Atiku Abubakar approved a lean 2027 campaign council, naming El-Rufai deputy chairman and Dele Momodu media chief as the ADC unveils its national election team.
Naira weakens to N1,328.50 at official market as dollar demand rises; reserves hit $54.808bn and Brent tops $102 amid global rate and geopolitical pressures.
The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear TikTok's appeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the online video-sharing platform or shut it down. A three-judge US appeals court panel earlier this month unanimously upheld the law's premise that TikTok divesting from Chinese ownership "is essential to protect our national security."
Italian bank UniCredit said Wednesday it had boosted its stake in Germany's Commerzbank, intensifying takeover speculation and sparking condemnation from Berlin of an "unfriendly" move at a time the country is in political limbo.
President Tinubu has shared a message of hope for Nigerians ahead of 2025 at the 2025 budget presentation named ‘Restoration Budget’ on Wednesday, December 15.
The IMF has released the list of Africa's most indebted countries in 2024, with Egypt leading the pack with $9.45 billion followed by Kenya and others.
National Grid unveiled Wednesday a massive plan to nearly double the transmission capacity of the UK's electricity grid, boosting the British government's net zero ambitions. The investment will upgrade the existing grid network and pay for new construction projects that will see electricity transmission capacity almost doubled.
Italian bank UniCredit's move to increase its stake in German lender Commerzbank, which further fuelled speculation of a takeover bid, was "uncoordinated and unfriendly", the German government said Wednesday. UniCredit, Italy's second largest bank, said earlier Wednesday it had increased its stake in Commerzbank from 21 percent to around 28 percent.
France's flagship nuclear reactor at Flamanville in Normandy will finally enter service on Friday after a dozen years of delay, operator EDF said Wednesday.
UK annual inflation climbed further above the Bank of England's target rate in November, official data showed Wednesday, firming expectations that it will avoid cutting interest rates this week. That would follow a cut by the European Central Bank last week.
With over 60 million downloads and an estimated $180 million in revenue since late October, a new Pokemon mobile game app is enjoying worldwide success as the latest incarnation of the hit Nintendo-owned franchise.
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