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Fitch upgrades Nigeria’s rating to ‘B’ amid reform push

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Nigeria’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating from ‘B-’ to ‘B’ and assigned a stable outlook to the country. According to Fitch Ratings’ assessment published on its website on Friday, the upgrade reflects growing confidence in Nigeria’s commitment to broad policy reforms initiated since the shift to orthodox economic policies in June […]

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Fitch projects rise in Nigerian banks’ non-performing loans

Credit ratings agency, Fitch has projected an increase in non-performing loans among Nigerian banks in 2024, attributing this trend to rising interest rates and inflation. In its latest credit report, Fitch affirmed Nigeria’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B-‘ with a Positive Outlook. The report noted that the loan books of the banking […]

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Fitch upgrades Nigeria’s credit outlook

The credit rating outlook of Nigeria was reviewed upward to positive from stable by Fitch ratings, six months after it said that reform progress since President Bola Tinubu came to power in May of last year faster than was anticipated. The reforms such as that in the foreign exchange market, monetary policy, and oil and […]