Enugu state police command arrested Okpara Emmanuel over alleged murder of his girlfriend Chinyere, whose body was hidden in a toilet after an HIV argument.
Naira strengthens in official and parallel markets as reserves top $54.72bn; dollar turnover falls 28.4%, with ₦1,300 projected by 2026 as naira gains persist.
From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public domain in the United States on Wednesday.
A towering wooden "Grand Ring" built for Expo 2025 in Osaka pays homage to Japan's architectural history and is a symbol of unity despite criticism over costs, its creator says. So the Expo is also a "wonderful occasion to show that Japan has a long history" of wooden buildings, Fujimoto said.
Ukraine's decision to turn off the taps keeping Russian gas flowing via its territory to Europe has already sown trouble in the continent's east, with Moldova declaring a state of emergency and Slovakia threatening Kyiv with retaliation. Almost a third of the Russian gas sold to Europe is transported via Kyiv's territory, said Phuc-Vinh Nguyen, head of the Jacques Delors Institute's Energy Centre.
Victims of a £10 million ($12.5 million) London jewellery raid have offered rewards of up to £1.5 million to help recover the gems and catch the thief. "The suspect has stolen £10.4 million worth of jewellery, much of which is sentimental and unique in its design, and therefore easily identifiable," he added.
CBN governor said the decision to put the Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching System in place stems from its realization that central banking depends on confidence.
Despite political upheavals, stock markets and bitcoin smashed records in 2024, fuelled by investor enthusiasm for AI, falling interest rates, and hopes of tax cuts. Investors as well as central banks were anxious about the pace of interest rate cuts: Not too fast to reignite inflation but not so slow activity falls.
The Nigerian naira traded negatively in the Electronic Foreign Exchange Market System (EFEMS) on Monday, December 30, 2024, despite FX reserves growth.
President Xi Jinping said China will put in place "more proactive" macroeconomic policies next year, state media reported, as he addressed a top political advisory body on Tuesday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that the US, China, Japan and seven other advanced countries contribute to the global public debt in 2024.
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