Loans
4 Apr
The Katsina government has refuted the claim by the Debt Management Office (DMO) that the Dikko Radda administration has escalated the state’s debt profile.
1 Apr
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has said that he has never approached the Debt Management Office (DMO) for any loans since the inception of his administration on May 29, 2023. “We want to make a clarification on the position of the Debt Management Office report that the Zamfara State government borrowed N14.26 billion,” Lawal said…
1 Apr
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to “widely publish copies of the loan agreements and spending details of some N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans
25 Jan
As part of efforts aimed at improving the quality of lives of entrepreneurs through economic empowerment and community development, six chapters of the Rotary Club in partnership with Grace and Mercy Households Improvement Initiative have provided interest-free loans to entrepreneurs in the Ikorodu Area of Lagos.
3 Jan
The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), yesterday, approved 17 new transactions for the first quarter of the year at the board and sub-board levels, totaling over $3.3 billion.
4 Dec
The federal government has approved the disbursement of N150 billion grants and loans to small business owners across Nigeria.
26 Nov
Ajibade Fashina is the Managing Partner at Kreston Pedabo. In this interview with KINGSLEY JEREMIAH, Ajibade discusses critical issues facing the Nigerian economy, including debt profile, subsidies and deregulation of the downstream segment of the petroleum industry, poor compliance with accounting standards by state governments and the many steps his organisation has been taken in…
25 Nov
Ajibade discusses critical issues facing the Nigerian economy, including debt profile, subsidies and deregulation of the downstream segment of the petroleum industry, poor compliance with accounting standards by state governments and the many steps his organisation has been taken in the last 25 years to contribute to national development.
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