Goddy Ikeh
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lawyers among others have demanded for the reversal of the price of petrol which was recently raised from N568 per litre to N897 per litre by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) on Tuesday.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Chinese President Xi Jinping have announced the elevation of China – Ghana relations to a strategic partnership.
The Bank of Industry in Nigeria has raised approximately €1.43bn, the largest amount in the history of the bank, during the senior phase of its global loan syndication.
The Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has said that the recent hike in the price of petrol from N568 per litre to N855 will compound the rising cost of products and services challenge confronting the Nigerian real sector.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $73.67 a barrel on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, compared with $76.29 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The African Water Facility has secured 12 million euros from the Nordic Development Fund for a new funding initiative to support African governments, utilities, the private sector, and other stakeholders to expand access to safe and sustainable sanitation in African cities.
The former Vice-President of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF), Sory Diabate, died on Thursday, September 5, 2024, in France where he had gone for treatment.
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is set to visit Nigeria from 8 to 19 September. This second visit aims to assess the treatment of individuals in detention and measure whether the country has strengthened its capacity to protect the human rights of all people deprived of liberty since the Subcommittee’s previous visit 10 years ago.
Ghana’s Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Francis Asenso-Boakye, has said the bilateral trade volumes between Ghana and Switzerland increased from $1.5 billion in 2019 to over $3 billion in 2023.
The US billionaire and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian Government to prioritise spending on health care as a means to revamp the economy.