STATE HOUSE REJOINDER NEW YORK TIMES’ JAUNDICED REPORT ON NIGERIA’S CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal’s feature story with the title ‘Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation’, published on June 11, reflected the typical predetermined, reductionist, derogatory, and denigrating way foreign media establishments reported African countries for several decades. Because of the misleading slant of ...
June, 2024
October, 2023
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5 October
Workd Bank’s damnning verdicts on Naira, Nigeria economy
The Nigerian naira is among the worst-performing currencies in Africa, the World Bank has said. It noted that the currency weakened by nearly 40 per cent against the US dollar since a mid-June devaluation. The global bank explained in its report titled, ‘Africa’s Pulse: An analysis of issues shaping Africa’s economic future (October 2023 | Volume 28).’ It stated that, ...
August, 2015
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18 August
From 245 To 217 Again Dollar, Naira Raises Hope, Excites Nigerians
The naira appreciated against the United States dollar at the parallel market on Monday to 217, from 221 recorded on Friday. The naira rose on the back of weak demand for the dollar at the foreign exchange markets. Forex traders linked this to an improved dollar liquidity occasioned by the sustained sales of the greenback by the Central Bank of ...