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Nigeria’s brief season of cooling prices has come to an abrupt end. The headline inflation rate rose to 15.69% in April, up from 15.38% in March. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the modest economic gains recorded during the first quarter are rapidly melting away. This unexpected reversal shatters local hopes that…
Nigeria’s food price situation took another difficult turn in March 2026, with official government data showing sharp increases in the cost of staple food items, even as independent market checks suggest a significant gap between bureau figures and what consumers are actually paying. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its Selected Food Price…
In recent years, Nigeria has witnessed a perplexing economic phenomenon: the rising prices of food and essential items despite a backdrop of poor consumer demand. This situation is particularly striking as it unfolds against the backdrop of the religious observance periods of Lent for Christians and Ramadan for Muslims, times traditionally marked by fasting and…
Tehran’s military command has issued one of its starkest warnings since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran, declaring that it will block all oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz destined for the United States, Israel and their allies, and warning that crude prices could climb to $200 per barrel. The declaration,…
