The Kebbi Government has secured N1.5 billion loan to provide financial support to fishermen and livestock farmers to consolidate the...

Manufacturing activity across Asia slowed in July, deepening concerns about the region’s economic outlook as an intensifying trade conflict between...

Leading car manufacturer, BMW said it is investing $1.17 billion in a new car factory in eastern Hungary, according to...

The ride-hailing company, Uber said it will stop developing self-driving trucks that have been hauling cargo on U.S. highways, seeking to focus its autonomous vehicle technology solely on cars, according to Reuters. Through its acquisition of Otto in 2016, Uber had sought to disrupt freight hauling with self-driving trucks and Uber Freight, its smartphone app that connects truck drivers and shippers. The company said Uber Freight, which has seen "rapid" growth, is unaffected by the decision. Trucking has been viewed by transportation experts as a natural application for self-driving technology because of the relative predictability of highways compared with busy city streets. "We believe having our entire team's energy and expertise focused on (self-driving cars) is the best path forward," Eric Meyhofer, head of Uber Advanced Technologies Group, said in an emailed statement. Uber had unveiled plans earlier this year to integrate manual trucking with self-driving trucks by deploying the former for short hauls and the latter for longer distances. San Francisco-based Uber faces competition from Silicon Valley companies including Tesla Inc and Alphabet Inc's Waymo as well as traditional...

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Nigeria's crude oil output rose slightly by 50,000 barrels per day in July, as a result of the lifting of...

Nigeria's equities market sustained its positive momentum Tuesday on the backdrop of bargain hunting driven by impressive half-year results recently...

Rhoda Weeks-Brown has been appointed as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) general counsel and director of its legal department, Christine...

Copper prices saw a 0.2 percent decline on Tuesday as data showing slower growth in China's manufacturing sector fuelled nervousness...

C&I Leasing announced on Tuesday that it grew half year profit after tax in 2018 by 18 percent to N682.2...