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Employee departures were multiplying at Twitter on Thursday after an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk, who demanded staff to choose between being “extremely hardcore” and working intense, long hours, or losing their jobs. The Twitter management also told employees on Thursday that offices were temporarily closed and inaccessible, according …

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS says Ondo state has lowest poverty rate with 27 percent in Nigeria. NBC also said 63% of persons living within Nigeria (133 million people) are multidimensionally poor. This is contained in its extensive national measure of multidimensional poverty launched on Thursday in Abuja. The …

The Senate on Wednesday resolved to provide legislative support to the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) after a rowdy session. On October 26, the Central Bank of Nigeria had announced the redesign of the N1,000, N500 and N200 notes. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the CBN, …

The United Kingdom unemployment rate has edged up to 3.6 per cent but remains close to the lowest level in almost half a century, official data showed Tuesday. The unemployment rate increased in the three months to the end of September from 3.5 percent in the three months to the …