Goddy Ikeh
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $75.15 a barrel on Thursday, September 19, 2024, compared with $73.65 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The Coca-Cola System in Nigeria, comprised Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and its authorized bottler, Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC), announced plans to expand its investments in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Government has announced that Nigeria’s nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached N60.93 trillion in the second quarter of 2024, reflecting significant improvements in the nation’s economy.
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has announced plans to invest $1 billion in Nigeria over the next five years as part of its expansion drive in the country.
All three million children in Borno state in Northeast Nigeria are without school indefinitely, increasing the likelihood of child marriage and other protection risks, after being hit by the worst floods in 30 years, Save the Children said.
About 50 million people in West Africa and the Sahel, including more than 1 million people in Ghana, are food insecure and need assistance to cover their basic food needs, according to the March 2024 food and nutrition situation analysis of the Cadre Harmonisé.
Heavy rains over the last few weeks have triggered massive flooding and devastation in West and Central Africa, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their destroyed homes in areas already suffering from food insecurity and conflict.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $73.65 a barrel on Tuesday, compared with $73.57 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa, Lord Collins of Highbury, says that the UK government is investing about £1.9 million to bolster economic growth in West Africa through science, technology, and innovation (STI).
The Government Statistician Samuel Kobina Annim has said that Ghana’s economy experienced its fastest growth in five years, expanding by 6.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2024.