How Inside Jobs and Policy Shocks Trigger Nigeria’s Rising Loan Crisis

Nigeriacommunicationsweek | 24-01-2026 12:14pm |

By Blaise Udunze The latest in the Nigerian banking sector, as banks grapple with the recapitalization compliance deadline, is confronted with a familiar yet unsettling problem that stems from rising loan defaults amid expanding credit. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) latest macroeconomic outlook of 2025 showed that the banking industry’s Non-Performing Loans

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