The group cautioned that higher interest rates could weaken economic growth, private-sector investment, industrial productivity, and employment. The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise […]
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Host communities ask Tinubu to reverse gas flare penalty order
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Kwara APC governorship aspirants boycott AbdulRazaq’s consensus meeting
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