November 7, 2025/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Oil market sentiment is decidedly bearish at the moment, but Trump’s threats around Venezuela mean there is plenty of potential for volatility in the near future. Friday, October 24, 2025 Tacitly anticipating Trump’s next moves on Venezuela, the oil markets have been trending […]
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Nigeria’s Fiscal Buffers Strengthen as Key Sovereign Accounts Record Growth
November 6, 2025/CSL Report Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account (ECA) and Stabilisation Account have both recorded notable increases between June 2023 and October 2025, reflecting renewed fiscal discipline and stronger revenue mobilisation at the federal level. Data presented by the accountant-general of the federation to the National Economic Council (NEC) show […]
Banks Cash Out, Economy Loses Out: How Nigerian Banks’ N5.05Trn Government Securities Boom is Stifling Real Growth
November 5, 2025 By Blaise Udunze In a year when Nigeria’s economy continues to groan under the weight of inflation, unemployment, and weak purchasing power, the banking sector has once again recorded a massive windfall, not from lending to the real economy or financing innovation, but from investing in government […]
