W/Bank loans Nigeria $700m For Water Supply   The Federal Government has secured a $700m loan from the World Bank for specific water projects in the country, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has said. According to him, most of the problems associated with water supply...

Nigeria’s Commodity Terms Of Trade Declines As Exports Fall By 2.3%   Nigeria’s all commodity terms of trade (ToT) fell by 2.85 percent in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3’21) even as commodity exports declined by 2.3 percent during the period. This represents the third consecutive quarterly...

Non-oil Exports Rise By 205%, Hit N942bn In Five Years     Nigeria’s non-oil exports rose from N458.6bn recorded between January and September 2017 to N1.4tn within the same period of 2021, according to an analysis of data from the National Bureau of Statistics. This means that within...

W/Bank Rolls Out N329.53bn Cash Transfer Programme In Nigeria   The World Bank is rolling out an $800m (N329.53bn at official exchange rate) facility designed to fund a large-scale Conditional Cash Transfer programme in Nigeria, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum hinted in its 36th teleconference meeting communique...

Nigeria’s Oil Production Increases By 2.55m Barrels – OPEC   Crude oil production in Nigeria increased by about 2.55 million barrels in the month of November 2021, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced on Tuesday. According to OPEC, the country’s crude oil production rose by 85,000...

Nigeria Secures $210m AfDB Loan To Boost Agriculture   The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors announced on Tuesday the approval of a $210m loan for Nigeria’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones, which it said would boost the agricultural sector. The AfDB said in a statement, “A $210m...