Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano, has reacted to the NDC announcement of the zoning of its presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 elections.
Government launches the 2026 TVET Initiative, offering Nigerian youth tuition-free training, a monthly stipend, and startup kits for practical skills development.
Chinese shopping app Temu has been forced to suspend its services in Vietnam after it failed to register with authorities, state media said on Thursday. Goods ordered on Temu were no longer being cleared through customs in Vietnam, state media reported, after the company missed an end-of-November deadline to register with the ministry of industry and trade.
The Nigerian currency, the naira, appreciated again in the parallel market on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, from N1,725 per dollar to trade at N1,695.
Equities extended losses in Seoul on Thursday, while the won stabilised as South Korea entered a period of uncertainty with President Yoon Suk Yeol clinging to power after his brief imposition of martial law this week.
Bitcoin broke the $100,000 mark for the first time Thursday on hopes US president-elect Donald Trump will push through measures to deregulate cryptocurrencies when he takes office next month.
The OPEC oil cartel and its allies are expected Thursday to extend their supply cuts to avoid a sharp drop in prices in a global market awash in crude. Analysts at DNB bank said "there is no room for additional OPEC+ oil in 2025" on the market and a boost in output would push down crude prices.
OpenAI and military defense technology company Anduril Industries said Wednesday that they would work together to use artificial intelligence for "national security missions."
According to the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, fraudsters stole N42.6 billion from Nigerian banks in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed confidence Wednesday that Elon Musk would not use his proximity to Donald Trump to harm business rivals, calling such actions "profoundly un-American." "It would be profoundly un-American to use political power to hurt your competitors and advantage your own businesses."
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he was "not concerned" the US central bank would lose its independence, despite President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that he should have input into interest rate decisions.
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