Tag: Lamido Sanusi

Nigeria in talks with oil majors to repay debt, invest in refineries

February 14, 2016/Reuters Nigeria is in talks with oil majors and banks to raise capital for new drilling and to repay up to $4 billion in debt that the state oil firm has accumulated over years of mismanagement, the firm’s head told Reuters. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, who is also the […]

AFRICA INVESTMENT-What is the Nigerian naira really worth?

* Reliance on dollar-based oil makes naira hard to gauge * Dwindling reserves reduce room to defend naira * Devaluation possible, not a one-way bet -analysts “What is a cynic?” asks Cecil Graham in the Oscar Wilde play “Lady Windermere’s Fan”. “A man who knows the price of everything and […]