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The Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations has awarded a $35 million grant to a Cambridge University-led effort to create self-fertilizing crops for African farmers. The $35 million will fund...

The African Development Bank has said it has put in place a $1.5bn emergency food production facility to support food sufficiency in Africa. The President, AfDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, who...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, on Monday, raised the alarm that their findings showed that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, had...

Nigeria’s economy is set to grow from 3.0 per cent in 2022 to 3.2 per cent in 2023 due to measures made to address insecurity in the oil sector, according...

Oil fell 2% on Monday, weighed down by expected interest rate hikes by major central banks, which weighed on demand. Brent futures fell $1.76, or 2.03%, to settle at $84.90...

According to a statement released by the firm on Saturday, Guinness Nigeria Plc's revenue increased by 9% during the first half of the 2022 fiscal year. In addition, Guinness said...

The United Nations has said the Nigerian economy will grow to three per cent in 2023 because of a robust commodities trade and dynamic consumer goods and services markets. It...

Economic Commission for Africa has said intra-African trade in agri-food, industry, and services sectors will increase by nearly 35 per cent by 2045 through the African Continental Free Trade Agreement....

The total assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme rose by N1.56tn in 2022, according to figures obtained from the National Pension Commission. PenCom disclosed in its latest ‘Report on pension...

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government will deploy Point-of-Sales agents for cash transfers during the National Social Safety Net...