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Fuel scarcities, price hike deepen Nigerian frustrations
Fuel scarcities, price hike deepen Nigerian frustrations
Business and Economy
by  AFP

After sleeping overnight in a line of cars waiting for fuel, Nigerian taxi driver Oluwashina Ilesanmi had to calculate how much a sudden petrol price increase cut into his earnings. In Lagos, Abuja and the northern city of Kano on Wednesday, some private petrol stations were closed while huge lines of cars waited overnight outside NNPC fuel stations.

German army activates air-defence system, citing Russia threat
German army activates air-defence system, citing Russia threat
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Germany's military put a first Iris-T air-defence system into service on its own soil Wednesday having delivered several of them to war-torn Ukraine to intercept Russian rockets, drones and missiles. Scholz said that "in Ukraine, Iris-T has shot down over 250 rockets, drones and cruise missiles to date and saved countless lives".