Yam exports to fetch Nigeria $8bn annually as first batch departs June 29
Kelvin EgerueJune 22, 2017
Federal Government’s efforts to buoy foreign reserves through improved revenue from non-oil exports, especially agricultural produce
Gold prices rise as U.S. Treasury yields weaken, dollar eases
Businessam StaffJune 22, 2017
Gold prices rose for a second straight day on Thursday, supported by an easing dollar and weakness in US Treasury yields. The US
Fall in oil prices hit cocoa, coffee, sugar
Businessam StaffJune 22, 2017
Cocoa, coffee and sugar lurched lower, dragged down by a fall in oil prices, worries about excess supplies and system selling. The raw
BPE kick-start NSIA equity investment in Nigeria Commodity Exchange
Businessam StaffJune 21, 2017
Alex A. Okoh, director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has given Lead Capital Consortium a deadline of 60 days to
Ivory Coast, Ghana said to seek $1.2 billion loan for cocoa
Businessam StaffJune 21, 2017
The cocoa regulators of the world’s two biggest producers are in talks with the African Development Bank about a $1.2 billion loan
Nigeria, Libya not seen as threat to OPEC cuts, says Saudi Energy Minister
Olusegun AbisoyeJune 20, 2017
Khalid al-Falih, the Saudi Energy Minister, has expressed optimism that the oil market will rebalance in the coming months, just as he
Libya’s export halt gives crude prices reprieve in week of persistent losses
Olusegun AbisoyeJune 17, 2017
Crude oil prices climbed slightly higher Friday after announcement by Libya that it had temporarily halted its export. But oil prices