Here’s what it’ll take for S&P to upgrade Nigeria for first time since 2016

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International credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), announced last Thursday that it was leaving its rating on Nigeria unchanged at B, with a stable outlook. A “B” rating is two levels below investment grade, and is where S&P has put Nigeria since 2016. The rating is

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