Rochas Okorocha, ex-governor of Imo, has commented on the sacking of his successor, Hope Uzodimma, as the APC senatorial candidate for Imo West in the 2027 election
Tinubu seeks Senate approval for fresh $20.52bn and €1.05bn foreign loans, which could push Nigeria’s public debt towards N200 trillion amid repayment concerns.
A long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens sold at auction in France on Sunday for almost three million euros -- well beyond its asking price. Osenat, whose auction house sold the painting for 2.94 million euros ($3.41 million) against an expected 1-2 million euros, found the painting as he was preparing the property to be sold.
The Abia state governor, Alex Otti, has announced plans to begin the gradual payment of 20-year gratuity to pensioners, setting aside N60 billion for the scheme.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intervened in the foreign exchange market, selling $36.60 million to authorised dealers as the naira depreciated.
A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialling the mass production of flying cars. The lightweight six-propeller aircraft under construction take off vertically and fit into a large car, to create the "Land Aircraft Carrier" -- a modular flying vehicle made by Aridge, an arm of Chinese EV maker XPeng.
A prop axe was brought in as crew members set the scene for a horror movie being filmed in Budapest's former psychiatric institute, one of numerous Hollywood productions under way in the Hungarian capital.
US President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that the airspace above and near Venezuela should be considered closed, the latest escalation in a standoff with leftist leader Nicolas Maduro.
Fears of days of travel chaos across Europe and the world eased on Saturday after plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to implement a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on some 6,000 of its stalwart A320 planes.
The Federal Government has announced the opening of a portal for Nigerian youths to apply for the Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG) and get up to N50 million.
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