
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has harmonised the Customs FX rate with the current foreign exchange rate following the strengthening of the naira.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has harmonised the Customs FX rate with the current foreign exchange rate following the strengthening of the naira.
The bitter clash between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has drawn a spotlight on the South African-born tycoon's businesses.
SpaceX's rockets ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station. The next, with partner Axiom Space, will carry astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary, funded by their respective governments.
US President Donald Trump announced Friday a new round of trade talks with China in London next week, a day after calling Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to end a bitter battle over tariffs. While Trump's long-awaited phone call with Xi this week likely paved the way for further high-level trade talks, a swift resolution to the tariffs impasse remains uncertain. dk-bys/acb
The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Customs Service, has issued a final warning to private jet owners to pay their import duties or face seizure.
EU countries have backed a plan to allow airlines to incur longer flight delays before having to compensate passengers -- a contested move intended to be offset by several new passenger rights. For longer flights, the right to compensation of 500 euros would kick in after a six-hour delay.
Donald Trump may now offload a Tesla he said he bought earlier this year in a show of support for Elon Musk, a White House official said Friday, following a blazing row between the US president and his billionaire former advisor. "He's thinking about it, yes," a senior White House official told AFP when asked if the Republican would sell or give away the Tesla.
The United States added more jobs than analysts expected in May even as hiring cooled, government data showed Friday, a resilient showing amid growing scrutiny over the effects of President Donald Trump's widespread tariffs. All these mean that such effects could soon show up in government employment numbers.
The eurozone economy expanded at a significantly faster pace than estimated in the first three months of 2025, official data showed Friday, thanks to better-than-expected growth in Germany and strong output in Ireland. The data confirms a pivot back to expansion for Germany after its economy contracted by 0.2 percent in the final quarter last year.
Russia's central bank on Friday cut its key interest rate to 20 percent -- down from a two-decade high of 21 percent -- as the economy slows and officials say months of rapid price rises are coming under control. The bank had come under increasing political pressure this year to cut interest rates, which businesses said was throttling the economy and killing investment.
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