'Nigeria Now Depends On IMF, W/Bank Loans To Pay Workers’ Salaries' ​A Professor of Virology and member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition, Oyewale Tomori, has lamented the refusal of successive administrations in Nigeria to invest in science and...

IMF Raises Nigeria’s 2023 Economic Growth Forecast To 2.7%   The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has raised its forecast for Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, growth in 2023 to 2.7 per cent. The new forecast was contained in the IMF’s January World Economic Outlook, WEO, report released...

IMF To Launch $50bn Lifeline For Nigeria, Others   The International Monetary Fund has said it is set to launch a $50bn trust fund for low-income and vulnerable middle-income countries to help them build resilience to balance of payments shocks and set them on the path...

IMF To Nigeria: Devalue Currency Further, Raise Interest Rates   The International Monetary Fund has advised emerging economies including Nigeria to allow their currencies to depreciate in response to tighter funding conditions and an imminent policy tightening by the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. The...

External Reserves Gained $5.12bn In 2021 On Eurobond Debt, IMF Fund, Others   The country’s external reserves rose by $5.12bn in 2021, according to the data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN revealed that the reserves, which ended December 2020 at $35.37bn, rose to...

IMF Says Crypto Assets May Displace Local Currencies In Developing Countries     The International Monetary Fund has said some emerging markets and developing economies face immediate and serious risks of currency substitution by crypto assets. The IMF disclosed this in a report titled, ‘Global Crypto Regulation Should...