Tension has been noted as the United States (US) mapped out drone attacks on militants in Borno, Yobe, and other Nigerian states affected by terrorism.
The Nigerian FG has introduced 50 new tax breaks and reliefs aimed at easing financial pressure on small businesses and low-income earners particularly.
Heathrow airport was warned about its power supply in the days before the entire hub was shut down due to an outage that caused massive disruption, lawmakers were told on Wednesday.
Air traffic in Nigeria is now in a major decline as NCAA data shows almost 50,000 missing or delayed luggage, with thousands still unaccounted for.
Greece will spend 25 billion euros ($27 billion) through to 2036 in the "most drastic" defence overhaul in its modern history, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. "Τhe plan involves the most drastic transformation of the armed forces in the country's modern history," Mitsotakis told parliament.
Swedish insurance company Folksam said Wednesday it had given up its $160 million stake in Tesla due to the electric carmaker's approach to labour rights. Folksam said that Tesla's approach to its employees' rights to unionise was "problematic" given its investment criteria, and that attempts to influence the company as a shareholder had been ineffective.
Business was already tough for auto parts maker Asahi Tekko, but with US car tariffs due to bite this week its president has a simple message for Donald Trump: "Give me a break." The tariff "will hit auto production hard, undermine confidence, and reduce orders", Moody's Analytics said in a report about Japan's business sentiment.
Asian markets edged up Wednesday as nervous investors brace for Donald Trump's wave of tariffs later in the day, though speculation about what he has in store is stoking uncertainty on trading floors. In early trade, Asian markets mostly rose, though they were fluctuating between gains and losses after a recent selloff.
Gaming giant Nintendo is set to unveil the successor to its phenomenally popular Switch console on Wednesday. But plans for the console were unveiled in 2015 to overwhelming indifference after the successor to Nintendo's popular Wii device, the Wii U, flopped commercially.
Japanese video game giant Nintendo is set to unveil the new version of its hugely popular Switch console on Wednesday, with the update eagerly awaited by both gamers and investors. "There is huge demand for a better version of the original Switch," he added.
The head of US aerospace giant Boeing will on Wednesday tell senators that the company has made "serious missteps in recent years" and commit to restoring consumer and investor confidence, according to an advance copy of his remarks.
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