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
Two students of the University of Calabar, UNICAL in Cross River state, have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria police command over Internet scam. According to reports, the students were arrested for duping three clients to the tune of N400,000 after parading themselves on their Facebook pages as Colonel and Major of the Nigerian Army and promising to secure recruitment into the force for their clients.
The suspects who reportedly said they wanted to buy iPhones before the December celebration, blamed the devil for the act.
The suspects who reportedly said they wanted to buy iPhones before the December celebration, blamed the devil for the act.
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