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67 million young people are unemployed worldwide as jobs crisis worsens: ILO

No less than 67 million people, aged between 15 and 24, were unemployed worldwide in 2025, as weak economic growth, shrinking entry-level jobs and rapid technological change combined to make the transition from school to decent work increasingly difficult,...

GitHub suffers major outage affecting developers around the world

GitHub, one of the world's largest code hosting platforms, suffered a major outage on Monday, affecting developers, companies, and software teams around the world. The outage began around 1:40 pm UTC on Monday, with GitHub reporting degraded performance across several...

LCFE obtains license from NMDPRA to market and clean liquid petroleum

The Lagos Commodity and Futures Exchange (LCFE) has obtained a license from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to facilitate trading and clearing of petroleum liquids, a development that is expected to further price discovery, transparency...

La SEC admite tres empresas criptográficas más a medida que los participantes de ARIP aumentan a 14

La Comisión de Bolsa y Valores (SEC) ha admitido a tres proveedores adicionales de servicios de activos virtuales en su Programa de Incubación Reguladora Acelerada (ARIP), lo que eleva a 14 el número de empresas de activos digitales bajo...

Trump launches task force to address birth tourism and revokes more than 600 visas

The United States has launched a new interagency task force to address birth tourism, and the government revoked more than 600 visas in its first round of action. The Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force was announced by the U.S. State...

Iriji Mbaise 2026: Ihedioha urges Imo communities to preserve cultural heritage

Former Imo Governor, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has urged Imo communities to preserve their cultural heritage while embracing development and progress. Ihedioha made the call at the 2026 annual Iriji Mbaise Cultural Festival held at Oke Ovoro Secondary School, Uvuru,...

2027: Accord, AAC and SDP presidential candidates join forces against Tinubu

•Hashim, Sowore and Adebayo demand the release of Nnamdi Kanu and Bichia Maisango •Seek international sanctions against undemocratic actors as a movement for democratic renewal is launched in Port Harcourt THE presidential candidates of the Accord Party, the African Action...

Russian women accused of tricking men into marriage and sending them to war fronts for monetary gain

Some women in Russia have been accused of tricking gullible men into fictitious marriages before sending them to be killed on the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Oddity Central reported on Friday. When Russian soldiers die in war, their...

Lessons from the Osun election must inform our preparations for 2027 – INEC

The president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said the Osun State gubernatorial election is a milestone that should shape the commission’s planning for the 2027 general elections. This was stated on Sunday when formally closing...

2027: Osun elections show that credible polls are possible – TMG

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and voters in Osun State for the conduct of the August 15, 2026 gubernatorial election, while calling for the protection of the...

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Banks await CBN clearance as audit delays leave investors without key earnings data

Investors in some of Nigeria's largest listed banks are facing a growing information gap as delays in the completion...