Inspector Abdulkadir Garba, known as "Buratai," tragically died after a lightning strike while on duty in Maiduguri, leaving colleagues and residents in shock.
Government launches the 2026 TVET Initiative, offering Nigerian youth tuition-free training, a monthly stipend, and startup kits for practical skills development.
Asian markets fell Friday as China's latest vows to boost the beleaguered economy failed to stir much excitement, while traders looked ahead to a key Federal Reserve policy meeting next week.
Google is ramping up its push into smart glasses and augmented reality headgear, taking on rivals Apple and Meta with help from its sophisticated Gemini artificial intelligence. The market has evolved since then, with Meta investing heavily in a Quest virtual reality headgear line priced for mainstream adoption and Apple hitting the market with pricey Vision Pro "spacial reality" gear.
US space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Thursday it is exploring the possibility of opening a new base in Italy, potentially bringing crewed launches to Europe for the first time. The company competes in the suborbital space tourism market with Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin.
Recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed Nigeria's top trading partners in 2024. An NBS report places South Africa at the top of Africa.
The Swiss central bank announced an unexpectedly large interest-rate cut on Thursday, citing rising "uncertainty" about the economic outlook due to the potential impact of Donald Trump's policies and political turmoil in Europe. In particular, the future course of economic policy in the US is still uncertain, and political uncertainty has also risen in Europe," it said.
Long dependent on fossil fuels before emerging a champion of offshore wind power, Danish company Orsted is now struggling to restore its business after dropping several major projects.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has slashed the Customs duty rates for cargo clearance following the naira's rally in the official foreign exchange market.
South Korea's flag carrier Korean Air said Thursday it had bought a majority stake in rival Asiana Airlines for $1 billion, making it the effective owner four years after first expressing its takeover intentions. The European Commission, the bloc's powerful antitrust authority, last year expressed concerns the takeover could restrict competition on routes between Europe and South Korea.
Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media. Australia wants big tech companies to compensate local publishers for sharing articles that drive traffic on their platforms.
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