Debts Hit N22.57tn: Buhari Seeks Lawmakers Approval of N819bn Fresh Loan The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is seeking the National Assembly's approval for a N819.54bn supplementary budget, which it planned to finance through domestic borrowing. This is as Nigeria’s domestic debt rose to N22.57tn...

Analysts Kick As CBN Loans To FG Hit N22trn   The Federal Government borrowed N1.46tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances in August 2022. The total FG’s borrowing from CBN rose from N20.61tn in July 2022 to N22.07tn in August 2022. According to...

CBN Moves Against Defaulting Anchor Borrowers   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has moved against beneficiaries of its Anchor Borrowers Programme who have failed to pay back their loans. The NIRSAL Microfinance Bank Limited (NMFB), has published the names of some of the borrowers with the...

Undisbursed Loans Raise Nigeria’s World Bank Debt To $21.15bn   Undisbursed loans may drive Nigeria’s debt to the World Bank from $12.72bn to $21.15bn. This shows that the yet-to-be disbursed loans can increase Nigeria’s debt to the lending institution by 66.27 per cent. The audited financial statements of...

Seven Banks Rake In N570.43bn Interest On Loans H1, 2022   A total of seven banks generated N570.43 billion from loans granted to customers in the first half (H1) of 2022 amidst the hike in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR). Investigation revealed that the seven banks had...

Bank Loans To Govt Rise To N16.32trn – CBN   The total net credit by the Nigerian banking sector to the government rose by N2.2trn in the first quarter ended March 2022 to N16.32tn. Figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s data on ‘Money and credit...