Goddy Ikeh

Samantha Harrison, a former UK government adviser, has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Xlinks Limited, a renewable energy company working on a groundbreaking project to link the UK and Morocco via an electricity transmission system.

The sun rises early over Djeffa, a locality in southeastern Benin’s Sèmè-Podji district where Justine Gantekpin is already tending to her flourishing vegetable farm. Thanks to the African Development Fund Project for Support of Agricultural Infrastructure in the Ouémé Valley), Gantekpin has expanded her farm from a small plot to two hectares of thriving vegetables.

The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $77.66 a barrel on Friday, October 4, 2024, compared with $74,90 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.

Azima Magonde Giston is walking through his cacao plantation, which sits on the fringes of a lush rainforest in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He scans the trees for ripe cacao pods and, spotting one, uses a long bamboo pole with an axe-like tip to knock it down, leaving the surrounding foliage untouched.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened its 8th Heads of Immigration Meeting in The Gambia to accelerate the implementation of the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card (ENBIC) and to discuss the recent repeal of the 90-day stay limit for Community Citizens within member states.

Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that more than 500 Nigerian citizens have registered with the Nigerian mission in Lebanon for evacuation back to the country.

The Nigerian Federal Government says it has commenced sales of crude oil and other refined products in local currency, the Naira.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that Nigeria’s debt servicing expenses reached N6.04 trillion in the first half of 2024, representing a sharp increase of 68.8 per cent from the N3.58 trillion recorded during the same period in 2023.

The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, has commended Nigeria for leading the charge to maintain the safety and security of commercial shipping in the Gulf of Guinea, particularly during recent times when the situation in the Red Sea has led to heavier shipping traffic in the region.

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Türkiye Business Council have resolved to strengthen the bilateral ties between Nigeria and Turkey.