Jet powered

• 17.01.2022 12:04 UTC+01:00
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In a bid to limit imports and encourage local production, the Nigerian central bank made 41 items ineligible for foreign exchange in 2015. The list included rice; tomatoes; toothpicks, of all things; and…private jets.

I was completely unaware, until now, that Nigeria had a domestic private jet industry. So, thanks to BBC News' Olivia Ndubuisi, I consider myself enlightened.