New details emerge on the rumoured Osisioma Flyover collapse in Abia, southeast Nigeria, which reportedly killed 19 people. The verified facts have now emerged.
Dr Zacch Adedeji, the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has revealed that 95 per cent of Nigerians will pay no tax under the new tax regime.
The Network for Fiscal Transparency and Development (NFTD), has praised the Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu for his transparency.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday signalled a tentative deal with China to de-escalate their damaging, tariff-fueled trade war -- just days before a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Bessent said he expected the two leaders to formally announce the deal at their summit.
Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery, already the largest in Africa, aims to become the biggest in the world in three years' time with an expansion doubling its capacity, its owner said on Sunday. "This expansion reflects our confidence in Nigeria's future, our belief in Africa's potential and our commitment to building energy independence for our continent," Dangote said.
The Nigerian government has announced a new date to disburse the $2.5 billion Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalisation Programme (YEIDEP) fund.
The Nigerian currency, the naira, is a on a surge, rising for seven consecutive days in the official foreign exchange market to N1,457.79 per dollar.
India and China resume direct flights on Sunday after a five-year suspension, a move important both for trade and a symbolic step as Asia's giants cautiously rebuild relations. Exports from India to China were $ 1.47 billion, modest by comparison, but up around 34 percent year-on-year.
The recent bankruptcies of US companies First Brands and Tricolor have focused attention on risks associated with the growth in the private credit market, or lending outside traditional banks. However, anxiety about the sector rose following bank losses from First Brands, a US auto supply company and Tricolor, a subprime auto lender.
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce its second rate cut of the year on Wednesday, despite a lack of clarity over the health of the US economy due to the ongoing government shutdown. Swonk expects the Fed to cut twice more this year, and to announce an end to its program of shrinking its balance sheet next week -- known as quantitative tightening -- in the face of rising liquidity risks.
Division and suspicion have gripped five villages near Kenya's coast as global powers from the United States to China eye a forest that is rich in rare earths -- minerals vital to high-tech and low-carbon industries. But it now sees a major opportunity, particularly as China -- the biggest source of rare earths -- increasingly limits its exports.
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