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🌍 TOP 10 DESTINATIONS FOR ECOWAS EXPORTS — Q2 2026 (Destination — Export Value) 1 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates — $2.054B 2 🇨🇭Switzerland — $1.532B 3 🇹🇭Thailand — $197.832M 4 🇮🇳India — $129.991M 5 🇭🇰Hong Kong — $41.033M 6 🇬🇭Ghana — $33.102M 7 🇸🇬Singapore — $26.164M 8 🇲🇱Mali — $18.274M 9 🇲🇺Mauritius — $16.612M 10 🇫🇷France — $14.451M The United Arab Emirates and Switzerland lead the listed destinations, with reported export values of $2.054 billion and $1.532 billion, respectively. Ghana is the highest-ranked West African destination in the list, at sixth. #StatiSense (ECOWAS)

🏀 TOP 10 HIGHEST-PAID NBA PLAYERS IN 2026 Player — Amount earning: 1 🇺🇸 Stephen Curry — $203.6 million 2 🇺🇸 Kevin Durant — $104.9 million 3 🇬🇷 Giannis Antetokounmpo — $103.5 million 4 🇺🇸 LeBron James — $93.9 million 5 🇺🇸 Anthony Edwards — $87.9 million 6 🇺🇸 Jayson Tatum — $86.5 million 7 🇺🇸 Jimmy Butler — $70.8 million 8 🇨🇦 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — $70.8 million 9 🇺🇸 Devin Booker — $68.1 million 10 🇨🇲 Joel Embiid — $68.0 million Stephen Curry tops the ranking with estimated annual earnings of $203.6 million. Joel Embiid is the highest-ranked African at $68.0m. Curry earns almost 3x more. #Statisense (Forbes)

🌍 TOP 20 AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY HEALTHCARE SPENDING PER PERSON — 2023 Annual healthcare expenditure per capita (International $, PPP) 1 🇲🇺 Mauritius — $1,565.91 2 🇸🇨 Seychelles — $1,401.75 3 🇿🇦 South Africa — $1,353.75 4 🇧🇼 Botswana — $1,309.50 5 🇹🇳 Tunisia — $1,112.51 6 🇳🇦 Namibia — $1,068.45 7 🇱🇾 Libya — $1,055.36 8 🇸🇿 Eswatini — $922.03 9 🇪🇬 Egypt — $904.67 10 🇩🇿 Algeria — $732.00 11 🇬🇦 Gabon — $672.98 12 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde — $616.54 13 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea — $609.30 14 🇲🇦 Morocco — $606.04 15 🇱🇸 Lesotho — $385.60 16 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe — $355.03 17 🇲🇷 Mauritania — $301.70 18 🇰🇪 Kenya — $274.47 19 🇳🇬 Nigeria — $260.14 20 🇰🇲 Comoros — $249.62 Mauritius spent approximately six times as much per person on healthcare as Nigeria in 2023. Nigeria ranked 19th out of 54 African countries, spending less per person than Kenya but more than Ghana, despite being Africa's most populous country. NOTE: Figures represent 2023 current healthcare expenditure per person, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP). Spending includes government, private and other current healthcare expenditure, not government budgets alone. PPP-adjusted international dollars account for differences in purchasing power between countries. #Statisense (WHO, 2023)

🌍 TOP 30 COUNTRIES BY HEALTHCARE SPENDING PER PERSON — 2024 Annual expenditure per capita (USD, PPP-adjusted) 1 🇺🇸 United States — $14,885 2 🇨🇭 Switzerland — $9,963 3 🇳🇴 Norway — $9,393 4 🇩🇪 Germany — $9,365 5 🇳🇱 Netherlands — $8,436 6 🇦🇹 Austria — $8,401 7 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — $8,087 8 🇸🇪 Sweden — $7,871 9 🇮🇪 Ireland — $7,811 10 🇧🇪 Belgium — $7,750 11 🇦🇺 Australia — $7,469 12 🇫🇷 France — $7,367 13 🇨🇦 Canada — $7,301 14 🇩🇰 Denmark — $7,071 15 🇮🇸 Iceland — $7,070 16 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — $6,774 17 🇫🇮 Finland — $6,657 18 🇳🇿 New Zealand — $6,097 19 🇯🇵 Japan — $5,790 20 🇸🇮 Slovenia — $5,527 21 🇪🇸 Spain — $5,346 22 🇵🇹 Portugal — $5,212 23 🇮🇹 Italy — $5,164 24 🇨🇿 Czechia — $5,014 25 🇰🇷 South Korea — $4,979 26 🇮🇱 Israel — $4,362 27 🇵🇱 Poland — $4,284 28 🇱🇹 Lithuania — $4,259 29 🇸🇰 Slovakia — $4,021 30 🇪🇪 Estonia — $3,768 The United States spent about 2.5 times the OECD average of $5,967 per person and nearly 50% more than second-ranked Switzerland. However, higher healthcare spending does not automatically translate into better health outcomes. NOTE: Figures represent 2024 or the nearest available year, published in OECD's Health at a Glance 2025. Spending includes public and private healthcare expenditure, adjusted for purchasing power (PPP). The ranking covers countries included in the OECD comparison, not every country worldwide. Some figures are provisional or estimated. #Statisense (OECD, WHO, 2025)

