On a humid Friday evening in Lekki, a young professional stands in the aisle of a neighbourhood store, scanning labels with unusual care. She picks up a jar of peanut butter. Puts it back. Reaches for another – this one locally made, with a simpler label, a slightly lower price. Into the basket it goes.
President Donald Trump’s Iran war has spiraled into a global economic disaster, and despite his claims, the “myth” that he is acting strategically is fading fast. A new breakdown from MS NOW revealed the three “reality checks” that the president will need to accept to even have the hope of fixing his own mess. Writing
Wednesday 29 April 2026 5:49 am | Updated: Tuesday 28 April 2026 6:09 pm Rachel Reeves has been flirting with rent controls. Carl Court/PA Wire For just under 24 hours the residential landlord sector was seized by panic following reports that first appeared on Monday night that the Chancellor was preparing to impose a ‘temporary’
Nigeria’s revised 2026 tariff framework is set to reshape the country’s import bill, with industrial, food, and transport-related sectors emerging as the primary beneficiaries of sweeping duty reductions, while manufactured goods face tighter protection under a contrasting increase in tariffs. A report by the Financial Market Dealers Association (FMDA) shows that the new tariff regime
Major economists, from former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman to Justin Wolfers at the University of Michigan, are warning that the longer U.S. President Donald Trump’s war with Iran drags on, the harder it will hit American consumers. According to Krugman, higher oil prices will make a wide range of goods more expensive —
Tuesday 28 April 2026 12:02 am | Updated: Monday 27 April 2026 5:28 pm Reeves left just £9.9bn in headroom after her first Budget. A Labour peer has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to avoid using her larger fiscal headroom as a “piggy bank” to fund extra government spending increases. A report by senior House of
Nigeria’s Eurobond market extended its bullish momentum this week, with average yields declining by 6 basis points to 6.89 percent from 6.96 percent, as renewed investor demand lifted prices across maturities. The drop in yields signals a strengthening appetite for Nigerian sovereign debt in the international market, as investors increased purchases of existing bonds, pushing
President Donald Trump and his Department of Defense appear to have a strategy to get Congress to pay off his costly war with Iran, according to the hosts of Pod Save America, but it is a plan that could turn into the “worst possible scenario for Republicans” heading into the midterms. During the Friday episode
Sunday 26 April 2026 11:54 am Darren Jones said price rises could last for “eight-plus months” Surging food and energy prices caused by the Iran war could last for more than eight months after the conflict ends, Starmer’s right-hand man has said. Higher petrol, food and plane ticket prices will persist for “eight-plus months” following
The United States has restored a government-backed credit guarantee to attract Nigerian agro-importers, capitalising on an 84 percent growth in agricultural trade between the two countries In Lagos on Friday, officials said Nigerian banks regained access to the US Department of Agriculture’s GSM-102 program in late 2025, enabling financing for importers seeking American agricultural inputs.