6+ hour, 15+ min ago  (745+ words) The finding marks a historic first in the think tank's annual assessment of public investors, signaling what analysts describe as a gradual but meaningful shift in sentiment toward the world's dominant reserve currency. The survey, which covered central banks, sovereign…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (1614+ words) The directive came from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, who tasked the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, with ensuring that petroleum marketers do not take advantage of deregulation to overcharge consumers. Speaking…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (474+ words) The agreement, signed at the NCGC headquarters in Abuja, is designed to tackle one of the most persistent challenges facing small businesses'limited access to affordable credit'while also deepening financial inclusion and stimulating broader economic growth. According to NCGC, the partnership…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (582+ words) Amid growing pressure to improve efficiency and sustain output in Nigeria's petroleum industry, the Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria has renewed calls for deeper investment in human capacity development, describing workforce quality as a decisive factor in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (881+ words) New figures released on Wednesday by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that annual inflation held at 2. 8% in May, defying expectations of an increase and coming in below forecasts from economists surveyed by Reuters, who had predicted a…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago  (358+ words) The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) reported that the combined spending of United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel reached $119 billion in 2025, marking a 19% increase from 2024. ICAN noted that this is the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (493+ words) Market sentiment remained cautious as diplomatic efforts to end the war showed little progress, while fresh hostilities heightened concerns about energy supply disruptions. Reports of an Iranian missile attack that damaged Kuwait's airport and new U. S. military strikes near the Strait…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (667+ words) Nigerians faced a fresh wave of energy cost increases in April 2026, with the average retail prices of petrol and cooking gas recording significant jumps across the country, according to the latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (848+ words) From leather factories in Uttar Pradesh to migrant-dependent households in Kerala, the economic aftershocks of the regional instability are becoming increasingly visible. Rising shipping costs, weaker overseas demand and uncertainty across Gulf economies are squeezing two of India's biggest employment…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (437+ words) The warning was issued in a statement on Sunday signed by the organisation's Chief Executive Officer, Muda Yusuf, who argued that higher interest rates may deepen existing structural weaknesses in the economy rather than resolve them. The MPC is scheduled…...