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Vice President Shettima Says Nigeria Will Adopt Ethiopia’s Oromia Model for Mechanised Farming and Food Sovereignty

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Vice President Shettima Says Nigeria Will Adopt Ethiopia’s Oromia Model for Mechanised Farming and Food Sovereignty

Nigeria’s vice president has returned from an Ethiopian farm tour with a clear message: the country wants to copy what Ethiopia has done with large-scale, machine-driven agriculture. Kashim Shettima led a Nigerian delegation through farms and agricultural facilities in Ethiopia’s Oromia Regional State on Thursday, October 8, as part of the Ethiopia-Nigeria Leadership Exchange. He … Read more

Cost of Living in Nigeria 2026: Prices of Food, Rent, Transport, and Data Compared With 2025

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Cost of Living in Nigeria 2026: Prices of Food, Rent, Transport, and Data Compared With 2025

Last updated: September 28, 2026 Summary: Inflation Is Falling, but Prices Are Not Falling With It Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has dropped sharply in a year, from 23.14% in August 2025 to 15.39% in August 2026. That is real relief, but it can be misread. A lower inflation rate means prices are rising more slowly, … Read more

Wall Street Stocks Dented by Inflation Fears as Oil Prices Surge and Middle East Tensions Escalate

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Wall Street Stocks Dented by Inflation Fears as Oil Prices Surge and Middle East Tensions Escalate

Wall Street Stocks Dented by Inflation Fears as Oil Prices Surge and Middle East Tensions Escalate Global markets opened the week on unsteady footing as a fresh round of Middle East hostilities pushed crude prices to their highest level in nearly two months, reviving fears that stubborn inflation could force central banks to keep interest … Read more

Sterling Hits Three-Week Low Against the Dollar as Middle East Tensions and UK Gilt Yields Rattle Markets

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Sterling Hits Three-Week Low Against the Dollar as Middle East Tensions and UK Gilt Yields Rattle Markets

The British pound slipped to its weakest level in three weeks on Wednesday, caught between a resurgent dollar and mounting pressure in Britain’s own bond market, in a session that captured just how exposed sterling has become to forces well outside the UK’s control. GBP/USD fell as low as $1.3490, its softest reading since August … Read more

China’s Short-Drama Producers Flood The Market With Cheap Bets And Let Audiences Pick The Winners

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China’s short-drama producers flood the market with cheap bets — and let audiences pick the winners

China’s short drama industry has landed on a strategy that looks almost old-fashioned in its logic even as it’s powered by some of the newest generative AI tools available: throw dozens of cheap, quickly made titles at the market and let audience reaction decide which ones deserve real investment. Rather than pouring significant capital into … Read more

UK moves ahead with first £10 billion wave of low-cost housing plan

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UK moves ahead with first £10 billion wave of low-cost housing plan

UK moves ahead with first £10 billion wave of low-cost housing plan targeting affordable housing crisis and social rent homes Britain’s government has set out the details of nearly £10 billion in funding aimed at building lower-cost housing for renters, marking the first major rollout under a much larger ten-year commitment and giving the clearest … Read more

How Canada could hit back to hurt the US economy

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How Canada could hit back to hurt the US economy

How Canada could hit back to hurt the US economy amid the Canada-US trade war and 2026 tariffs The relationship between Washington and Ottawa has entered its rockiest stretch in decades, and the latest escalation has made clear that Canada is no longer content to simply absorb blow after blow. After talks between American and … Read more