Nigerian delegation led by NSA Nuhu Ribadu meets US officials, agreeing on a security plan to tackle terrorists amid Christian genocide claims in the country.
Garri prices have dropped sharply nationwide as abundant cassava harvest boosts supply, easing consumer pressure while Nigeria’s inflation continues to fall.
A new report released by SBM Intelligence has provided an insight into the rising cost of preparing a pot of Jollof rice, and states it is the most expensive.
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it would invest $50 billion in the United States by 2030 amid Donald Trump's threats to impose tariffs on the sector. The United States is a key market for the pharmaceutical industry, and AstraZeneca said it expects 50 percent of its revenue to come from the US by 2030.
The exchange rate gap between the official and parallel markets has narrowed to just N2 per dollar as investors poured $1.31 billion into the FX market.
Nigeria's food security threatened by soaring fertiliser prices. Farmers abandon major crops like maize, rice due to high costs. Shift to low-cost crops.
BUA Cement chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu has assured Nigerians that cement prices will drop, citing reduced forex volatility and government reforms as key factors
Premium Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprungli hiked its 2025 sales target as cocoa price hikes passed on to customers outweighed a drop in volumes. While sales volumes declined by 4.6 percent, it still saw revenues climb by nine percent to 2.4 billion Swiss francs ($3.0 billion) as consumers continued to buy chocolate despite the price hikes.
The UK government on Tuesday gave new British nuclear power plant Sizewell C the final go-ahead, after it struck a deal with investors, in a move to bolster energy security. The UK has refocused on shoring up nuclear power since the start of the war in Ukraine, in the name of energy security and faced with a fleet of ageing power stations.
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it would invest $50 billion in the United States amid a looming deadline of ramped-up tariffs from Washington. The United States is a key market for the pharmaceutical industry, and AstraZeneca had already announced in April that it had begun transferring part of its European production to the United States.
Asian markets were mixed Thursday as traders kept an eye on earnings from Wall Street titans this week while tracking US trade talks just over a week before the deadline for a deal. "Markets have seen this movie before: tough talk, last-minute extensions, and deal-making in overtime.
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