President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, November 25, gave Imo state governor Hope Uzodimma an appointment, with fresh details emerging about the role.
The Tinubu administration has introduced several loan and grant schemes to help Nigerians cope with economic hardship, unemployment, and rising poverty levels.
Access to several social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, has been "intentionally restricted" in Afghanistan, an internet watchdog said Wednesday, a week after a 48-hour telecommunications blackout in the country.
Tensions mounted ahead of the closing on Friday of Spanish banking giant BBVA's hostile takeover bid for smaller national rival Sabadell whose uncertain outcome will be announced on October 17. Shareholders have until Friday at 23:59 (2159 GMT) to accept or reject the offer whose outcome remains uncertain due to the large number of small Sabadell shareholders.
The global economy is doing better than expected, even as it faces prolonged uncertainty and underwhelming medium-term growth prospects, the head of the IMF said Wednesday. Against this backdrop, the Fund still expects global growth to remain at roughly three percent over the medium term, in line with previous forecasts -- below the 3.7 percent, on average, seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Plant-based "steaks" and "veggie burgers" may be on the way out in the European Union after the bloc's parliament voted Wednesday to restrict such labels to meat only, in a win for disgruntled farmers. It is not the first time veggie burgers have found themselves in the crosshairs of European lawmakers, with a similar proposal for a ban rejected in 2020.
Germany's economy will eke out meagre growth in 2025 before picking up speed next year, the government Wednesday said as it raised forecasts, but called for "decisive reforms" for a sustained recovery. In its latest forecasts, the economy ministry said it did not expect a third year of recession in 2025, although the economy would only grow 0.2 percent.
The Nigerian currency, the naira, has dipped in value after weeks of appreciation in the foreign exchange market. The naira's fall came amid CBN's intervention
The EU on Wednesday told European businesses in critical sectors to ramp up their uptake of artificial intelligence and pushed for the bloc to cut its dependence on foreign AI providers.
Lagos State has retained its position as the Nigerian state with the highest internally generated revenue for 2024, followed by Rivers, and the FCT.
At the foot of the Simandou mountains in southeast Guinea's lush tropical forest, thousands of workers, trucks and excavators are digging up the hills. "When you look at the Simandou railway's route, it passes very far from all of Guinea's major cities," he said.
Economy
Load more