Oil rally gives Nigeria’s salary-backed lenders an unexpected boost

    Oluwatobi Ojabello | Insights | Mar 12, 2026    
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Geopolitical tensions lifting crude prices could strengthen fiscal flows and stabilise salary-backed lending, according to a strategy report by Credit Direct Finance Company Limited.

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