WIRE — The federal government has approved a $4.5 billion arrangement with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to liberate funds to bolster foreign-exchange reserves and spending on the government's ongoing infrastructure priorities. The arrangement will free up resources for strategic priorities and strengthen the country's financing framework, Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele told the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting while

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