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Membership of the BRICS group of emerging-market nations is set to double, with Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, and Egypt joining its ranks on Jan. 1, South Africa’s envoy to the bloc said. Current members Brazil,…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers after almost one year. This follows a historic agreement between President Bola Tinubu and President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin…

Representatives from Russia and Ukraine last week met in the United Arab Emirates over the possibility of a prisoner-of-war swap to trigger a resumption of Russian ammonia exports to Asia and Africa, via a Ukrainian pipeline. …

The waiting period under a US antitrust act for billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s $44 billion proposal to acquire Twitter has ended, with the deal now subject to other regulatory approvals. The expiry of the waiting period of the…

Emirates and Etihad, two of the Middle East's biggest airlines, said Tuesday they would be among the first companies to test an application that allows pre-travel verification of coronavirus tests and vaccinations. The United Arab…

Brent, the benchmark for Nigeria’s crude oil, hovers around 10-month highs of $53 on Monday as producer cartel and other oil rich nations fail to agree on whether to unleash more barrels on to a market under threat from the latest…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced it had launched a new project to explore the moon and would land an unmanned spacecraft on it in 2024. Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum wrote on Twitter on…

TAYO ELEGBEDE Crude oil prices went up on the first trading day after OPEC+ eased oil production cuts by two million barrels per day (bpd). Brent crude rose by 2.05 per cent or 0.89 cent trading at $44.41 per barrel on Monday evening…

Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed on Thursday that the aviation sector was working out protocol to resume international flight. Mustapha…

By Tayo Elegbede The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to ease production cuts as demand increases. The OPEC, which reached the decision at the ongoing 20th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring…