Economy

By John Ikani The Naira continued its downward trend after exchanging to the Dollar for 570 on Thursday, amidst increasing demand and activities of speculators. Analysts say if the current situation persists, the currency may drop...

By John Ikani  With distance and logistics problems, farmers’ crops can go bad and when factories buy them, it affects their processing yields and price. Farmers, witnessing post-harvest loss, also get paid less and miss the...

By John Ikani  Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Ms. Patience Oniha on Wednessday disclosed that Nigeria's public debt stock stood at N35.465 trillion as at June 30. Total Public Debt is composed of the...

By John Ikani  Nigerian lenders likely do not have enough dollars to fund clients interested in acquiring assets of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Limited. This assertion was made by the Chief Executive Officer of the...

By Olusegun Adeniyi In September 2018, there was an interesting exchange in Premium Times between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his ‘illustrious predecessor’ (as he described him), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The issue in contention was restructuring...

  By Chioma Iruke The Nigerian Government intends to auction N150bn bonds for subscription in September, the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. A circular by the DMO on its website, showed that the breakdown...