Tension gripped the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja, after bandits abducted several people. Legit.ng gathered the attack sparked fear among residents.
The Federal Government has reopened the YEIDEP 2025 portal, offering Nigerian youths aged 18–35 grants of N50,000 to N500,000 with required documents.
The first casualty of the imposition of a hefty 39-percent tariff on Swiss imports into the United States may be gold refining after it emerged certain gold bars would face the levy. Gold bars produced in the Belgian city Antwerp face the 15-percent tariff applied to the European Union when imported into the United States.
US President Donald Trump warned Friday of cataclysmic consequences on the US economy if a court rules that his imposition of sweeping tariffs constitutes an illegal power grab. A lower court ruled against Trump in May, but the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit put the ruling on hold as it considers the case.
German industrial titan Thyssenkrupp's shareholders on Friday backed a spin-off of its warship and submarine-building unit, seeking to better position the group to benefit from a European defence boom. Shareholders overwhelmingly backed the spin-off of a 49-percent minority stake of the marine division at a specially convened meeting.
Champagne growers say President Donald Trump's tariffs on European goods will hurt sales to the United States, their biggest export market, but hope that the sector may yet escape the new duties.
The Nigerian currency, the naira, rebounded in the official foreign exchange market after a brief fall. The development comes as the FX reserves hit nearly $40bn.
Germany will halt the export of military equipment to Israel which could be used in the Gaza Strip, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, reacting to Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City. "Under these circumstances, the German government will not authorise any exports of military equipment that could be used in the Gaza Strip until further notice," he said in a statement.
The presidency has listed the achievements of Bola Tinubu in direct response to a newspaper editorial that argued that the citizens are hungry and hopeless.
About 29 state governors spent close to N80 billion on domestic and international travels in six months, with the South-West governors leading the list.
Environmental NGOs are raising concerns about the growing presence of petrochemical industry lobbyists at talks to forge a global treaty to combat plastic pollution. - 'Here to listen' - The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) confirmed they had 136 delegates at the talks representing the plastic, petrochemical and chemical manufacturing industries.
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