Nigeria’s Debt to GDP Ratio Surpasses 50% Nigeria’s debt-to-GDP ratio crossed 50% for the first time ever last week after the Debt Management Office published the country’s latest public debt figures. According to the DMO, Nigeria now has a public debt portfolio of N121 trillion, consisting...

The World Bank has affirmed its 3.3 per cent economic growth forecast for Nigeria in 2024 saying the nation’s economy was mildly buoyant in the early part of the year despite macroeconomic adjustments. 

Debt Servicing Gulps $2.2bn in Five Months – CBN Nigeria’s debt servicing gulped about N2.2bn in the first five months of this year, the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have revealed. This is almost half of the $4.8bn projected for the entire...

Motorcycle Imports Surge by 204% in Q1 2024 Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reveal Nigeria recorded N117.4 billion as import cost for motorcycles in the first quarter of 2024. The figure represents a 204% increase from the N38.6 billion recorded in the same...

Food, Beverage Import Bill Rises to N1.59trn in Q1 2024 – NBS Nigeria’s food and beverage import bill increased by 30% from N 1.21 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2023 to N1.59 trillion in the first three months of 2024. This is according to the...

Expenditure on Fuel Import Increases by 46% in Q1 2024 Nigeria’s expenditure on fuel soared to N2.6 trillion in the first quarter of 2024, representing a 46% increase from the fourth quarter of 2023. This data comes from the latest foreign trade report by the National...