Maharashtra’s passage of the Women Farmers’ Empowerment Bill, granting women independent recognition as farmers irrespective of land ownership, brings into focus the structural bias against the female agricultural workforce, highlights the need for a database of women farmers and using it to ensure access to welfare schemes
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited, Henry C. Onwuzurigbo, has highlighted the importance of physical fitness and employee wellness, describing the bank’s annual health walk as a key initiative for promoting healthy living and strengthening relationships with customers and stakeholders. Mr Onwuzurigbo made the remarks during the Zenith Health Walk and SME Fair organised as part of activities marking the bank’s 21st anniversary under the theme “21 Years of Excellence, A Future of Possibilities”.
UK Prime Minister rules out financial reparations, despite longstanding Caribbean demands.
The Trump administration has given support to almost half of the nation’s coal plants, helping them to continue operating despite economic and regulatory headwinds, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund. The analysis, which looked at the 184 operating coal plants that are connected to the grid, found that 90 received support from the Trump administration through “cash handouts, free passes to pollute, and requirements to stay online past their retirement dates”.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced the restoration of its Clou Smart Prepayment Metering System following a service disruption. In a notice issued on Saturday, October 31, 2026, the company said customers can now purchase electricity credits through the ECG PowerApp or at the nearest private prepayment vending station.
By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor Financial Trust Group (FT Group) has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in its 30-year dispute with the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) over issues surrounding the accounting for assets realised from the liquidation of Financial Merchant Bank Limited and Republic Bank Limited, as well as the payment of any outstanding liquidation surpluses and dividends due to the estate of its late founder, Otunba Olufemi Ajayi. Financial Merchant Bank was taken over by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in January 1994 while Republic Bank was…
The Group further reported ₦159.7 billion operating profit as gross profit surges 483% to ₦174.5 billion in nine months ended 30 September 2026
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Publisher of BusinessDay newspaper, Frank Aigbogun, on his 70th birthday, praising his contributions to business journalism, economic reporting and national development. Tinubu said, “As a distinguished journalist and media entrepreneur, Aigbogun has contributed significantly to the growth of business journalism, economic reporting, and informed public discourse in Nigeria.”
The listing makes OPay the first major Nigeria-focused fintech to list on a United States stock exchange.
The government’s fortnightly review raised the export levy on diesel to ₹11.5 per litre from ₹8.5 and on aviation turbine fuel to ₹11 per litre from ₹10.5, while India’s diesel exports touched 700 kilo barrels per day in October, the highest since September 2025, according to Kpler
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is predicting petrol prices to go down while diesel price go up at the pumps in the first pricing window starting, November 1, 2026. According to COPEC, Free On Board price of petrol decreased from $1255.05 per Metric Tonne to $1199.16 per Metric Tonne indicating a -4.45%.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Saturday he was “open” to the UK issuing a formal apology for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, but ruled out financial reparations. The Labour leader made the remarks days before attending a Commonwealth leaders summit in Antigua and Barbuda, as King Charles III tours the Caribbean.
London Paddington and Birmingham New Street stations will shut for five days but most routes will stay open Passengers travelling on some of Great Britain’s busiest railway lines at Christmas have been warned of significant disruption from 10 days of engineering works. Work will close London’s Paddington station – affecting intercity trains to the west of England and Wales until January – as well as Birmingham New Street, the UK’s busiest station outside the capital, for five days over the holiday period.
We look at the best ways to pay off your biggest debt early When Adrian Massey was made redundant from his job as a food developer in 2010, the bill that worried him the most was the mortgage. The couple had bought their six-bedroom home in Banbury, Oxfordshire, for £280,000 two years before he lost his job.
The defence secretary, Wes Streeting, says he started stockpiling food and water weeks ago in case of a national emergency, as he talked up the threats to the UK and said his department had already begun ramping up its spending in response. Streeting spoke after the chancellor, John Healey, said he wanted defence spending to reach 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035; having already asked Whitehall departments to find 1% cuts in their budgets for long-term investment to fund defence spending.
SoftBank-backed Nigerian fintech company OPay has raised $304 million in its initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, securing a valuation of approximately $4 billion as it seeks to expand its presence in the growing digital financial services market. Founded in 2018, OPay provides digital financial services across emerging markets, including Nigeria and Indonesia.
Jio makes India’s largest-ever stock market debut, raising $3.2bn in IPO.
By Adegboyega Adeleye A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Segun Sowunmi, has faulted Pat Utomi’s claim that Peter Obi could strengthen the naira to ₦500 per dollar if elected president. Sowunmi also disputed Utomi’s cement projection, saying a $10 bag would cost ₦5,000 at ₦500 to the dollar, not ₦2,000.
Madras High Court in trademark case. Justice P.B. Balaji quotes Tamil poetess Avvaiyar’s statement, ‘Pasi Vandhal Pathum Paranthu Pogum’, and the Tamil idiom, ‘Pasi Kanna Kattuthu’
On the latest episode, the rebel economists Karel Williams and Sukhdev Johal explain to Aditya Chakrabortty why they believe praying for growth is a fool’s dream – and why it won’t improve your life Aditya’s suggested reading list for Karel Williams and Sukhdev Johal: As we say in the podcast, I’ve championed the work of Karel and Sukhdev and their colleagues in the Guardian for many years, and some of my columns are a good introduction to their approach. The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► www.youtube.com/@theguardian Guardian News ► www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Today in Focus ►…
Following the updates, AstraZeneca’s share price jumped 3.1 percent on the London stock exchange, where the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up slightly overall. Alongside its blockbuster cancer drugs, AstraZeneca has also been developing a weight-loss treatment, given the popularity of GLP-1 drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro.
John Healey’s budget offered a ‘sting in the tail’ for savers by raising tax rates but there are ways to ease the pain Savers were both winners and losers in Wednesday’s budget. In his first outing as chancellor, John Healey dropped a plan to cut the cash Isa limit for under-65s but surprised everyone with an extra tax charge on savings and property income.
Intercity train operator’s compensation bill likely to top £70m this financial year amid rise in claims across network Avanti West Coast paid out more than £20m to passengers in just three months this summer in refunds for disrupted journeys on Britain’s main intercity rail network. It repaid a further £12.2m in the subsequent eight weeks.
BRS working president sought to know why the concerns raised by IDBI Bank employees over the proposed disinvestment were not being addressed