Goddy Ikeh
Ghana’s inflation rate dropped slightly from 54.1 per cent in December 2022 to 53.6 per cent in January this year, according to the Ghana Statistical Service.
The report that the inflation rate dropped slightly for the first time in 19 months from 54.1 percent in December 2022 to 53.6 percent in January this year ia one of the trending stories in the Ghanaian press on Thursday.
Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that the headline inflation rate for January 2023 rose to 21.82% compared to December 2022 headline inflation rate which was 21.34%.
The announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari that the old N500 and N1,000 banknotes are no longer legal tender in the country and the report that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said that the rehabilitation of three refineries in the country which it has embarked on would reduce fuel scarcity are some of the leading stories in Nigerian newspapers on Thursday.
The price of the OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $84.37 a barrel on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, compared with $84.23 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $84.37 a barrel on Tuesday, February…