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The Chairman of India’s largest mobile-phone operator, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Sunil Bharti Mittal, has disclosed that the company is considering mergers or sales off its stake in Nigeria and some of its Africa operations so as to cut debt and make its biggest overseas acquisition profitable...

The World Economic Forum’s survey of experts have listed five recurring global risks for 2017. The forum at Davos 2017 said the world could be hit by lethal hurricanes, massive data fraud, floods, tremors and terrorists. Those are the top picks for the mostly likely global threats of 2017...

The Nigerian economy is one of the world’s least competitive, and currently ranks 127th out of 138 economies globally, a 2016-2017 report by the World Economic Forum, says. In the 2015-2016 edition of the Global Competitive Index, Nigeria ranked 124th out of 140 countries. The latest ranking...

Nigeria has been listed as one of the most financially inclusive emerging markets by the World Economic Forum, WEF. See list below:

Most large cities in the developing world are breaching global air pollution guidelines, according to new data from the World Health Organization. Onitsha, a fast growing city in Anambra, a South-East state in Nigeria, has been tagged the world’s most polluted city according to a report...

Following the call for an emergency meetin of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), to discuss steps to possibly cut down oil production and prop up oil prices, Iran and another prominent OPEC member, opposed the call and claimed that the time is not yet right for such an...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has promised to “bury” the Islamic State (IS) militant group, whose local offshoot has clashed with government forces and Taliban fighters. In a BBC interview, Ghani said IS was “not an Afghan phenomenon” and its atrocities had “alienated the people”. “Afghans are...

The Federal Government has commended the United States endorsement of its anti-corruption fight, calling it an incentive to continue with the battle that must be won for the Nigeria to achieve sustainable growth. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, told media executives in...

The world's oceans may have more plastic debris than fish by the year 2050, according to a report produced by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and published by the World Economic Forum. The study, released on Tuesday, found that a whopping 32 percent of all plastic packaging escapes collection...

Nigeria's Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will be representing Nigeria this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Vice President will be participating in a number of panels highlighting the prospects of the Nigerian economy under President Muhammadu Buhari and will also be...