Godiya Akwashiki, the senator who represented Nasarawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has died at the age of 52. Family sources confirmed.
Apply for YEIDEP Batch B and receive grants of ₦50,000 to ₦500,000 to support youth entrepreneurship in Nigeria, empowering young innovators and boost inclusion.
President Bola Tinubu-led federal government in the last one week announced three paid opportunities for Nigerian youths and entrepreneurs. Full list published.
Australia's competition watchdog accused Microsoft on Monday of misleading people into paying for its AI assistant Copilot. But there was a partly hidden third option -- visible only when people started to cancel -- of sticking to existing "Classic" plans without Copilot for the original price, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in a statement.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced Sunday it had agreed to buy Avidity Biosciences, with the San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company being valued at $12 billion. Novartis, based in Basel in northern Switzerland, announced in April that it planned to invest $23 billion in the United States over five years. rjm/jj
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.
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