Wed Jul 1, 2015/Reuters Nigeria plans to raise 50.4 billion naira ($253 million) worth of Treasury bills of 3-month and 6-month maturities at an auction on July 8, the central bank said on Wednesday. The bank said it will sell 25.40 billion naira worth of the 91-day paper and 25 […]

June 30, 2015/huhuonline.com For the first time in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would be chaired by a woman, Amina Bala Zakari, who was late Tuesday appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, in acting capacity.

The nation’s total debt rose to N12.1tn ($60.8bn) as of March 2015, up from N11.2tn at the end of December 2014, data obtained from the Debt Management Office’s website showed on Tuesday. The statistics also showed that foreign debt stood at $9.46bn at the end of March, down from $9.71bn […]