Aisha Buhari, the wife of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, has unraveled the mystery behind the claim the Aso Rock rumour of plot to kill her husband.
Nigeria is pushing to modernise its tax administration with with French partnership as the two parties have formalised coorperation agreement to drive tax reforms.
Asian markets fluctuated between gains and losses Monday as investors took a step back after last week's rally fuelled by the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. Tokyo was the stand-out performer Monday, rising more than one percent, after the Bank of Japan said it would sell its ETFs -- bought as part of a campaign of monetary easing aimed at kickstarting the sluggish economy -- gradually.
Investors traded 2.735 billion shares worth N85.197 billion in 127,284 deals this week, led by Financial Services and ICT sectors, boosting NGX performance.
An economist behind a wealth tax plan embraced by the French left on Sunday urged France's richest person, Bernard Arnault, to show "respect for the truth" after the luxury goods tycoon described him as a "pseudo-academic" who wanted to "destroy the French economy".
Analysts have revealed that the current naira's appreciation and foreign reserves accumulation, which is at bout $42bn, represents renewed investors' confidence
Left-wing figures in France on Sunday reacted with uproar after the country's richest man the luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault described an academic behind a wealth tax plan as a "far-left activist" who wanted to "destroy the French economy".
The Nigerian currency, the naira, returned to its winning ways last, breaking below the N1,500 barrier to close at N1,488 per dollar as reserves hit a five-year high
Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins.
The White House issued a major clarification Saturday to its new H-1B visa policy that had rattled the tech industry a day earlier, saying a $100,000 fee will be a "one-time" payment imposed only on new applicants.
Major European airports including Brussels, Berlin and London's Heathrow were Saturday hit by a cyberattack on check-in systems that caused cancellations and long delays for thousands of passengers.
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