Tag: debt

Foreigners invest $5.1bn in FG bonds –DMO

The opening of access and establishment of the Nigerian sovereign bond in the International Capital Market have helped to increase foreign investors’ holding in the Federal Government securities by over 900 per cent from $500m to $5.11bn within the space of one year, figures from the Debt Management Office in […]

DMO Examines Private Sector Opportunities from Public Debt Management

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) will on Friday examine private sector opportunities from public debt management. This will be at a retreat organised for financial journalists in Lagos Nigeria. The theme of the retreat is “Opportunities for the private sector from public debt management Activities” The […]

WAEMU Average nominal debt stands 40% of GDP-IMF

  By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate   Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday said average nominal debt for the West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) region now stands at about 40 percent (40%) of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).   This is coming on the heels of the IMF’s Executive […]