Sierra Leone president says protests aimed to overthrow the government
Sierra Leone's president, Julius Maada Bio, said on Friday that this week's anti-government protests, which led to the deaths of ...
Tag: inflation
CBN increases benchmark interest rate to 14%
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) ...
Airlines groan, write FAAN, NCAA over operations
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has written to Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), seeking an urgent review of ...
Aero Contractors suspends services
The management of Aero Contractors Company Nigeria Limited said it would temporarily suspend scheduled passenger services operations from Wednesday. This ...
Food prices continue to increase – NBS
By NAN The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of selected food items increased in May. It made the ...
Food prices rise by 42% in a year – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) latest report shows that some food prices recorded an increase of 42 per cent ...
Nigerian telecoms operators approach regulator for tariff hike
Nigerian telecoms regulator said on Friday it had received a letter from the association of mobile phone operators demanding for ...
Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 15.92% as price of food stuff rises
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that inflation rate rose to 15.92 percent in March 2022, representing a ...
Ukraine economy to fall 45% in 2022, Russia 11%, World Bank says
President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will cause that country’s economy to contract by almost half - or 45.1% - ...
CSO says inflation figure at variance with price surge
A Civil Society Organisation (CSO) says increase in general price levels of items is at variance with the inflation data ...