Nigeria Bank Bailout Convertible to Debt, Says Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) « African Business News Unleashed

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, said on Monday a N400 billion ($2.6 billion) capital injection to five ailing banks (Intercontinental Bank, Union Bank, Oceanic Bank, FinBank, and Afribank) would be convertible into some form of Tier 2 debt or preference shares.

“We put the money in as a convertible loan … We will probably convert this into either some kind of...