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S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Kemetian(op): 6:26am On Nov 15, 2025
Nov 14 (Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Nigeria to "POSITIVE" from "stable" on Friday, backing the country's ongoing economic reforms, and also affirmed the country's rating at "B-/B".

"The monetary, economic, and fiscal reforms being implemented by Nigerian authorities will yield positive benefits over the medium term," S&P said in a statement.

In May, Moody's upgraded Nigeria's rating by one notch to "B3" from "Caa1", citing notable improvements in the country's external and fiscal positions, while Fitch last month kept its "B" rating and "stable" outlook.

In 2023, President Bola Tinubu launched Nigeria's boldest reforms in decades, scrapping the costly petrol subsidy and removing currency trading restrictions to spur growth and attract foreign investment.

Analysts said that, if sustained, these reforms could support long-term economic expansion, though implementation hurdles and global oil price volatility still pose risks.

To bridge fiscal gaps, Nigeria has turned to debt markets. Last week, the country raised $2.35 billion through a Eurobond issuance to help finance its 2025 budget deficit, while continuing to borrow domestically.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sp-revises-nigerias-outlook-positive-economic-reforms-2025-11-14/

Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Kemetian(op): 6:29am On Nov 15, 2025
This is why I keep telling you people to relax. Stop heating up the polity unnecessarily.

The Jagaban will get us there.... The man is a technocrat of the first order.

He's highly intelligent. Even Trump is scared of him. cool
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Kingpele(m): 6:40am On Nov 15, 2025
Tinubu reforms are not working, we refuse to chop statistics....widespread poverty is affecting everyone in this country...if you get money u are afraid of those that don't have money and if u no get money ...thinking will finish u ,u will be forced to smile because your chest is getting heavy ...this is why it called suffering and smiling ...
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by success1smyn(m): 6:41am On Nov 15, 2025
Good one here. Things are definitely getting better.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by siraj1402(m): 6:41am On Nov 15, 2025
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Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Kemetian(op):
Kingpele:
Tinubu reforms are not working, we refuse to chop statistics
You speak for yourself alone.

I know people now working in good jobs because of the growth in construction and infrastructure projects across the nation, and they are even looking for qualified staff.

If you have something to offer, there is something for you in this economy. If you have nothing to offer, go and upskill yourself and offer a service. Money dey to pay you.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by jmoore(m): 6:45am On Nov 15, 2025
Kemetian:
This is why I keep telling you people to relax. Stop heating up the polity unnecessarily.

The Jagaban will get us there.... The man is a technocrat of the first order.

He's highly intelligent. Even Trump is scared of him. cool
Intelligent by proposing to employ 50 million Nigerian youth to join army and produce agbado for themselves.

Always looking for validation from colonial masters, same people you detest.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Emu4life(m): 6:51am On Nov 15, 2025
Meanwhile, Health workers just commenced indefinite strike.
Reform taking effect my Bony black A$$
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by bewla(m): 6:52am On Nov 15, 2025
Many won't say now

Rice na 56 you no talk but when it was 90 you talk

Dollars na 1441

Before by December it will be 2000
You no talk

Beans is 800 for cup now I don't see gather here how much is cup in your area


All una. Bad belle
Bad news Carrie
And pull them down people


Obinos dreamer
God pass una

Tell bureau de chang
And your marketers

We are coming for them will choke them up
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by anonimi:
Kemetian:
This is why I keep telling you people to relax. Stop heating up the polity unnecessarily.

The Jagaban will get us there.... The man is a technocrat of the first order.

He's highly intelligent. Even Trump is scared of him. cool
Why has your Jagaban failed to get 20 million Lagosians there- to have ordinary water supply in all houses after 26 years of increasing the tax burden on people for a massive growth in IGR and budget as well as loans?

Why are you confusing lootocrat with technocrat? He is only intelligent in squeezing money out of the masses to bribe politicians to decamp to his party and keep his grip on power.

Lanrelagboi:
Lagos has now crossed the 3 Trillion Naira annual budget mark. Crossed 2 Trillion in 2024.

Memory Lane: the first full-year Lagos State budget (Year 2000) in the 4th Republic was in the region of 40-something billion Naira. And it was described as “unprecedented” back then.


https://x.com/toluogunlesi/status/1877326708904181856?t=R_xycXnffVtjtiWwoGCzAQ&s=19[/quote]>>;
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5v-F81hNTs
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Kemetian(op): 6:53am On Nov 15, 2025
jmoore:
Intelligent by proposing to employ 50 million Nigerian youth to join army and produce agbado for themselves.
Source, please. That's news to me, particularly the 50 million figure.

