News as it breaks
New York authorities ordered drivers off the roads and shut schools as a powerful snowstorm swept across the northeastern United States, threatening treacherous travel, widespread power outages and coastal flooding. Tens of millions of people from Washington, D.C. to Maine are in the storm’s path, with forecasts warning that…
Many are feared dead following an explosion at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) factory in the Kakuri Industrial area of Kaduna South Local Government Area on Saturday morning. The blast, which reportedly occurred around 10 am, sent shockwaves across nearby communities in Kaduna South and Chikun LGAs. As…
In the I&E window, the local currency depreciated 3.9 percent W-o-W to N803.9/$ from N776.9/$ the previous Friday.
The G7 as a whole is expected to work to tighten existing sanctions, close loopholes, squeeze Moscow’s access to the international financial system and commit to keeping Russian assets frozen until the end of the war in Ukraine.
According to the report, the figure is 0.13 per cent points higher compared to the 21.91 per cent recorded in February 2023.