🇳🇬 NIGERIA’S COOKING GAS (LPG) PRICES BY SELECTED COMMERCIAL CENTRES — SEPTEMBER 2026 State — Minimum Price | Maximum Price 1 ⚫ Bauchi — ₦1,550.00 | ₦1,600.00 2 🔴 Sokoto — ₦1,420.00 | ₦1,500.00 3 🔴 Kano — ₦1,370.00 | ₦1,550.00 4 🟠 FCT — ₦1,200.00 | ₦1,400.00 5 🟣 Lagos — ₦1,250.00 | ₦1,400.00 6 🟣 Oyo — ₦1,250.00 | ₦1,400.00 7 🟢 Anambra — ₦1,300.00 | ₦1,500.00 8 🟤 Cross River — ₦1,250.00 | ₦1,400.00 ⚫ NE 🔴 NW 🟠 NC 🟣 SW 🟢 SE 🟤 SS Bauchi recorded the highest maximum cooking gas price at ₦1,600.00 per kilogram, while Abuja recorded the lowest minimum price at ₦1,200.00 per kilogram. NB: Prices are in naira per kilogram and include propane. The report covers selected commercial centres, not all Nigerian states. #StatiSense (NMDPRA — September 2026)

🌍 TOP 12 BEST COUNTRIES TO VISIT IN YOUR LIFETIME — 2025 Rank — Country — Score 1 🇹🇭 Thailand — 72.15 2 🇬🇷 Greece — 67.22 3 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 65.15 4 🇵🇹 Portugal — 64.32 5 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — 60.53 6 🇿🇦 South Africa — 59.76 7 🇵🇪 Peru — 59.76 8 🇮🇹 Italy — 57.77 9 🇮🇳 India — 57.65 10 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates — 57.38 11 🇫🇷 France — 56.31 12 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 56.29 Thailand retained its top position from 2024, while South Africa was the only African country in the Top 12. South Africa and Peru recorded identical scores of 59.76, despite being listed in 6th and 7th positions. NOTE: Rankings reflect travel preferences based on feedback from over 295,000 readers. Scores are from CEOWORLD Magazine's published ranking, not percentages. Countries with identical scores are shown in their original published order. #Statisense (CEOWORLD, 2025)

🇳🇬 NIGERIA’S DAILY PETROL CONSUMPTION INCREASED BY 7% IN SEPTEMBER 2026 ⛽ Daily Petrol Consumption (Million Litres/Day) August — 41.5 ML/D September — 44.4 ML/D Change — +7.0% Domestic Petrol Receipts August — 35.9 ML/D September — 28.5 ML/D Change — −20.6% Imported Petrol Receipts August — 14.6 ML/D September — 10.2 ML/D Change — −30.1% Daily petrol consumption rose by 7.0%, even as domestic receipts fell by 20.6% and imported receipts declined by 30.1%. NB: Consumption measures petrol used domestically, while receipts measure petrol received from domestic sources and imports. #StatiSense (NMDPRA — September 2026)

TOP 10 AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY HEALTH EXPENDITURE PER PERSON — 2023 (Country — Amount Spent) 1 🇸🇨Seychelles — $766.29 2 🇲🇺Mauritius — $616.21 3 🇿🇦South Africa — $536.59 4 🇧🇼Botswana — $489.60 5 🇱🇾Libya — $470.40 6 🇳🇦Namibia — $397.09 7 🇹🇳Tunisia — $317.71 8 🇸🇿Eswatini — $296.05 9 🇨🇻Cabo Verde — $290.13 10 🇬🇦Gabon — $252.98 . . 🇳🇬Nigeria — $66.82 per person Health expenditure per person measures total health spending from public and private sources divided by the population. In 2023, Seychelles recorded Africa’s highest expenditure at $766.29 per person, followed by Mauritius at $616.21 and South Africa at $536.59. Nigeria’s figure was $66.82 per person, considerably below the Top 10 countries listed. These figures reflect total health expenditure, not government spending alone, and do not by themselves measure healthcare quality or accessibility. #Statisence (WHO)

☕️ WORLD'S LARGEST TEA PRODUCERS — 2024 Country — Tea leaves produced in tonnes: 1 🇨🇳 China — 16.26M 2 🇮🇳 India — 6.16M 3 🇰🇪 Kenya — 2.69M 4 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — 1.51M 5 🇹🇷 Türkiye — 1.41M 6 🇻🇳 Vietnam — 1.15M 7 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 658K 8 🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 438K 9 🇺🇬 Uganda — 415K 10 🇦🇷 Argentina — 357K China grew about half (49.7%) of the world's 32.73M tonnes in 2024. The top 3 grew 76.7%. Kenya is Africa's biggest producer as 5 of the top 15 were African: Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania. (FAO, FAOSTAT)

