NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable
NGN/USD 1,540.20 ↓ 0.4% BRENT CRUDE $82.14 ↑ 1.2% NGX INDEX 99,240.50 ↑ 0.1% INFLATION 33.95% ↑ 1.8% MPR 26.25% stable

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Budget Office DG makes false debt claim while saying Tinubu’s reforms never promised instant abundance

Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Mr Tanimu Yakubu, says President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, widely referred to as Tinubunomics, were never designed or presented as a guarantee of instant abundance. Yakubu, in a statement on Sunday, said critics were drawing the wrong conclusions about the expected pace and nature of the reforms, […]

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Nov 05, 2025 post

World Bank to approve $1.506bn loan for Nigeria in December as debt piles

THE World Bank will approve $1.506 billion loan for Nigeria in December 2025, according to Economy Post findings from the global lender. This is even as debt binge persists in Africa’s biggest oil producer. The loan will be in 3 tranches and will focus on 3 different areas: job creation and investment, small businesses, and […]

Sep 05, 2025 post

In 28 months, Tinubu out-borrows Buhari’s 8 years as Nigeria’s debt piles

IN just 28 months, President Bola Tinubu has borrowed at least N18.24 trillion more than his predecessor, Mr Muhammadu Buhari, now late, did in his entire 8 years in office, Economy Post‘s tracker has found. In his entire 8 years in Aso Rock, Mr Buhari borrowed N75.26 trillion from various sources, including from China, but […]

Aug 26, 2025 post

Borrowed money, borrowed future: Debt tops half of Nigeria’s GDP

NIGERIA now owes domestic and foreign lenders more than half its gross domestic product (GDP), according to data released on Monday by the Debt Management Office (DMO), an agency of the Nigerian government. Nigeria’s debt-to-GDP ratio stood at 52.3 percent as of the end of 2024 as against 41 percent by the end of 2013, […]