
The Nigerian currency has continued its upward climb against the dollar in official and parallel markets, closing at N1,527 and N1,565 per dollar, respectively.
The Nigerian currency has continued its upward climb against the dollar in official and parallel markets, closing at N1,527 and N1,565 per dollar, respectively.
In unleashing global tariffs, President Donald Trump has vowed to remake the world to benefit US workers. "Unlike previous presidents, President Trump fully understands the nature and scope of the problem -- and the existential threat posed by China -- and what needs to be done," Smith said.
The NERC report reveals that electricity distribution in Nigeria still has teething challenges that must be addressed to ensure safe transmission of energy.
The naira-for-crude deal commenced on October 1, 2024, for an initial six-month period, and enabled local refineries like Dangote Refinery to buy crude with naira.
It took just one 50-minute speech by US President Donald Trump to undermine global economic stability and raise the prospect of a recession, with China's countermeasures only amplifying the risk of a debilitating tit-for-tat trade war. But it said things could get worse if a tit-for-tat trade war began, and on Friday China announced retaliatory tariffs on US goods of 34 percent.
A US top investment banker, JP Morgan, has predicted that the Nigerian currency will exchange for N1,450 per dollar due to changes in NNPC and CBN's FX reserve.
TikTok on Friday was hours from a deadline to find a non-Chinese owner or face a ban in the United States. In the hours before that deadline, TikTok temporarily shut down in the United States and disappeared from app stores, to the dismay of millions of users.
US President Donald Trump's tariffs risk higher unemployment and will likely cause inflation to rise and growth to slow, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. Ahead of Powell's speech on Friday, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to insist that his tariff policy would not change despite the market reaction, and called on Powell to act.
The Nigerian government is seeking a new World Bank facility of $10.50 million for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to help boost the payment and remittance system.
The EU has said "everything is on the table" as it readies its response -- including possibly targeting US Big Tech and taxing more American goods -- to President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs should talks with Washington fail.
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