{
  "id": 18701898,
  "title": "Nigeria’s external debt up 6.6% to $145bn in 2025 – World Bank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/nigerias-external-debt-up-6-6-to-145bn-in-2025-world-bank",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T11:41:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/923441-nigerias-external-debt-up-6-6-to-145bn-in-2025-world-bank.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nigeria’s external debt rose from $83.21 billion in 2015 to $145.015 billion in 2025, representing a 74.3 per cent increase over the ten-year period, according to Premium Times.\n\nSeparately, the World Bank has approved $300 million in financing for the Learning Enhancement and Acceleration in Primary Education Programme to improve pre-primary and primary education systems in Bangladesh. The World Bank stated that while Bangladesh has achieved near-universal access to primary schooling, approximately 50% of 10-year-olds struggle to read and understand simple, age-appropriate texts. This figure compares to 42% in Malaysia and 47% in Brazil.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "World Bank approves US$300mil to improve Bangladesh’s primary education",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/world-bank-approves-us-300mil-to-improve-bangladeshs-primary-education",
        "published": "2026-11-07T10:09:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}