The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) reveals that Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation rate increased to 5.9% in April from 5.1% in…
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Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele has assured investors of the safety of their investments in the country in spite of dwindling revenues from the sale…
Nigerians will be buying fuel at cheaper rates again. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation or NNPC has announced a 17.94 % reduction in the ‘ex-depot’ price…
Four African countries have been added to a new list of countries that pose financial risks to the European Union by the European Commission due to…
Nigeria’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) has accused local banks of not adhering to the Central Bank and Bankers’ Committee directive to suspend staff lay-offs due to…
As paltry oil revenues and a global lockdown forces see the country’s petroleum price to a record low of $20 a barrel, Nigeria’s economy is expected…
Nigerian airports will remain closed for an additional four weeks in a bid to control the spread of the novel Coronavirus, the country’s government has announced.…
According to Nigeria’s Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, the country’s economy will be boosted with the injection of a N2…
Nigeria’s President , Muhammadu Buhari wants the country’s ports cleared of all medical imports and has to this effect, granted a blanket waiver on all medical…
Nigeria’s economic growth rose to an annual rate of 2.55% in the three months to the end of December, its highest quarterly growth since a 2016…