Six Lending Banks Boost Economy With N1.3trn Credit In 2020         Efforts to grow the nation’s economy has received a boost from the banking sector as six leading banks injected additional N1.337 trillion through loans and advances to their customers across all sectors of the economy...

How We’re Tackling Recession – Fed Govt         The Federal Government on Monday explained some of the measures being adopted to help get the country out of its current economic recession. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, outlined these measures while speaking at the...

Nigeria’s Economy On Track Despite Recession – FG         The Federal Government has said that Nigeria's economy is still on track despite another recession the country entered into last Saturday. Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister, Mrs Zainab Ahmed stated this at the start of the 26th...

Nigerians Expect Weaker Economy If Inflation Rises Faster — CBN         The Central Bank of Nigeria has said more than 60 per cent of Nigerian households it surveyed in September believed that the nation’s economy would end up weaker if inflation started to rise faster. The CBN,...

IMF Projects 10.4% Contraction In Global Trade         The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a 10.4 per cent contraction in global trade as well as a global economic growth rate of -4.4 per cent in 2020. In the just-released biannual World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the...

#EndSARS Protest Disruption Costs Economy N1.5trn       The economic cost of the #EndSARS protest disruption is estimated at N1.5tn, approximately 1.03 per cent of the GDP and 11.47 per cent of the 2021 budget, Financial Derivatives Company Limited has said. “This suggests that the economic recovery path...