Nigerian Senate backs AMCON’s plan to publish debtors’ list

The senate committee on banking has backed Nigeria’s bad bank, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), to publish the list of its defaulting obligors. Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, chairman senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions, who announced the legislative backing, said that Nigeria can be made great again, if the legislature as […]

AMCON disowns media stories on purported response to Grant Properties’ allegations

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in a statement Tuesday said media stories making the rounds regarding its response to a pending debt-related issue between it, some banks and one Olajide Awosedo, chairman of Grant Properties Limited are all “barefaced falsehood”. Specifically, the bad bank refutes a purported “AMCON response” in some sections of […]

Nigerians commend AMCON on intervention in Arik, Aero

Airline passengers in Nigeria have commended the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on its intervention in two of Nigeria’s failing carriers, Arik Air and Aero. They specifically praised the on-time-performance (OTP) of Arik since the intervention. AMCON took over the management of the airline in February 2017 following a huge debt profile to AMCON […]

Delta takes over Arik’s Lagos-New York route, becomes sole carrier from Nigeria to US

Delta Air Lines Monday announced it was introducing three weekly nonstop flights from Lagos to New York-JFK, starting March 25, 2018, effectively taking over a route that was previously operated by Arik Air, the Nigerian operator currently under receivership following debts owed Nigeria’s bad bank, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Delta already runs […]