MPC: Retain interest rates – Experts tell CBN

Ahead of Tuesday’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting, financial experts have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to retain a 24.75 per cent interest rate. In different statements, Prof Ken Ife, a renowned economist; Dr Chijioke Ekechukwu, former presiden…

Putin remembers Raisi as a ‘true friend’ to Russia

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was a “true friend” to Russia and was admired both at home and abroad, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message on Monday, after it was confirmed that Raisi died in a helicopter crash a day earlier. Raisi “was …

Xi calls Raisi’s death a ‘great loss’ to Iran

Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his “deep sorrow” over the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, who was found dead on Monday after his helicopter crashed in foggy weather over mountainous terrain. Xi offered his “sincere condolences” to the…