Nigeria's urea exports surged 64 percent year-on-year in the first quarter as the Iran conflict disrupted a key shipping route accounting for 35 percent of global supplies.
The country’s urea exports surged to N1.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2026 from N797.7 billion in the same period of
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
