The country needs $15bn from asset sales and borrowing to revive the slumping economy and boost foreign reserves, according to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Dangote said in a Bloomberg TV interview at the US-Africa Business Forum in New York, “Through sales of assets, through...

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, joined the list of eminent Nigerians calling for sale of state assets to get the much-needed foreign exchange and shore up the nation’s fast-depleting external reserves. Sanusi, who spoke in Lagos as the special guest at the launch...