Thursday, September 3, 2026

Today's Headlines

 


‎🇳🇬Nigeria Today:
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‎Uber exits Nigeria after 12 years — ride-hailing operations wound down from Sept 2 after a business review.
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‎House of Reps clears Gbajabiamila in PFIPC probe — committee says no evidence linking Chief of Staff to purported council, says he alerted police, NSA, DSS and EFCC.
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‎Politics: FCT Minister Wike accuses Imo and Kwara governors of working against him, and says he advised Osun Gov Adeleke to present Certificate of Return to Tinubu.
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‎INEC vs NDC: Nigeria Democratic Congress insists it did not submit the 10 Anambra candidates INEC published.
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‎Sports: Falconets ready for Spain clash at U-20 Women's World Cup on Sept 7, and agent Diomansy Kamara slams clubs over treatment of African players after Sarr & Camara deadline-day dram.
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‎🌏World /📊 Markets:
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‎Markets rally: Shares and bonds staged a relief rally in Asia as investors await U.S. jobs data and Fed signals on rates.
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‎Gold up 1%+ ahead of Friday's U.S. nonfarm payrolls report.
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‎IMF warning: MD Kristalina Georgieva says rising bond yields in advanced economies threaten developing-country debt progress.
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‎Pacific tensions: Pacific leaders' chair urges united front over China's July ballistic missile test in the Pacific. d6bb
‎Belgium heat toll: ∼3,000 excess deaths reported over summer heatwaves from June 18 - Aug 16.
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‎Other World top stories:
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‎India slams Pakistan over demolition of century-old Hindu temple.
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‎Piyush Goyal defends 7.8% GDP growth figures.
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‎Ram Mandir Trust names retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra as first CEO.
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‎Trump reportedly floated renaming Strait of Hormuz to 'Trump Strait' amid US-Israel-Iran conflict.




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