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Labour Productivity Rose N684.43 in Fourth Quarter 2016

June 8, 2017/NBS Click here to download full PDF Report Introduction Among important measures of the wellbeing of an economy, is the level and growth of economic output, commonly known as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  However, economists and policy makers are also interested in the factors of production that […]

Yahoo shareholders approve sale of core business to Verizon

June 8, 2017/Reuters Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) shareholders on Thursday approved the company’s pending sale of its core internet business to Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) for $4.48 billion, according to preliminary results from a shareholder meeting. Yahoo expects that the deal will close on June 13, 2017. The company also said […]

5.6 million people benefit from AfDB’s agriculture interventions in 2016: Development Effectiveness Review

June 8, 2017/AfDB Click here to download full report Efforts by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to upgrade Africa’s agriculture sector is yielding good results with about 5.6 million people benefiting from the Bank’s interventions in the past year. Among other things, AfDB plans scale up its focus on regional […]