For only the second time in history, S&P Global Ratings has upgraded Nigeria’s outlook to ‘positive’ from ‘stable,’ while affirming the country’s sovereign credit ratings at ‘B-/B.’
This marks Nigeria’s strongest position with the agency since February 2015, when it held a ‘BB-‘ rating under a negative watch.
S&P attributed the upgrade to the improvement in “external, economic, fiscal, and monetary results,” recognising the breadth of economic reforms under the Bola Tinubu administration.
The agency further noted that authoriti
