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US Stock Futures Drop as Rising Oil Prices Stoke Inflation Fears

US stock futures skidded on Tuesday, with traders bracing for interest-rate hikes as renewed Middle East tensions lifted oil prices and bond yields, stoking inflation fears.

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Tinubu’s govt targets $1trn economy by 2030 as GDP growth hits 4.43%

The Federal Ministry of Finance has said the Nigerian economy expanded by 4.43 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, up from 4.23 per cent recorded in the corresponding period of 2025. The ministry, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the latest growth rate also represented an improvement from the 3.89 per […] Tinubu’s…

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