The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Retired Gen. Christopher Musa, has broken his silence after he and others were sacked by President Bola Tinubu.
Italy's foreign minister called on the European Central Bank on Friday to reduce interest rates to weaken the euro, warning its strength was hurting his country's exporters.
US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced Wednesday that it will build four additional new manufacturing sites in the United States in a committment designed to influence upcoming Trump administration decisions on trade and other issues.
Online retail behemoth Amazon on Wednesday announced a new version of its Alexa voice assistant that is powered by generative artificial intelligence, giving the device more human-like qualities. Panos Panay, senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon, said that Alexa Plus opens a new age for voice devices.
Britons will have to pay more to fly and should forego two-steaks worth of meat a week if the country is to meet net zero targets, the government's advisory body said Wednesday. The average reduction required to hit the targets would equate to consumers eating two fewer meat mains per week, said the report.
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) will also be taking the quality assurance drive to all geographical zones with the regional laboratories set up.
The Washington Post will no longer run views opposed to "personal liberties and free markets" on its opinion pages, its owner Jeff Bezos announced on Wednesday, the latest intervention by the billionaire in the major US paper's editorial operations.
Sales of new US homes slumped more than expected in January, government data showed Wednesday, with cold weather and stubborn cost-of-living pressures weighing on buyers as Donald Trump returned to office. "Sales likely were also weighed down by the weather; last month was the coldest January since 1988," Pantheon added. bys/dw
Landlords and house agents could face up to six months imprisonment, or pay heavy monetary fines for defaulting the law, or charging arbitrary fees.
The Nigerian government, under Bola Tinubu is set to get six new loans from the World Bank in 2025, bringing Tinubu's borrowings from the World Bank to $9.2bn.
BP plans to increase production of its more profitable oil and gas business and slash investment in cleaner energy, the British energy giant announced Wednesday to the dismay of environmentalists. BP will increase oil and gas investment to around $10 billion per year, making up two-thirds of capital expenditure.
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