Always looking for validation from colonial masters, same people you detest.
For goodness sake, Mr President is receiving praise and encouragement from both within and outside the country, not just from outside.

Are the Manufacturers' Association of Nigeria also 'colonial masters'?


Tax breaks drive 3.1% manufacturing growth projection — MAN
14th November 2025

Punch


The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has projected that the country’s manufacturing output will grow by 3.1 per cent in 2026, driven by new tax incentives, harmonisation of levies expected under the new tax regime taking effect in January 2026 and increased government patronage.

According to the Manufacturers’ CEOs Confidence Index released in October by the association, the projected 3.1 per cent output growth compared to the 1.6 per cent growth recorded in the second quarter of 2025 will raise the manufacturing sector’s contribution to real Gross Domestic Product to 10.2 per cent next year.

The Director of the Research and Economic Policy Division, MAN, Dr Oluwasegun Osidipe, said the anticipated improvement would depend on the effective execution of incentives in the new tax laws, the implementation of the National Single Window Project, and the alignment of the Nigeria Industrial Policy with the Nigeria First policy framework.

Osidipe explained that manufacturers had struggled under multiple taxation, which hindered growth in recent years, stating, “You could not move your goods through the 774 local governments without paying. I’m just using that as an example for time’s sake. Without paying for something, whether it’s for loading or offloading goods. But under the new tax law, the majority of those taxes are gone.”

https://punchng.com/tax-breaks-drive-3-1-manufacturing-growth-projection-man/
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by anonimi: 6:56am On Nov 15, 2025
Kemetian:
Source, please.

That's news to me, particularly the 50 million figure.
Please see the source of the balablu propaganda fake promise below.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP0WRxbq4o0
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by bewla(m): 6:59am On Nov 15, 2025
I always book two sport on front page

one for comment and
One for abuse
Throw stone I throw bomb
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by ALTERNATEID: 7:00am On Nov 15, 2025
This is what enemies of Nigeria want to derail. They are just not happy with the progress we are making as a country.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Bobodee09: 7:00am On Nov 15, 2025
Kemetian:
Source, please. That's news to me, particularly the 50 million figure.



For goodness sake, Mr President is receiving praise and encouragement from both within and outside the country, not just from outside.

Are the Manufacturers' Association of Nigeria also 'colonial masters'?


Tax breaks drive 3.1% manufacturing growth projection — MAN
14th November 2025

Punch


The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has projected that the country’s manufacturing output will grow by 3.1 per cent in 2026, driven by new tax incentives, harmonisation of levies expected under the new tax regime taking effect in January 2026 and increased government patronage.

According to the Manufacturers’ CEOs Confidence Index released in October by the association, the projected 3.1 per cent output growth compared to the 1.6 per cent growth recorded in the second quarter of 2025 will raise the manufacturing sector’s contribution to real Gross Domestic Product to 10.2 per cent next year.

The Director of the Research and Economic Policy Division, MAN, Dr Oluwasegun Osidipe, said the anticipated improvement would depend on the effective execution of incentives in the new tax laws, the implementation of the National Single Window Project, and the alignment of the Nigeria Industrial Policy with the Nigeria First policy framework.

Osidipe explained that manufacturers had struggled under multiple taxation, which hindered growth in recent years, stating, “You could not move your goods through the 774 local governments without paying. I’m just using that as an example for time’s sake. Without paying for something, whether it’s for loading or offloading goods. But under the new tax law, the majority of those taxes are gone.”

https://punchng.com/tax-breaks-drive-3-1-manufacturing-growth-projection-man/
Bro stop wasting your time engaging some people here.....all they want to see is this country get burn and there projected evil come to pass but God will keep disgracing them and Nigeria will keep it getting better for us and everyone that loves her.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by anonimi: 7:00am On Nov 15, 2025
bewla:
Many won't say now

Rice na 56 you no talk but when it was 90 you talk

Dollars na 1441

Before by December it will be 2000
You no talk

Beans is 800 for cup now I don't see gather here how much is cup in your area


All una. Bad belle
Bad news Carrie
And pull them down people

Obinos dreamer
God pass una

Tell bureau de chang
And your marketers

We are coming for them will choke them up
How much were the items and dollars in 2015 when minimum wage was 18k under PDP deregulation and privatisation capitalism policies that gave us 16 years of prosperity?

Prosperity that Tinubu and APC changed to extreme poverty shege a decade ago!!!

thisweekng:
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.

He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.

He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.

“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.

