Vol 7 (AAC) No 2 | NIGERIACHINA Construction boom ahead 30th November 2013 Nigeria's state-backed mortgage provider FMBN is in talks with two Chinese financial institutions about a US$6 bn. loan for new housing With the national population reaching 174 million this year, the the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria estimates the housing deficit at 17 mn. units. However, talks led by...
Vol 38 No 14 | NIGERIA Going for broke 4th July 1997 Finance Minister Ani says the economy is booming but no one believes it any more First, look at the figures which General Sani Abacha prefers. Inflation was at 70 per cent in late 1995 and is now at 20 per cent. Foreign exchange...
Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION Will you be my strategic partner? 11th May 2023 The European Union's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, has earmarked four countries, one from each continent, as 'key strategic partners' as it seeks to boost its...
Vol 55 No 10 | NIGERIA Everyone loses 16th May 2014 The unfolding tragedy of the abducted schoolgirls exposes the government’s lack of strategy and will prolong the insurgency In the short term, the crisis triggered by Boko Haram's kidnapping of more than 230 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State damages all those involved in addition to...
Vol 46 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Counting on oil 2nd December 2005 Donors pledged upwards of US$800 million in reconstruction aid over the next three years at the Sierra Leone Consultative Group in London on 30 November. This far exceeded...