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FG to Issue First Diaspora Bond

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced the commencement of a global offering of Nigeria’s first Diaspora Bond. DMO made this known in a statement, the News Agency of Nigeria, said on its website. It said the nation has filed a registration statement for the bonds...

Nigeria’s Domestic Debt Servicing Gulp N474.06bn

The size of Federal Government’s loans has reflected on the debt servicing expenses as it spent N474.06 billion to service domestic debts in the first three months of this year. Statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office in Abuja on Wednesday showed that the country...

Nigeria’s Debt Hits N19tn

The Debt Management Office (DMO) Monday revealed that Nigeria’s total debt stock increased to N19.15 trillion at the end of first quarter 2017, from the N17.36 trillion at the end of last year. According to the DMO, the external component of the country’s debt stood...

DMO Advises Nigerians to Invest in Fed Govt’s Savings Bond

The Director-General, Debt Management Office (DMO) Abraham Nwankwo stated in Kano that the newly introduced Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bond is designed to empower Nigerians across board with the financial capacity to acquire and live better lives. Nwankwo who spoke to representatives of business...

External debt servicing gulps $1.62bn in five years

Amid attempts by the country to borrow more from external sources, Nigeria has in the past five years spent $1.62bn to service its external debts that include loans secured for what turned out to be white elephant projects, EVEREST AMAEFULE writes. In the past five...

Investors in equities lose N2.3trn to bonds, others

The rise in the issuance of bonds and other debts instruments by governments and corporate organisations has taken a heavy toll on the fortunes of the equities sector. Market investors may have lost about N2.3trillion in recent years. The preference for the bonds and debts...