“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.”
Private sector to drive the economy

https://nairametrics.com/2023/09/01/the-last-time-nigerias-economy-was-stable-was-about-a-decade-ago-wale-edun/
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Petrol should never cost more than N70 per litre, says APC

January 19, 2015

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as mere tokenism the reduction of petrol price from N97 to N87 per litre, saying the petroleum product ordinarily should sell for N70.

On Sunday, the federal government announced the reduction of petrol price, citing the fall of global crude oil price.

But the APC through Lai Mohammed, its spokesman, on Monday accused the government of making a show out of deceit, saying “a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol was a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent”.

It argued that the pump price of a litre of petrol should not be more than 70 Naira, alleging that at N87 per litre, the government was forcing Nigerians to subsidise the massive corruption in the oil sector by N17 for every litre of fuel.

https://www.thecable.ng/petrol-never-cost-n70-per-litre-says-apc/
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Buhari’ll reduce petrol to N40/L —David-West

FORMER Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Prof. Tamunoemi David-West, said that Nigerians should expect sharp drop in petrol price from the current N87 to about N40 per litre, saying, “the president-elect, Gen. Mohammed Buhari, will reduce the fuel pump price to N40 per litre.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/buharill-reduce-petrol-to-n40l-david-west/
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by nigeriansamurai(m): 7:00am On Nov 15, 2025
Kemetian:
This is why I keep telling you people to relax. Stop heating up the polity unnecessarily.

The Jagaban will get us there.... The man is a technocrat of the first order.

He's highly intelligent. Even Trump is scared of him. cool
Government by propaganda 👍🏿 best form of government
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by jmoore(m): 7:03am On Nov 15, 2025
bewla:
Many won't say now

Rice na 56 you no talk but when it was 90 you talk

Dollars na 1441

Before by December it will be 2000
You no talk

Beans is 800 for cup now I don't see gather here how much is cup in your area


All una. Bad belle
Bad news Carrie
And pull them down people


Obinos dreamer
God pass una

Tell bureau de chang
And your marketers

We are coming for them will choke them up
See them. APC Tinubu's party campaigned with 'Is 216 naira to a dollar okay?'

And here you are celebrating babablu bulabu.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by BarrElChapo(m): 7:06am On Nov 15, 2025
These things are just economic jargons being thrown around, we have the worse borrowing problem still independence and it’s not stopping anytime soon, infact the next five years if it’s the same government will be worse and the economic livelihoods have been ruined,
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by anonimi: 7:06am On Nov 15, 2025
ALTERNATEID:
This is what enemies of Nigeria want to derail.

They are just not happy with the progress we are making as a country.
The enemies of our country are in Oshiomhole’s Assembly of Past Criminals, APC.

They were not happy with the progress made under PDP deregulation and privatisation policies that gave us high employment productivity and prosperity.

What made them derail the progress in 2015 with their fake promises of better change? What has changed in the past decade for better? Point out just one thing please.

anonimi:
World Bank offers Nigeria forex rate advice, as Tinubu eyes N200/Dollar rate

April 23, 2023

The President-elect said he would work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to *bring down the exchange rate to N200 in his first term.*

“My administration will collaborate with the Central Bank to harmonize the fiscal and monetary policy to achieve immediate stabilization of the value of the naira against the US dollars and other currencies and in the short term, strengthen the naira by boosting the supply of foreign currency and moderating demand.

“The short-term goal is to achieve a naira/dollar rate of 300 naira/US$ and gradually achieve a less than 200 naira rate over the next four years, Tinubu stated.

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/world-bank-offers-nigeria-forex-rate-advice-as-tinubu-eyes-n200-dollar-rate/?amp
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Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised to ensure that the naira would be equal to the dollar in value if voted into office.

NAN reports that Buhari said this on Monday during the south-east presidential rally of the party at Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.

“It is sad that the value of the naira has dropped to more than N230 to one dollar. This does not speak well for the nation’s economy,” he said.

He urged the people to vote for APC, noting that he would ensure that corruption was tackled headlong if elected.

https://www.thecable.ng/ill-make-naira-equal-dollar-says-buhari/amp
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by anonimi: 7:10am On Nov 15, 2025
BarrElChapo:
These things are just economic jargons being thrown around, we have the worse borrowing problem still independence and it’s not stopping anytime soon,

infact the next five years if it’s the same government will be worse and the economic livelihoods have been ruined,
You understand what the A-looter Propaganda Congress, APC has been doing in Lagos and Borno states since 1999 and in the entire country since 2015- propaganda stories and fake promises sustained by fabricated statistics.

Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by VladimirTheGrea: 7:16am On Nov 15, 2025
All these fake sponsored statistics when the reality on ground is the opposite.

The people enjoying it are those who were already there and those in government else new comers have to fend for themselves.

Have you seen any drug lord being so kind?? They only spread propaganda to stay mainstream!!
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Jayhome24: 7:19am On Nov 15, 2025
Sorry we don't need all these anymore allow us to focus on the reform we are building we do not care about statistics pls.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Putinofrussia: 7:25am On Nov 15, 2025
Tinubu is really a genius but make the thing trickle down to the masses wella..
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by KaLuCh: 7:27am On Nov 15, 2025
bewla:
I always book two sport on front page

one for comment and
One for abuse
Throw stone I throw bomb
Like say person dey fear your rant online? Stop taking this too seriously, it's not good for your mental health.

Your agabdo president and the lifeless one he succeeded are terrible leaders. Nigeria has never had it worse. There is absolutely no progress made apart from fake stats which the agbadorianistic president famously said "na statistics we go chop?". Now he's employing multiple propaganda channels to force stats down the throats of the gullible.

We don't need a news publication to tell us things are going well. We should feel it if it is. Right now, it is not anywhere near well. Dollar is 1400+, that's more than 500 percent increase from PDP levels. Inflation is higher than ever before. Our leaders are still living way too large for public office holders. Minimum wage is still ridiculously shittiii.

People crying out against this unprecedented hardship that your tribulation president brought upon us are not enemies of Nigeria. Even your m@ma and p@pa dey cry. Ordinary thirty kpa wey una dey collect to come online defend this calamitious leader can't even sustain Yall.

Now please throw that bomb you talked about, let's see how it affects my reality.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by seunoyeleyep(f): 7:30am On Nov 15, 2025
bewla:
Many won't say now

Rice na 56 you no talk but when it was 90 you talk

Dollars na 1441

Before by December it will be 2000
You no talk

Beans is 800 for cup now I don't see gather here how much is cup in your area


All una. Bad belle
Bad news Carrie
And pull them down people


Obinos dreamer
God pass una

Tell bureau de chang
And your marketers

We are coming for them will choke them up
You really need to up your game. I always say reasoning has deserted many of you.


You really want people to celebrate price of bag of rice at 56k? In a country where minimum wage is 70k? Do you really have plans for your life?
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Lanretoye(m): 7:37am On Nov 15, 2025
It is just unfortunate that some of us have to suffer for people that enjoyed,I know that things will be okay
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by IBB007(m): 7:42am On Nov 15, 2025
lol…these international organizations go just dey whine us…
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Flangelo12: 7:43am On Nov 15, 2025
grin

People still dey vex over this news.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by ozo13(m): 7:51am On Nov 15, 2025
Kemetian:
This is why I keep telling you people to relax. Stop heating up the polity unnecessarily.

The Jagaban will get us there.... The man is a technocrat of the first order.

He's highly intelligent. Even Trump is scared of him. cool
yes ooo.very apt, but the gain from those reforms na only the political class (especially governors) e dey show for them body. Also to our salary, u made me poorer than I was 5/6/7/8 years ago despite several promotions while the gains from such reforms were handed over to the governors to waste and they continue wasting as we speak. What I could easily buy 2/3M naira 3years ago, I will need around 8-10M now to acquire same and na only 33k naira u add to salary and my kind of job is not the type I will just go sit in office doing next to noting ooo, I see people to ensure they are physically, mentally and socially ok and at the end of the day, I have got no other time to do side hustle.omo civil servants aren't happy ooo and am very sure , am speaking for a whole lot of people.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by Shawarmagirl: 7:55am On Nov 15, 2025
Reform this, Reform that. Stop the lies and propaganda. Any reform that is not reflecting on the people is propaganda.
Re: S&P Raises Nigeria's Outlook To 'Positive' As Reforms Take Hold - Reuters by MrSly(m): 8:02am On Nov 15, 2025
Kemetian:
You speak for yourself alone.

I know people now working in good jobs because of the growth in construction and infrastructure projects across the nation, and they are even looking for qualified staff.

If you have something to offer, there is something for you in this economy. If you have nothing to offer, go and upskill yourself and offer a service. Money dey to pay you.
Just as you speak for yourself alone. Yinubus reforms have exerbated the already dwindling economy thereby putting the masses into abject poverty. Here you want me to believe that over 130,000,000 Nigerians who are in extreme poverty have nothing to offer. Look at somebody's acumen. Go to other countries with working system you would observe that no one is left to die of hunger. Economic policies protects everybody.

Anyways, people who don't know are always first to show off.
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