FG to Settle N2trn Debt Owed to GenCos by December   The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has announced that the government has outlined plans to offset N2trn out of the N4tn debt owed to power generation companies by the end of the current year. He said...

Nigeria’s external debt service is projected to rise to $5.2bn this year, highlighting growing pressure on public finances despite ongoing economic reforms,

How FG Borrowed N1.94trn From Bond Investors   The Federal Government borrowed a total of N1.94trn from bond investors in the first quarter of 2025, an analysis of bond auction results released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) showed. However, the amount was raised through Federal Government...

NEITI Reveals Oil and Gas Industry's $6.1bn Debt to FG   The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has revealed that the oil and gas industry owes the federal government a whopping $6.1 billion in outstanding liabilities as of August 2024. These are made up of outstanding...

Nigeria Generates N73trn From Oil Export Amid Govt Borrowing   Nigeria’s total crude oil export revenues hit N73 trillion in the 21 months spanning January 2023 to September 2024, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the period has shown. The period also saw a...

Capital Expenditure Suffers as FG Services Debt with N7.4tn The Federal Government’s expenditure report for the first eight months of 2024 has laid bare the heavy toll debt servicing is taking on Nigeria’s finances. Between January and August, a total of N7.41tn was spent on servicing...