Thursday 19 March 2026 10:17 am | Updated: Thursday 19 March 2026 1:24 pm Natwest and Lloyds shares tumbled amid the market chaos. The FTSE 100 was treading slightly above the 10,000 mark on Thursday as fears grew that the index could slip underneath the milestone. London’s blue-chip index fell 2.7 per cent by the
(This article is a two-part series. Read Part 1: Moving corporate impact in Nigeria’s healthcare from donations to investments (1) The good news is that models for meaningful corporate health investment already exist in Nigeria and are generating measurable, replicable, and scalable results. The Adopt-a-Healthcare Facility Programme (ADHFP), co-founded by Aliko Dangote, Jim Ovia, and
During the first year of Trump’s second term, many of his actions — from his private statements to his public policies — have served to alienate the United States from its allies. Now polling shows that America’s top allies, including Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, overwhelmingly view China as a more dependable partner
International energy market uncertainty has quickly appeared in consumer search behavior, with interest in gas cylinders in Hungary rising sharply, according to data from Árukereső.hu. The trend is not unique to Hungary, as similar patterns are being observed across several countries in the region, with consumers preparing for potential price increases or supply disruptions. The
Wednesday 18 March 2026 6:01 am | Updated: Tuesday 17 March 2026 6:34 pm Rachel Reeves delivered the Mais Lecture in London. Image: Yui Mok/PA Wire Rachel Reeves has warned that we’ve entered “an age of insecurity” – and she wasn’t referring to Keir Starmer’s precarious grip on power. In declaring that “globalisation as we’ve
When global oil prices rise due to conflicts thousands of miles away, oil-producing countries are expected to benefit. In Nigeria, the net effect is often negative for households. Higher crude prices feed quickly into rising fuel costs, transport fares, and food prices, eroding purchasing power despite the country’s oil wealth. The problem is structural. Nigeria
When Democratic President Bill Clinton left office on January 20, 2021, the United States had a balanced federal budget and a surplus. But the federal deficit grew substantially under Clinton’s successor, George W. Bush, and continued under the three presidents who followed: Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The U.S. lived through some major
Domestic sales volume of Hungary’s biggest brewers fell 9.3% to 503 million liters in 2025, the Hungarian Brewers Association and the Small Brewers Association said in a joint statement on Wednesday, according to a report by state news wire MTI. Volume of beer brewed by the companies slipped 4.8% to 473 millon liters. Developments fit
Veteran economics reporter Catherine Rampell warns of “Warflation” in the weeks ahead. In a post to The Bulwark, Rampell predicted higher prices are on the horizon for “anything that needs to be transported anywhere.” “The top crude oil expert at S&P Global Energy warned that the military conflict has the potential to become ‘the largest
…as committee charts path for subnational export expansion The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering measurable outcomes under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as it intensifies efforts to deepen subnational export expansion and strengthen Nigeria’s leadership on the continent. This was disclosed on Wednesday in Abuja by Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of