El-Rufai said governors’ defections did not sway voters, insisted Nigerians were turning to the ADC, and urged unity as youths faced unemployment and insecurity.
The Federal Government has reopened the YEIDEP 2025 portal, offering Nigerian youths aged 18–35 grants of N50,000 to N500,000 with required documents.
Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday fuelled by optimism the Federal Reserve will slash interest rates this year, with gains led by a record high in Tokyo while gold also hit a fresh peak. Gold hit a new high above $3,650.
Rupert Murdoch's children have reached a settlement in the legal dispute over control of the right-wing media mogul's companies, News Corp and Fox Corp announced Monday. The agreement establishes LGC Holdco, which will own all shares of News Corp and Fox Corp previously held by the original family trust.
The former top security executive at WhatsApp filed Monday a US federal lawsuit alleging that parent company Meta systematically violated cybersecurity regulations and retaliated against him for reporting the failures.
The Argentine peso and share prices dropped sharply Monday after President Javier Milei's libertarian party suffered a drubbing in a key provincial election. The drubbing for Milei's party was far greater than opinions had predicted.
The Nigerian government has introduced 5% surcharge on petrol and diesel, leading to debate. However, a tax expert, Aderonke Atoyebi, explains the myths and facts.
Leaders of the 11-member BRICS bloc railed against economic protectionism and "tariff blackmail" during a virtual meeting Monday held amid a damaging trade war with US President Donald Trump. In July, Trump lashed out at the BRICS and threatened its members with additional tariffs after they voiced concern that his trade war was putting the global economy at risk.
The naira strengthened for most of the first week of September, reaching a five-month high, appreciating to N1,514 per dollar on the back of robust reserves.
Europe's top car manufacturer Volkswagen on Monday presented a series of more affordable electric vehicles to take on fast-growing Chinese rivals as Germany's troubled auto sector seeks to turn around its fortunes.
Displaying one of her company's hot plates proudly labelled "Made in Germany", Sigrid Klenk concedes that maintaining production at home could become harder due in part to US tariffs. "Now we have to specify the amount of steel contained in our products, especially our hot plates," she told AFP. "This has kept us very busy in recent days."
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