Economy
News and analysis on the Nigerian economy
Senate summons finance minister over N206 billion increased humanitarian budget
The money was for projects in 2022 but was not released and now recurring by almost 10-fold
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Nigeria can afford annual social security bill of N1.8 trillion if oil theft leakages are plugged – Moghalu
Nigeria loses $700 million per month to crude oil theft
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Nigeria spending only $220 per Nigerian per year, which is 12% of GDP- World Bank
A child born in Nigeria today will only be 36% as productive when he grows up as he could be...
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2023: Nigeria cannot have so many people living in poverty and not have criminality- Peter Obi
63% of persons living in Nigeria are multidimensionally poor
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Budget Office insists on more taxes for wealthy Nigerians
Nigeria has a revenue problem and not a debt problem
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Brent Crude oil price recovers after falling to 10 months low
Brent Crude oil prices dropped to as low as $82 per barrel for the first time since January 2022, after...
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Bill Gates commits $7 billion aid to Nigeria, other African countries in 4 years
Nigeria will take the biggest share of the fund to improve the social economic state of the country
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Final 2022 MPC Meeting: Why we expect the CBN to increase MPR
Our in-house analysts expect a hawkish stance albeit between 50bps and 100bps
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Fuel scarcity resurfacing in Lagos State over harassment of tanker drivers
If this continues, many of the buses will be stuck in fuel queues and we will stand for hours just...
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Buhari’s flagoff drilling campaign at Kolmani is a strategic move for Nigeria – expert
In 2019, the NNPC announced a significant discovery of crude oil in the Kolmani prospect
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