In Five Years, Nigeria’s Bilateral Loans Rise By 145%       Nigeria’s loans from China, France, Japan, India and Germany rose from $1.66bn as of December 31, 2015 to $4.06bn as of December 31, 2020, signifying an increase of $2.4bn or 144.58 per cent in five years. This...

'Poor Investments, Others Hamper Nigeria’s Transport System'         The Kano State Commissioner for Housing and Transport, Mahmoud Sansti, and the Managing Director of Infrastructure Bank, Ross Oluyede, have said the Nigerian transport system is bedevilled by lack of infrastructure and poor investments, among other challenges. They said...

Nigeria Spends N1.47trn On Petrol Imports In Six Months         The amount spent on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in the first half of this year jumped to N1.47tn, which is more than 73 per cent of what was incurred in the whole of...

Nigeria’s Foreign Trade Deficit Drops To N1.9trn       Nigeria’s foreign trade deficit narrowed by 110.9 per cent to N1.87 trillion in the second quarter (Q2) compared with the first quarter on account of an increase in the value of oil export. According to foreign trade data released...

Nigeria Could Save $432.6m In Debt Service Suspension – W/Bank       The World Bank has disclosed that Nigeria could save about $432.6m from May 2020 to December 2021 through the debt service suspension initiative. It disclosed this in a brief on COVID-19: Debt Service Suspension Initiative updated...

Economic Growth May Regress If We Don’t Borrow — Ahmed       The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the 5.01 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth recorded in the second quarter of 2021 will regress if the federal government does not...