Soybeans and wheat remain steady as grain harvest in the US continues at a slow pace
Kenneth Afor The Chicago soybean price futures in the early hours on Wednesday withstood the sluggish moves of United States’ grain harvest activities as anxiety over the US-China trade talk agreement drags on. Investors witnessed a 0.2 percent rise at $9.18 half a bushel of soybean contract on the Chicago ...
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Dana Air reviews routes expansion plans ahead yuletide
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Investors witnessed a bearish trend on building metal; zinc after selling below $2,450 per tonne
Kenneth Afor Investors on the London Metal Exchange (LME) on Wednesday witnessed the three-month zinc price contract fall below its
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Soybeans and wheat remain steady as grain harvest in the US continues at a slow pace
Kenneth Afor The Chicago soybean price futures in the early hours on Wednesday withstood the sluggish moves of United States’ grain
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Investment interest in Africa grows as AIF 2019 sees 44% rise in deals value to $67.6bn
By Phillip Isakpa, in Johannesburg, South Africa Global investor interest in the continent of Africa continues to grow as the second
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CBN releases N610.4bn loans to CACS farmers
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Visa to acquire ‘unicorn’ Interswitch stake for $1 billion
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Visa Inc is set to acquire a significant minority stake in Interswitch, a payment platform based in Nigeria. Interswitch did not
Africa Investment Forum
Investment interest in Africa grows as AIF 2019 sees 44% rise in deals value to $67.6bn
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Finance
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November 12, 201962 views
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Stakeholders to set agenda for Nigeria on 4th Industrial Revolution at WES
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Banks attracted $4.74bn foreign investment into the country in the first half of 2019
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Bond markets seek enlightenment from Trump on trade policy
November 12, 201965 views
World shares inched higher on Tuesday as investors awaited a speech by President Donald Trump on U.S. trade policy and on news he was
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Dana Air reviews routes expansion plans ahead yuletide
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Stakeholders begin review of Nigeria’s maritime transport policy
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Hameed Ali, the comptroller-general of Customs, on Tuesday said that the decision to suspend the supply of petrol to communities at
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Investors witnessed a bearish trend on building metal; zinc after selling below $2,450 per tonne
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Kenneth Afor Investors on the London Metal Exchange (LME) on Wednesday witnessed the three-month zinc price contract fall below its
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Nigerians’ apathy to .ng denies economy potential revenue
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India’s sugar production to drop by 19% as erratic rainfall threatens sugarcane farms in major states
November 6, 2019155 views
Kenneth Afor Sugar production in India, the world’s second-largest producer of the sweetener is expected to drop by 19 percent in the
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NDDC’s N1bn a month super agent fee exposes its financial rot
November 7, 2019191 views
Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Federal Government quango, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is now locked in a financial
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November 5, 2019241 views
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SIX former top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) are under investigation for their involvement in the
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