 
        A fresh report has revealed details of an air force officer who was detailed to kill NSA Nuhu Ribadu, in an alleged failed coup to eliminate President Bola Tinubu.
 
        A fresh report has revealed details of an air force officer who was detailed to kill NSA Nuhu Ribadu, in an alleged failed coup to eliminate President Bola Tinubu.
 
        The Nigerian government has announced a new date to disburse the $2.5 billion Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalisation Programme (YEIDEP) fund.
 
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
        EU ministers are set to give the final green light on Tuesday for Bulgaria to adopt the euro on January 1, 2026, when the country would become the single currency area's 21st member. - Euro club gets bigger - Only 12 countries were part of the single currency area -- including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Greece -- when the first euro bills and coins were rolled out on January 1, 2002.
 
        Bangladesh, the world's second-biggest garment manufacturer, holds hope to reduce the 35 percent tariff that US President Donald Trump said he will impose, the country's top commerce official told AFP on Tuesday. Trump hit Bangladesh with 37 percent tariffs in an April 2 announcement, but in a letter issued Tuesday, the US leader said it would now be 35 percent.
 
        Most stocks rose Tuesday as traders cautiously welcomed Donald Trump's extension of his tariff deadline and indication he could push it back further, though uncertainty over US trade policy capped gains. While Wall Street's three main indexes ended down -- with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq back from record highs -- Asian markets mostly rose.
 
        The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has begun stakeholder engagement on how to double revenue for Nigeria under the newly signed tax laws by Tinubu.
 
        The Nigerian currency. the naira has continued to surge against the dollar in the official and parallel markets despite falling crude oil prices and forex reserves.
 
        US President Donald Trump threatened China, India, and some of the world's fastest-emerging economies with higher import tariffs, hitting back at BRICS criticism of his trade policies as the bloc meets Monday. Now he is threatening to impose unilateral levies on trading partners unless they reach "deals" by August 1, with BRICS nations seemingly faced with higher tariffs than planned.
 
        Donald Trump's aggressive trade policy faces a critical week as the US president races to secure the bilateral deals he promised, ahead of a shifting deadline for re-imposing steep tariffs on dozens of economies.
 
        The new minimum wage law makes it illegal for any employer to pay a full-time worker less than N70,000 in a month, and prescribed sanctions for defaulters.
 
        After 10 years at Balenciaga, provocative Georgian showman Demna is to take a final bow during Paris Haute Couture Week, which began on Monday with a star-studded show by Schiaparelli.
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