{
  "id": 18487736,
  "title": "Nigeria’s External Debt Rises To $145bn As World Bank Flags Costly Borrowing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/nigerias-external-debt-rises-to-145bn-as-world-bank-flags-costly",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T10:27:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/nigerias-external-debt-rises-to-145bn-as-world-bank-flags-costly-borrowing/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nigeria’s external debt stock increased to $145.02bn at the end of 2025, representing a 6.6 per cent rise from the previous year, according to the World Bank’s International Debt Report 2026. The report released on Thursday, provides a detailed assessment of external borrowing among low- and middle-income countries. It showed.that Nigeria’s external debt has […]",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "World Bank report reveals Pakistan’s external debt nearly doubled to over $135 billion in ten years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/world-bank-report-reveals-pakistans-external-debt-nearly-doubled-to",
        "published": "2026-11-06T10:04:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}