Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain
Mobile police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday stormed a mansion belonging to embattled civil servant, Abdulrasheed Maina, who has been on the wanted list for about two years.
A PREMIUM TIMES reporter who visited the building at No. 10 Hamisu Musa Road, Jabi, around 3:40 p.m. on Monday, saw stern looking police officers giving cover to an operative in mufti who was marking the house in red.
The building is believed to have been bought for $2 million.
Another of Mr. Maina’s houses located at No. 12, Road 11, Kado Estate is also billed for similar exercise.
Another of Mr. Maina’s houses located at No. 12, Road 11, Kado Estate is also billed for similar exercise.
The whereabouts of the embattled civil servant is not known.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered his sack and called for an investigation into how he was recalled into the civil service despite being on the wanted list of the EFCC.
A PREMIUM TIMES reporter who visited the building at No. 10 Hamisu Musa Road, Jabi, around 3:40 p.m. on Monday, saw stern looking police officers giving cover to an operative in mufti who was marking the house in red.
The building is believed to have been bought for $2 million.
Another of Mr. Maina’s houses located at No. 12, Road 11, Kado Estate is also billed for similar exercise.
Another of Mr. Maina’s houses located at No. 12, Road 11, Kado Estate is also billed for similar exercise.
The whereabouts of the embattled civil servant is not known.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered his sack and called for an investigation into how he was recalled into the civil service despite being on the wanted list of the EFCC.
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