IMF Cuts Global Economic Growth Forecast
The International Monetary Fund warned that the global economy is entering 2022 in a weaker position than previously expected as it downgrad...
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Microsoft Corp exceeded analysts’ expectations for second-quarter revenue on Tuesday, propelled by strong demand for its cloud-based service...
The US Says Putin May Face Sanctions
US President Joe Biden says he would consider imposing economic sanctions personally targeting Vladimir Putin if the Russian president order...
Zimbabwe Committed to Ending Zimdollar Volatility
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe held a crisis meeting with captains of industry on Monday at which they pledged a commitment to work closely in...
Kenya Extends Avocado Export Ban
Kenyan growers and exporters dealing in the avocado export business face an indefinite ban on the export of Hass and Fuerta varieties. Kenya...
Egypt Calls For Binding Agreement to Renaissance Dam Issue
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has expressed Egypt's keenness on reaching a legally-binding agreement for filling and operating the Gr...
Nigeria’s Security Agencies Directed to Use 5G Tech to Tackle Insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari launched the national policy on 5G for Nigeria’s digital economy, with a clear directive to all the security agen...
Central Bank of Nigeria Retains Interest Rate At 11.5%
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 11.5% and kept all other parameters unchanged....
Nigerian Government Outlines Conditions To Marginal Field Awardees
The Federal Government will outline its policy position for the marginal field bid round to eligible awardees who have fully or partly compl...
IMF Retains 2022 Growth Forecast For Nigeria At 2.7%
The International Monetary Fund has retained its 2022 growth forecast for Nigeria at 2.7 per cent and increased the 2023 projection by 0.1 p...
Serbia Signs Deal To Boast Foreign Portfolio Investments.
Serbia and the Belgium-based Euroclear signed an agreement to make the Balkan country’s local debt euroclearable or clearable through the Eu...
Lufthansa, Air France Kicks Against EU’s Climate Plans For Aviation
An alliance of airlines and airports called for changes to the European Union’s planned climate change legislation on Monday, arguing it wil...
Taliban, Western Officials Meet To Discuss Afghanistan
Taliban and Western diplomats are holding a meeting outside Norway’s capital Oslo for talks focused on Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis. Th...
Ghana Shut Down Mining Company After Fatal Explosion
Ghanaian authorities have shut down Maxam Mining Company Limited responsible for manufacturing, storing, and transporting explosive material...
Malawi's President Fires Cabinet Amid Corruption Charges
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has sacked his entire cabinet over corruption concerns. The president vowed to confront all forms of lawle...
Mali Asks Denmark To Immediately Withdraw Troops
Mali's government has called on Denmark to immediately withdraw a contingent of troops deployed to the West African nation as part of a...
Nigeria’s Drug Control Bans Alcohol in Sachet, Small Volume Containers
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has stopped the registration of alcohol in sachet and small volume and glas...
Nigerian Government Considers Autogas As Alternative Petrol
The Federal Government is considering autogas as an alternative to the Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. The Minister of State...
Nigeria And Egypt Begin Bilateral Talks On Power Supply
The federal government, represented by the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, has held a follow-up meeting with Egyptian authorities in an e...
Nigerian Government Postpones Fuel Subsidy Removal Indefinitely
The Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says that the Federal Government had postponed the planned removal of s...