•Ondo market Residents of Ondo State are making last-minute rush to purchase consumable items ahead of tomorrow’s off-cycle governorship election. Our correspondent who had been monitoring activities in the state ahead of the exercise reports that some residents are storming the markets to stock up their homes, reports Daily Trust. The decisio...
Bitcoin was close to $73,000 in Asian trade today, approaching a record high with investors keeping a cautious eye on the US presidential election. The leading digital currency was trading around $72,470 at 0800 GMT, after climbing as high as $73,563.63 in late US trade, just shy of its all-time peak of $73,797.98 in March, […]
•Flood-damaged drugs National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has commenced the evacuation of damaged drugs and regulated products from Borno markets following the recent devastating floods that ravaged Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and Jere local government areas. The floods, which affected over 815,000 people and submerg...
•An electronic board displaying the numbers of the Tokyo Stock Exchange share price Asian markets fell today as Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the US presidential race fuelled fresh uncertainty, while traders appeared unmoved by China’s decision to cut interest rates in a bid to boost its stuttering economy. After last weekend’s assassina...
•Food grains Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has directed that ‘Ounje Eko’ food markets commence operations from tomorrow, Sunday, March 17, 2024 across Lagos. The markets have been tasked with selling discounted food items across the five divisions. Here’s a full list of the produce prices at the food market: 5kg bag of rice – N5,325 [&he...
•Market Marketers in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory have blamed the removal of fuel subsidy as the cause of low patronage and high cost of food products. A visit to the main Kuje market, two marketers interviewed by our correspondent blamed the removal of fuel subsidy as the major cause of low […]

