The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC has disclosed that plans are underway to prosecute operators and debtors who contributed to the collapse of 103 Micro Finance Banks (MFBs) in 2012. The Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, who revealed this, said NDIC in collaboration with judiciary and […]
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Foreign investors seen warming to Nigeria’s power sector-official
* Most power assets have so far gone to local oligarchs * Power task force head says foreign interest growing * Nigeria selling sector to try to end crippling blackouts The initial sell-off of state power assets, designed to end decades of electricity shortages, mostly attracted local oligarchs, while foreign […]
Osun State issues Nigeria’s debut sukuk at 14.75 pct -bankers
* Osun State issues Nigeria’s first sukuk -bankers * Nigeria tapping into growing demand for Islamic debt Nigeria’s Osun State has issued a 10 billion naira ($62 mln) sukuk yielding 14.75 percent, bankers said on Wednesday, the first Islamic bond from a major economy in sub-Saharan Africa. The cocoa-producing, southwestern […]
