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April 18, 2024 No Responses

Cardoso: CBN Not Using Foreign Reserve To Defend Naira

THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, on Wednesday said the apex bank is not defending the Naira with the nation’s foreign reserves. He was speaking against the backdrop of the recent decline in Nigeria’s foreign reserves...

March 27, 2024 No Responses

CBN Raises Interest Rate To 24.75 Percent

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hiked the benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points to 24.75 percent. This is according to a Tuesday communique by the CBN governor Yemi Cardoso after the...

March 21, 2024 No Responses

CBN Clears FX Transactions Backlog

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cleared all valid foreign exchange backlogs of s$7 billion, fulfilling a key pledge of its Governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso. In a statement on Wednesday, the apex bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama...

March 12, 2024 No Responses

Senate Probes CBN’s Anchor Borrowers, Ways And Means

The Senate on Monday inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate the Ways and Means and the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In his inaugural address to the ad-hoc committee chaired by Senator Isah Jibrin representing.....

March 5, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Faults CBN’s New Monetary Policy

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria for raising the Monetary Policy Rate by 22.75 per cent. Obaseki contended that the decision is not the answer to the ongoing economic challenges in the...

March 1, 2024 No Responses

CBN Revokes Operational Licenses Of 4,173 BDCs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in exercise of the powers conferred on it under the Bankand Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020, Act No. 5, and the Revised OperationalGuidelines for Bureaux De Change 2015, has revoked the licenses of...

February 10, 2024 No Responses

Cardoso To Nigerians: Moderate Demand For Forex

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso has implored Nigerians to cut down on their demand for forex. “We must moderate our demands for forex. Where there are opportunities to substitute locally, so we should.” the CBN governor...

February 7, 2024 No Responses

Ministers, CBN, FIRS Pledge To Address High Cost Of Living

The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, have assured Nigerians that the high cost of living being witnessed by Nigerians is currently being addressed. Mr Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of...

February 7, 2024 No Responses

CBN Gov Pledges To Tackle Unauthorised Withdrawals

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pledged to deal decisively with any bank found sabotaging monetary policies or guilty of unauthorised withdrawals from customer accounts. The Governor of the apex bank, Mr Olayemi Cardoso made the pledge on Tuesday...

January 20, 2024 No Responses

CBN To Hold First MPC Meeting Under Cardoso

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to hold its first Monetary Policy Committee meeting under the tenure of Mr. Olayemi Cardoso as Governor on Monday, February 26 and Tuesday, February 27, 2024. The announcement follows a two-day strategic session...

January 17, 2024 No Responses

Union Bank Pledges Seamless Service As New Management Resumes

Union Bank of Nigeria has reassured its partners, customers and critical stakeholders of continued excellent service and seamless operations following the recent appointment of its new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Yetunde Oni, by the Central Bank...

January 8, 2024 No Responses

CBN Disburses $61m To Settle Foreign Airlines’ Trapped Fund

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed 61.64 million dollars to foreign airlines through various Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). According to a statement issued by its Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs Hakama Sidi-Ali on Sunday, the disbursem...

December 23, 2023 No Responses

CBN Unveils Guidelines For Regulating Virtual Assets In Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled guidelines for virtual assets as part of measures to allow virtual assets service providers (VASPs) which include cryptocurrencies and crypto assets organizations to open accounts with Nigerian banks. The de...

December 22, 2023 No Responses

CBN Warns PoS Operators, Banks Against Cash Hoarding

The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a warning against Deposit Money banks and Point of Sales (PoS) merchants over alleged hoarding of cash in the country. A circular signed by CBN’s acting director of Corporate Communications, Hakama...