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May 9, 2018 No Responses

‘Banks Must Repay Excess Charges With Interest’

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said any bank that deducts monies illegally from a customer’s account for products and services would be forced to refund the money to the customer with interest. Mr Fada David, Consumer Complaints Management, Consumer...

May 5, 2018 No Responses

CBN Injects $349.34m Into Retail SMIS

As part of its intervention for the week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has injected the total sum of $349.34 million in the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) segment of the Forex market. Figures obtained from the CBN...

February 2, 2018 No Responses

Buhari nominates Edward Adamu as CBN Deputy Governor

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Mr Edward Lametek Adamu to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known...

January 23, 2018 No Responses

CBN boosts foreign exchange market with $210m

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has boosted the inter-bank foreign exchange market with $210 million to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the market. The Bank’s acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, in a statement ...

January 18, 2018 No Responses

CBN unveils agenda to push tomato, cocoa, palm oil production in 2018

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will aggressively push and support farmers to boost the production of tomato, cocoa and palm oil across the country in 2018. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this when he visited...

December 13, 2017 No Responses

CBN injects $210m into currency market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Tuesday it had injected 210 million dollars into the interbank foreign exchange market, extending efforts to boost liquidity and alleviate dollar shortages. In a statement, the bank said it had released 100...

November 8, 2017 No Responses

FG to investigate Nigerian users of offshore tax havens

Members of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the National Chapter of Transparency International, TI, in Nigeria, and Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, PTCIJ, have called on the Federal Government to investigate Nigerians ...

July 10, 2017 No Responses

CBN targets single digit inflation

Nigeria “will get back” to single digit inflation, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has declared. In an interview with Arise Television, Emefiele explained that with the improvement seen in growth from the negative 1.7...

June 7, 2017 No Responses

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Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) , Mr. Alex A. Okoh (left) during a courtesy visit to the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday.

May 31, 2017 No Responses

CBN enhances Naira with $482.6m

As part of ongoing efforts, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday intervened in the inter-bank market to the tune of $482.6 million. A statement issued by its Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, in Abuja explained that...

May 18, 2017 No Responses

Forex: CBN releases list of 36 items

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday released list of 36 items valid for access to foreign exchange in the foreign exchange market. In a circular to all banks and the general public, CBN explained that the list of...

May 10, 2017 No Responses

Heritage Bank, Triton Aqua targets 15,000 tonnes capacity with N2b facility

The N2billion long-term facility Heritage Bank Plc and Central Bank of Nigeria gave to Triton Aqua Africa Limited (TAAL), under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS), has continued to boost job creation. The Managing Director of Heritage Bank Plc...

May 9, 2017 No Responses

CBN injects $81.2m for BTA, SMEs, others

As a follow up to last Friday’s injection of $389 million into the retail segment of the Foreign Exchange Market (FOREX), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, intervened with the sum of $81.2 million in the invisibles and...

May 3, 2017 No Responses

CBN sanctions First Bank, GTB, others over alleged forex infractions

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday barred 15 commercial banks from dealing in foreign exchange through the recently created Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) wholesale forex window. According to the CBN, the decision which is with immediate effec...