Markets

CBN licenses 400 financial agents in Kogi

The Central Bank of Nigeria has authorized 400 financial agents to facilitate access to the new banknote design in rural areas. CBN said this would allow residents of rural Kogi to meet the January 31 deadline, allowing them to finally retire their old banknotes from circulation. At Elulu Mopa Palace Thursday, CBN Oba’s chief strategy officer Julius Joledo Oluranti Buari said people can…
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Banking

Currency in circulation devalues to N3.24tn

Currency in circulation fell by N107.08bn from N3.35tn in April to N3.24tn in July, latest figures on currency from the Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed. According to the CBN, the CIC which stood at N3.33tn in May fell to N3.25tn in June. The CBN recently warned Deposit Money Banks against accepting mutilated naira notes, explaining that they were not the real currencies in…
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Economy

FG borrows N2.45tn from CBN amid fiscal risks

The Federal Government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances rose from N17.46tn in December 2021 to N19.91tn in June 2022. According to data from the CBN, this shows that the Federal Government borrowed N2.45tn from the apex…
Economy

Non-payment of dollars by NNPC behind Naira crisis-CBN

Non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is responsible for naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. As at the close of work yesterday, the naira traded for N700/$1 at the parallel market and N415.96/$1 at the official market. The CBN explanation was given in report that was…
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Banking

CBN disburses N68bn under 100-for-100 policy

The Central Bank of Nigeria has disbursed N68.13bn to beneficiaries under its 100-for-100 Policy on Production and Productivity since the commencement of the intervention. According to the bank, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this in Lagos after the last…
Banking

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) backtracks, takes radical stance against rising inflation

The rate-fixing arm of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) backtracked on its position on the country’s rising inflation, yesterday, increasing the monetary policy rate by 1.5 per cent or 150 basis points (bps), an extreme radical stance against rising prices. A 150bps increase in MPR is a rare decision, perhaps not taken by the Monetary Policy Committee in recent years. With the decision, CBN is…
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