🇳🇬 NIGERIA’S PETROL PRICES BY SELECTED COMMERCIAL CENTRES — SEPTEMBER 2026 State — Minimum Price | Maximum Price 1🟤 Cross River — ₦1,330.00 | ₦1,390.00 2 ⚫ Borno — ₦1,410.50 | ₦1,450.00 3 🔴 Sokoto — ₦1,354.25 | ₦1,437.50 4 🔴 Kano — ₦1,330.00 | ₦1,430.00 5 🟠 FCT — ₦1,345.00 | ₦1,445.00 6 🟣 Lagos — ₦1,293.75 | ₦1,367.50 7 🟣 Oyo — ₦1,338.00 | ₦1,425.00 8 🟢 Enugu — ₦1,315.00 | ₦1,433.75 ⚫ NE 🔴 NW 🟠 NC 🟣 SW 🟢 SE 🟤 SS Maiduguri recorded the highest maximum petrol price at ₦1,450.00 per litre, while Lagos recorded the lowest minimum price at ₦1,293.75 per litre. NB: Prices are in naira per litre. The report covers selected commercial centres, not all Nigerian states. #StatiSense (NMDPRA — September 2026)

📊 MICHAEL CARRICK'S MAN UNITED RECORD IN NUMBERS 🇬🇧 ⚽ Matches: 31 🟢 Wins: 16 🟡 Draws: 8 🔴 Losses: 7 📈 Win Rate: 51.6% 🎯 Points per Match: 1.81 🔁 Roles: 3 (2021–2026) 🏟️ Club: Manchester United Michael Carrick has 16 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats in 31 matches as Manchester United coach (as of 21 Oct 2026). As interim coach he won 11 of 16. Since being made permanent, he has won 3 of 12. #Statisense (Transfermarkt)

⛽ NIGERIA’S DAILY PETROL SUPPLY DECLINED BY 23.4% IN SEPTEMBER 2026 PMS Daily Supply (Million Litres/Day) August — 50.5 ML/D September — 38.7 ML/D Change — −23.4% Domestic Supply August — 35.9 ML/D September — 28.5 ML/D Change — −20.6% Imported Supply August — 14.6 ML/D September — 10.2 ML/D Change — −30.1% 📊 Nigeria’s reported average daily petrol supply declined by 23.4%, from 50.5 million litres per day in August to 38.7 ML/D in September 2026. Domestic supply fell by 20.6%, from 35.9 ML/D to 28.5 ML/D, while imported supply declined by 30.1%, from 14.6 ML/D to 10.2 ML/D. Domestic sources accounted for approximately 73.6% of reported petrol supply in September, while imports contributed 26.4%. Despite the decline in reported supply, daily petrol consumption increased by 7.0%, rising from 41.5 ML/D in August to 44.4 ML/D in September. Petrol stock cover stood at 23.9 days. #StatiSense (NMDPRA — September 2026)

🇳🇬 HOW SUFFICIENT IS NIGERIA’S FUEL SUPPLY? — SEPTEMBER 2026 🇳🇬 ⛽ Fuel — Number of Days 🛢️ Petrol (PMS) — 23.9 days 🚛 Diesel (AGO) — 49.7 days ✈️ Aviation Fuel (ATK) — 53.2 days 🔥 Cooking Gas (LPG) — 15.9 days ✈️ Aviation fuel had the highest stock sufficiency at 53.2 days, while 🔥 cooking gas had the lowest at 15.9 days. 📌 NB: Fuel sufficiency refers to the number of days Nigeria can meet fuel demand using available stock without new supply. #StatiSense (NMDPRA — September 2026)

🇵🇹🏆 BRUNO FERNANDES'S MANCHESTER UNITED CAREER IN NUMBERS (2020–2026) Career — Totals: Matches — 338 Goals — 111 Assists — 109 Goal Contributions — 220 Tournament — Breakdown: Premier League Appearances — 237 Premier League Goals — 74 Premier League Assists — 73 Champions League Appearances — 22 Champions League Goals — 7 Champions League Assists — 10 Europa League Appearances — 39 Europa League Goals — 16 Europa League Assists — 13 FA Cup Appearances — 24 FA Cup Goals — 10 FA Cup Assists — 8 EFL Cup Appearances — 15 EFL Cup Goals — 4 EFL Cup Assists — 4 Community Shield Appearances — 1 Community Shield Assists — 1 Honours: English FA Cup — 1 (2024) English League Cup — 1 (2023) Individual Awards: Premier League Player of the Year — 2 (2019/20, 2025/26) #Statisense (Transfermarkt)

🇳🇬 NIGERIA'S STOCK MARKET CAPITALISATION TREND — 2019–2026 Year — Market Capitalisation 2019 — ₦12.97 trillion 2020 — ₦21.06 trillion 2021 — ₦22.30 trillion 2022 — ₦27.92 trillion 2023 — ₦40.92 trillion 2024 — ₦62.76 trillion 2025 — ₦99.38 trillion 2026* — ₦159.05 trillion Nigeria's equities market capitalisation increased more than twelvefold between December 2019 and October 2026, adding approximately ₦146.08 trillion in nominal value. Remarkably, about 66% of this increase occurred between December 2024 and October 2026. #Statisense (NGX)