Iran launches fresh retaliatory attacks on US and allied forces, vowing the United States will “bitterly regret” recent military actions as global tensions rise.
Nigeria's naira appreciated by 6.87% in 2025, buoyed by CBN reforms, attracting $21bn in capital inflows and improving investor confidence amid inflation shifts.
Stiff US tariffs on Switzerland badly hurt the Alpine country's exports in the third quarter, official figures showed Tuesday, with Swiss watchmakers suffering badly. First-quarter exports soared as orders for Swiss pharmaceuticals jumped in the US, where American importers were rushing to get ahead of Trump's tariffs.
UK government borrowing reached a five-year high in September, official data showed Tuesday, adding pressure to the government ahead of its annual budget. The public deficit between April -- the start of the UK fiscal year -- and September hit £99.8 billion ($133.6 billion), the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
In October 2025, the Nigerian government launched a 12-month paid internship programme to provide training for the youth, with a N150,000 monthly stipend.
The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) is working on building a new modular refinery which is expected to increase Nigeria local refining and capacity building
European airlines are starting to become prudent when promoting flight carbon-offset measures, such as reforestation, following courtroom losses and stepped-up pressure by regulators.
The naira made a stunning comeback in the official foreign exchange market on Monday, October 20, 2025 following interventions by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Growing up in southern Nigeria during the 1970s, Bubaraye Dakolo would easily catch 20 kilograms of fish within minutes. Now Dakolo, the monarch of Ekpetiama, a kingdom in the southern coastal state of Bayelsa, a custodian of peace and tradition and a former soldier, has risen to be one of the country's prominent environmental crusaders.
A Paris court is due to hand down a ruling Thursday whether French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies misled consumers with claims overstating its climate pledges, a case that could help shape greenwashing jurisprudence in Europe and beyond.
Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Parliament appointed Takaichi, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, as prime minister on Tuesday, after she unexpectedly won a majority in a first round of voting.
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