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Best performing Nigerian stocks for the week ended October 3, 2025
The Nigerian All-Share Index closed the trading week ended October 3, 2025, on a positive note, gaining 1,451.01 points to settle at 143,584.04, with ETERNA and NIGERIAN ENAMELWARE topping the charts. This represents a 1.02% increase, up from...

Mr. Football, A Teacher Like No Other Always Impacting Lives
Charles Ajunwa When my late Dad in the early 80s was transferred from Aba to Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, as Stores Manager at the then Golden Guinea Breweries Limited located along Aba Road, my siblings and I never had an inkling that one...

Tinubu Receives IMO Secretary General, Vows To Advance Maritime Devt
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguezin, in Lagos. President Tinubu reiterated his administration’s commitment to developing Nigeria’s maritime sector as...

French Film Sorority Girls Supports Girls Launches Program in Rwanda With the Backing of Canal+ and Unifrance (EXCLUSIVE)
After successfully setting up events in Paris, Cannes and Guinea, the French film and culture sorority Girls Supports Girls will be expanding its international reach with a new initiative in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Launched by producer...

Loss, grit and gas: Britain’s top pipeline guardian
If it wasn’t for his childhood bus route, Jon Butterworth might never have joined the gas industry.“My first job was at Stockport gas works for the northwestern gas board,” the National Gas chief executive explains, early in our lunch. “I joined...

Nigeria’s maritime sector loses $5b yearly to inefficiencies, says SEREC
*Seeks N100b maritime industrialisation fund Nigeria’s maritime sector is losing between $3 billion and $5 billion every year due to inefficiencies in freight charges, port congestion, weak industrial base, poor multimodal integration systems,...
Côte d’Ivoire Sets Record Cocoa Price Amid EU Regulation Delay
Côte d’Ivoire opened its 2025-26 cocoa season on October 1 with a farmgate price of 2,800 CFA francs per kilogram, approximately USD 5.00 per kilogram, setting a new record that has triggered concerns about cross-border smuggling and regional...
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Special Review for National Day: The Past and Present of China's Aluminum Capacity Ceiling [SMM Analysis]
SMM September 30, 2025 News: Since its inception in 1953, China's aluminum industry has developed from scratch and grown from small to large, ultimately making China the world's largest aluminum producer. Throughout this process, the formation and...

BHP ban a sign China is flexing its trade muscle
Though they still haven't been officially confirmed, reports China's state-owned buyer told steelmakers to stop purchasing iron ore from Australian mining giant BHP have rattled both markets and Canberra. At first glance, this looks like a simple...

Avanti Gold Strengthens Leadership Team
Avanti Gold CORP. (CSE: AGC) (FSE: X370) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its leadership team as it embarks to advance its flagship Misisi Gold Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the following...

China’s reported BHP iron ore ban has wide-ranging ramifications. Here’s what to know
China, via a state-run enterprise, has reportedly banned its steel manufacturers from buying iron ore from Australian mining giant BHP, amid a strategic bid by Beijing to reduce prices of the crucial steel-making commodity. While it is a...
Kwame Nkrumah’s birthplace receives facelift
The birthplace of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, at Nkroful in the Western Region has received a major facelift, making it a befitting place for both historical and tourism purposes. The renovation works include repair and...
Restored: Kwame Nkrumah’s birthplace receives facelift
Rosalind K. Amoh Oct - 04 - 2025 , 09:57 5 minutes read The birthplace of Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, at Nkroful in the Western Region has received a major facelift, making it a befitting place for both historical and...

Blue economy grossly underfunded, says Perm Sec
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Olufemi Oloruntola, has declared that the ministry’s annual budgetary allocations are a fraction of what is required to modernise boats, secure waters, grow fishing, promote...

ECOWAS Bank okays $308.63m for Nigeria, others
Africa ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, EBID, has approved $308.631 million to catalyse strategic investments in clean energy, industrial development and sustainable growth across West Africa. It gave the approval at the bank’s 93rd...

Indian Railways emerging as global exporter; equipment sent to over 16 countries
In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first locomotive for export from the Marhowra Locomotive Manufacturing Plant in Bihar to the Republic of Guinea.Indian Railways is rapidly emerging as a global exporter of critical railway...

Steely brinksmanship: China’s iron ore power play jolts Australia
Though they still haven’t been officially confirmed, reports that China’s state-owned buyer told steelmakers to stop purchasing iron ore from Australian mining giant BHP have rattled both markets and Canberra. At first glance, this looks like a...

The people of St Peter’s: Encountering a community from 19th-century Blackburn
On 30 September 1820, the cornerstone for a new Anglican church was laid in Blackburn town centre. Consecrated the following year, St Peter’s had been built to help accommodate the Lancashire town’s rapidly growing population – a demographic boom...

U.K. Police Just Seized £5.5 Billion in Bitcoin — The World’s Largest Crypto Bust
A Chinese national has been convicted for her role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme after law enforcement authorities in the U.K. confiscated £5.5 billion (about $7.39 billion) during a raid of her home in London. The cryptocurrency seizure,...

Is China’s reported ban on BHP a bluff, or a glimpse of the future?
Though they still haven’t been officially confirmed, reports China’s state-owned buyer told steelmakers to stop purchasing iron ore from Australian mining giant BHP have rattled both markets and Canberra. At first glance, this looks like a simple...