Economy

Cement price soars by 100% in three years

The price of cement has risen by 100 per cent in three years to a record high of N7,000, on the back spiralling inflation in the country. Sunday PUNCH findings showed that the prices of cement ranged between N3,300 and N3,500 in Lagos and Ogun States in March 2021 but have jumped to between N6,500 and N7,000 […]

Citizens groan as rice hits N77,000 per bag

This is not the best of times for Nigerian families, who have had to adopt bizarre cost-cutting measures to cope with the recent hardship occasioned by the dramatic hike in the prices of goods and services. Several of them lamented that their income could no longer take care of their daily needs, adding that the […]

Naira depreciates to N1,500/$ in parallel market

The naira yesterday depreciated to N1,500 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,465 per dollar on Tuesday.Similarly, the naira depreciated to N1,479.47 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N1,479.47 per dollar from N1,418.78 per dollar on Wednesday, indicating […]

NNPCL differs as marketers fear fuel queues spread

Oil marketers have expressed fears that there might be scarcity of petrol if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited fails to make the product available to depot owners and other dealers. They said the long queues being experienced in filling stations and some parts of Ogun State might eventually spread to other parts of the […]

FG: Why Some Pharmaceutical Firms Left Nigeria

The federal government has explained that the exit of pharmaceuticals from Nigeria was due to the non-domestication of their products in the country. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this disclosure at a World Cancer Day symposium organised by Project Pink Blue with the theme: “Economy, Tax and […]

Gridlock as fuel queues resurface in Lagos

There was heavy traffic gridlock in some parts of Lagos on Monday as motorists formed long queues outside the forecourts of filling stations on what appeared may herald a fresh scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit. One of our correspondents observed along the Ikorodu Road axis how motorists endured an unusually heavy gridlock due to a […]

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