FCT High Court orders the arrest of former minister Sadiya Umar Farouq and Permanent Secretary Bashir Nura Alkali for failing to appear over corruption charges.
NESG has called on the government to amend key economic laws, including the Nigeria Tax Act, the PIA, and the Electricity Act, to improve the business environment.
Sales by French luxury group Hermes, known for its silk scarves and leather handbags, defied US tariffs and a weak dollar to rise in the third quarter. Hermes said earlier this year that it hoped to avoid raising prices in the United States further despite the new 15 percent tariff on goods from the EU, but warned the weak dollar was also weighing on performance.
Above the pine forests and dunes that stretch along the nearly deserted beaches of southwestern Portugal, cranes rise from building sites soon to be luxury hotels -- a sign of the region's contentious transformation into a playground for the wealthy.
Dutch brewer Heineken Wednesday reported a steep drop in beer sales in the third quarter, driven by a sharp decline in the United States and Europe and a "challenging" economy. Heineken said it sold 59.0 million hectolitres of beer worldwide in the third quarter.
Gold and silver tumbled for a second day Wednesday, bringing a rally in the precious metals to a juddering halt, while equities also sank after US President Donald Trump remarked that a meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping might not take place.
Argentina's central bank said Tuesday it had sold $45.5 million dollars on the foreign exchange market to try and halt a run on the peso days ahead of midterm elections that have put pressure on the currency despite substantial US financial aid.
JPMorgan Chase officially inaugurated its new Manhattan tower Tuesday, a 60-story skyscraper that also marks a kind of comeback of office working after the pandemic years. When the pandemic halted city life in its tracks in March 2020, JPMorgan had just finished the demolition of its old headquarters building at the same address, which had stood for 60 years.
GM cuts EV production in Canada, cites Trump backpedal
Netflix shares sank on Tuesday after the streaming television powerhouse reported quarterly profit that fell short of market expectations. Netflix shares were down more than five percent to slightly more than $1,173 in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures.
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday announced an "Atlas" search browser, leveraging its artificial intelligence prowess in a direct challenge to Google Chrome. Google shares were down slightly more than one percent in trading that followed OpenAI announcing Atlas. gc/bjt
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