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Nigeria’s debt service bill tops N4tr in three years

In the last three years, the government had a budget of N17.9 trillion, out of which debt service provision alone took 23 per cent, more than one-fifth of the total figure, leaving N13.8 trillion for recurrent and capital expenditures.

Chijioke Nelson (Lagos) and Segun Olaniyi, (Abuja

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market One day after presenting his 2017 Budget which prioritised job creation, power and transport infrastructure for economic recovery, President Muhammadu Buhari was given a piece of very bad news.

Market prices run wild

Marcel Mbamalu, Chijioke Nelson, Helen Oji and Toyin Olasinde (Lagos) and Chuka Oditta (Abuja)

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