Rabiu Kwankwaso, the NNPP national leader and 2023 presidential candidate, has reacted to the alleged plan of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to dump the party for APC.
The Nigerian government has announced that individuals earning N100,000 and below are exempted from paying the newly introduced Personal Income Tax (PIT).
Chris Anderson took over TED 25 years ago, when the internet was young and optimism abounded about the future it could deliver. "I felt I'd come home to that heroic group of people dreaming about the future and what the future could be," Anderson said.
The National Bureau of Statistics has again revealed that Nigeria’s inflation figures has dropped in the month of September and now below the 20% mark.
The EU will urge G7 partners to consider tapping immobilized Russian assets in aiding Ukraine, the bloc's economy commissioner told AFP on Wednesday, as finance ministers of the group convene in Washington. Also on the Group of Seven ministers' agenda are discussions on China's recently announced curbs on rare earths, commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told AFP in an interview.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he was working to help corral the private sector around a new $20 billion "facility" to support Argentina's embattled economy. Bessent added that he had spent "weeks" working on the private-sector solution to Argentina's upcoming debt payments, which would come on top of the $20 billion US swap line the US Treasury recently set up.
Canadian leaders said Wednesday that Jeep-maker Stellantis's decision to invest $13 billion in the United States threatens Canadian jobs, urging action to counter what they called another casualty of President Donald Trump's trade war.
The Nigerian currency is depreciating again due to renewed instability in the foreign exchange markets, driven by a resurgence in dollar demands by traders.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent slammed Beijing's rare earth export curbs Wednesday as "China versus the world," vowing that Washington and its allies would "neither be commanded nor controlled." But he expressed hope that China would back off its rare earth curbs.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked commercial banks and other financial institutions to expand access to Automated Teller Machines to 5,000 cards per ATM.
Greece's parliament on Wednesday debated a controversial reform proposed by the conservative government, which would allow 13-hour workdays under exceptional circumstances, drawing fire from unions and opposition parties. But opposition parties and unions argue that workers will risk layoffs if they refuse longer hours.
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