•Rams market Barely four days to the Eid el-Kabir celebration, the price of rams has risen by over 85 per cent in the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is even as ram sellers are complaining of low patronage, which the customers are attributing to high cost of the animals and the […]
The Chairman of BUA Cement, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, yesterday recounted how cement dealers frustrated his company’s N3, 500/bag policy, last year. He spoke at the 8th Annual General Meeting of the company in Abuja, reports Vanguard. He said that while his company sold over a million tones of cement to dealers at N3, 500, […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has commenced sales of forex to Bureau De Change operators after a four-month hiatus. This was after the apex bank confirmed forex sales of $122.67m to 46 authorised dealers today, reports The PUNCH. A statement signed by the Bank’s Director in charge of Financial Markets, Dr Omolara Duke, said the […]
•Petrol scarcity It is no news for fuel scarcity to occur in Nigeria. Rather what is news is what triggered the scarcity. In some cases, it would be that the product was just out of stock due to certain reasons while at other times, it could be that those whose duty it is to take […]
•Dawanau International Grains Market The management of Dawanau International Grains Market in Kano State has dismissed reports that dealers in the market are hoarding foodstuff to create artificial scarcity. The management also dismissed perceptions that the traders are increasing the prices of food items arbitrarily to cause hardships to the ...

