Monetary

AMCON Heightens Moves To Recover Over N4trn Debt

AMCON Heightens Moves To Recover Over N4trn Debt   The Managing Director/CEO, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr Ahmed Lawan Kuru, said the corporation is taking more steps to recover the over N4 trillion government debts from private individuals. Kuru stated this at the weekend when...

IMF Says Nigeria, Others May Lose $10bn To Political Tensions

IMF Says Nigeria, Others May Lose $10bn To Political Tensions   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Nigeria could lose an estimated $10bn of foreign direct investment and official development assistance inflows to geo-political tensions. The IMF in its country focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, released on...

Senate Demands N3.2bn Tractor Loan Recovery

Senate Demands N3.2bn Tractor Loan Recovery   The Senate has indicted the Bank of Agriculture in Kaduna over a N3.2bn loan disbursed to 10 vendors to purchase tractors and other equipment for allocation to end users. The indictment was sequel to the 2016 report of the Auditor...

Malami to Reps: $2.4bn Diversion Claim Baseless, Lacks Merit

Malami to Reps: $2.4bn Diversion Claim Baseless, Lacks Merit   The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has told the House of Representatives that the allegation that 48 million barrels of crude oil valued at over $2.4bn were sold to...

Devt Bank Loaned MSMEs N149bn in 2022 – Report

Devt Bank Loaned MSMEs N149bn in 2022 – Report The Development Bank of Nigeria report has revealed that about 105,000 micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises borrowed N149.6bn in 2022. This was disclosed in the Annual Integrated and Statutory Report 2022 released during the bank’s Annual General...

DBN Disbursed N631bn To 313,000 MSMEs

DBN Disbursed N631bn To 313,000 MSMEs    The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has disbursed more than N631 billion to slightly over 313,000 MSMEs across the country, from N482 billion to more than 208,000 MSMEs at the end of the previous year. The Managing Director/ Chief Executive...