China’s economy has demonstrated long-term stability and sustained growth, contributing certainty and positive momentum to the global economic landscape. Despite recent assertions that China’s “golden age” of investment and development has passed, and that opportunities are diminishing, the reality is markedly different. China remains a market of immense potential. AsContinue Reading
The Katsina State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has begun a three-day capacity building workshop for selected government officials in the state. The capacity building workshop, began in Katsina on Tuesday, with officials of the state’s Bureau of Statistics as beneficiaries. The workshop wasContinue Reading
Dutch brewer Heineken (HEIN.AS), opens new tab warned on Wednesday its 2025 beer sales would fall as macroeconomic challenges worsened, further downgrading its volume guidance from the previous quarter for which it was punished. The world’s No. 2 brewer and its rivals have been battling to restore lacklustre volumeContinue Reading
Morocco’s national team has won the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time, defeating Argentina 2–0 in the final. The news was announced by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on its official website on 20 October. The Moroccan side claimed victory thanks to a brace from 20-year-oldContinue Reading
A US jury has ruled that French bank BNP Paribas aided the government of former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in committing crimes against humanity, including genocide, by providing financial services that helped it evade sanctions, Reuters reported. A federal jury in Manhattan ordered BNP Paribas to pay a totalContinue Reading
Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa delivers a speech at the 2025 MOBEX Africa Tech Expo and Innovation Conference in Accra, Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on Tuesday announced that the country will roll out electronic visas by 2026 to simplify the visa process and promote trade, diplomacy, and investment.Continue Reading
As China’s CR450 bullet train sets a new world record in speed, its designer told the Global Times that the train can brake from 400 kilometers per hour to a complete stop within just 6,500 meters — the same as trains operating at 350 km/h — achieving higher operationalContinue Reading
France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy left home on Tuesday to head to jail after being found guilty of seeking to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run, AFP reporters saw. He walked out of his home hand-in-hand with his singer wife, Carla Bruni, and left in a car escorted byContinue Reading
By Lawal Sale There is no gainsaying the fact that the Taiwan question has remained a subject of debate among skeptics for a long time. What is, nonetheless, obvious on the world stage is that Taiwan is not recognized as a sovereign state with a permanent seat at theContinue Reading
By our Correspondent The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said inadequate capacity across the networks to support heavy usage in high-density urban areas is the reason for the poor quality of telecom service being experienced in Lagos, Abuja and other major cities in Nigeria The Commission stated this in aContinue Reading
