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Nigeria’s debt rose to 26.2 trillion naira as of Sept – DMO

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Nigeria’s total public debt rose to 26.21 trillion naira ($85.54 bln) as of September, up from 22.43 trillion naira a year earlier, the Debt Management Office said on Friday. $1 = 306.40 naira, Reuters

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