo, president of a union in Windsor representing 2,000 workers at Ford.
Bitcoin's price plunged nearly 10 percent on Monday as an escalating trade war and uncertainty over creation of a US crypto reserve fund sent investors running from risk. Cryptocurrency prices had climbed early Monday, buoyed by Trump the previous day naming five that could be used in a national strategic reserve fund.
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