Bad loans hit 8% after CBN’s regulatory forbearance withdrawal
Bad loans in Nigeria’s banking sector increased to 8.03 per cent in January 2026, seven months after the Central Bank of Nigeria began winding down regulatory forbearance granted to banks on certain credit exposures and breaches of single obligor limits. The PUNCH reported that according to the CBN’s January 2026 Economic Report, the industry’s non-performing […]





