Emefiele Explains CBN’s 5-Year Agenda

Emefiele Explains CBN’s 5-Year Agenda

You would all recall that on 05 June 2014; following my assumption of office as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, I addressed a similar gathering to share with you my vision for my first term in ¬office....
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CBN Injects $210m Into Forex Market

CBN Injects $210m Into Forex Market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again injected the sum of $210 million into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market. Figures obtained from the CBN on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, indicated that authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the...
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Emefiele To Unfold New Roadmap For Economy

Emefiele To Unfold New Roadmap For Economy

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Monday began his second tenure, following the confirmation of his re-appointment by the Senate on May 16 According to a statement by the Director Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac...
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CBN To Restrict Banks Access To Bonds, Treasury Bills

CBN To Restrict Banks Access To Bonds, Treasury Bills

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to restrict Banks access to government securities. Speaking at the end of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja, the CBN Governor,  Godwin Emefiele explained that MPC also directed CBN to  initiate....
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RIFAN: Reappointment Of Emefiele As CBN Governor Will Transform Agric Sector

RIFAN: Reappointment Of Emefiele As CBN Governor Will Transform Agric Sector

Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says the reappointment of Mr Godwin Emefiele, as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by President Muhammadu Buhari, will lead to agricultural transformation. The RIFAN President Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, to...
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CBN Records N718.0b, $1.1b From NCR In 2018

CBN Records N718.0b, $1.1b From NCR In 2018

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it recorded a huge leap in the value of financing statements under the National Collateral Registry (NCR) in the last five years from N487 billion and $20 million in 2017 to...
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Emefiele Deserves Kudos For His Focused Commitment To The Economy

Emefiele Deserves Kudos For His Focused Commitment To The Economy

By Chika Madubuike-Onuora – Resolutely navigating turbulent seas spawned by a mix of micro and macro-economic triggers, the nation’s apex bank – Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) led by Dr. Godwin Emefiele – has provided circumspect, stabilizin...
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Emefiele To Investors: Nigeria Ready For Business

Emefiele To Investors: Nigeria Ready For Business

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured investors and the international community that the country has gone through a successful election and was ready for investments. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele,  in Washington DC, at the weekend, held an...
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Emefiele’s One Good Term Deserves Another, By Abba Adakole

Emefiele’s One Good Term Deserves Another, By Abba Adakole

Public offices are held in trust for the people. Therefore occupiers of public offices are the golden fish that have no hiding place.  It is thus instructive that they should justify their appointments by demonstrating competence, accountability, discipli...
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Emefiele And Financial Inclusion In Nigeria

Emefiele And Financial Inclusion In Nigeria

Andrew Idakwo -- In developing countries, there is a consistent challenge of ensuring that more and more persons, especially those in the rural areas and the poor, have access to financial services. Therefore, the term ‘financial inclusion’ is a const...
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Emefiele And The Stakes At CBN

Emefiele And The Stakes At CBN

By Sufuyan Ojeifo  – As the central bank and apex monetary authority of the country, the major regulatory objectives of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as mirrored in the institution’s enabling Act are to maintain the e...
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Nigeria Lifts FOREX Market With $210m

Nigeria Lifts FOREX Market With $210m

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made a fresh injection of $210 million into the inter-bank foreign exchange market in its determination to boost supply in that sector of the market. Figures released by the Bank on Tuesday, February...
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Nigeria Injects $289m, CNY38.70m Into Retail Secondary Forex Market

Nigeria Injects $289m, CNY38.70m Into Retail Secondary Forex Market

In another round of intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday injected 289.76 million dollars in the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS). The CBN also intervened to the tune of 38.70 million Chinese Yuan in the Spot...
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Nigeria Injects $210m In First Forex Intervention In 2019

Nigeria Injects $210m In First Forex Intervention In 2019

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, January 4, 2019, made its first intervention in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market for 2019 with a total sum of $210 million injected into the wholesale segment and other...
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