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Households across Nigeria pulled back sharply from bank borrowing in 2025, pushing consumer credit into its first annual contraction in six years as punishing interest rates reshaped how Nigerians and their lenders approached debt. Figures contained in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s 2025 Annual Report and Statement of Accounts show that outstanding consumer credit…
The African Democratic Congress has waved aside a forecast by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will lose the 2027 election, describing the projection as a personal prayer rather than an evidence based assessment. Special Adviser to the ADC National Chairman on Research, Policy…
Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has promised to sell off the majority of Nigeria’s presidential air fleet to curb wasteful state spending. Speaking at a political gathering, Obi declared that maintaining over ten luxury aircraft during an economic crisis remains an unpardonable waste of public funds. He argued that the funds saved from maintaining…
Fresh monetary data from the Central Bank of Nigeria has put credit to the private sector at N83.3 trillion in June 2026, a 2.8 per cent rise from the N81 trillion recorded in May, offering the clearest sign yet that bank lending to businesses and households is recovering after a punishing first half of…
Brent crude closed above $100 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since late May, after Iran aligned Houthi fighters struck Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and opened a second maritime front in a conflict that has already crippled traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The international benchmark settled 7 percent…
The International Monetary Fund has urged African governments to overhaul statistical gathering and boost productivity. IMF directors warned that poor data transparency damages investor confidence and delays essential structural reforms. The fund highlighted Nigeria alongside regional peers as needing immediate improvements in national economic reporting. Accurate economic indicators remain vital for managing public debt and…
Aliko Dangote has all but concluded a $2.5bn private share placement for Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, clearing the path for what is widely projected to become the largest initial public offering in Africa’s history and one of the boldest tests yet of the continent’s ability to finance its own industrial ambitions from…
The N2.550 trillion that landed in the coffers of Nigeria’s three tiers of government for June carries a headline that is easy to read and a subplot that is far more consequential. The distributable sum, shared at the July meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja, marks the highest monthly payout…
Peter Obi has returned to the argument that has defined his political brand for close to a decade, that Nigeria’s fortunes turn on the quality of the people who govern it, choosing this time a policy forum in the German capital to press the case ahead of the 2027 general election. The presidential candidate…
Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector is bracing for renewed pressure on the foreign exchange market after Dangote Petroleum Refinery scrapped naira pricing for petrol, diesel and aviation fuel, a decision that could oblige marketers to source as much as 1.84 billion dollars every month to keep the pumps running and tie domestic fuel costs directly…
