State oil company’s ‘financial strain’ compounds Nigeria’s fuel shortage
Lagos (AFP) - Weeks of fuel scarcities in Nigeria are compounding a cost-of-living crisis, with the state-run oil company acknowledging ...
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Nigerian president to hike minimum wage as living costs rise
Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu agreed on Thursday to more than double the monthly minimum wage to ...
Nigeria’s dyed cloth traders feel heat from China, inflation
Abeokuta (Nigeria) (AFP) - Despite the rain pelting Balogun market in Lagos, Ajoke takes her time choosing the tie-dye fabric ...
Nigeria unions suspend nationwide strike to allow more wage talks
Lagos (AFP) - Nigerian union leaders on Tuesday suspended a nationwide strike to allow for more wage talks after they ...
Nigeria union strike shuts power grid, schools, disrupts flights
Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian labour unions shut down the national power grid and disrupted flights on Monday as they launched ...
Nigeria targets cryptocurrency in bid to end naira freefall
Lagos (AFP) - The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is halting operations in Nigeria's naira currency as the government puts ...
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