As the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prepares for its July meeting, some financial experts have called for moderation in its policy decisions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CBN has announced that the 292nd meeting of the MPC...
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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says it engaging the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on its new directives to commercial banks to collect their customers’ social media handles. The National Commissioner of NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, said this in a statement issued by Mr Itunu Dosekun, Head of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday extended the ultimatum issued to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make naira available in commercial banks by two weeks. The two organisations had earlier threatened in a one-week ultimatum to picket all branches of the...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has urged the Federal Government to dialogue with the NLC on its planned picketing of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices nationwide. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero on Wednesday directed workers...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has disbursed N12.65 billion to the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), its flagship agriculture intervention scheme from January till date. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele said this on Tuesday in Abuja, when he read the communique issued at the end of the 290th...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 18 per cent from 17.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele said this on Tuesday when he read the communique issued at the end of the 290th...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered commercial banks across Nigeria to start receiving old N200, N500 and N1000 notes. This was disclosed by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor, via a post on his Facebook page on Monday. He noted that the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele,...
A Constitutional Lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has said that any attempt by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disobey the Supreme Court judgment on the legality of the old N200, N500 and N1,000 will amount to a treasonable felony. Ajulo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
A lawmaker in Ondo state, Mr Sunday Olajide, has described as “choking’’ and pain inflicting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) redesigned naira note policy introduced late last year. Olajide, a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, representing Akure South Constituency 2, in a statement made available...
The National Security Adviser (NSA) Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Monguno (rtd), has said that the change of currency and cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), if not well thought out, may affect operations of troops in the field. Monguno made the observation when he appeared before an Ad...
Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe (APC-Oyo) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure that the redesigned naira notes were available to cash-trapped Nigerians. She made this known in a statement by Mr Olamilekan Olusada, the Media Aide to the lawmaker in Abuja on Sunday. According to her, the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has collaborated with the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) to launch the National Domestic Card Scheme ‘AfriGo’ to transform the Nigerian payment system. The Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele made this known on Thursday at a virtual launch of the...
Against projections by some experts, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the monetary policy rate by 100 basis points to 17.5 per cent. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the first MPC meeting in 2023, in Abuja...
Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday said the steady increase in headline inflation from 15.60 per cent in January to 20.77 per cent in September was consistent with global trends. Emefiele said this at the 57th Annual Bankers Dinner, organised by the Chartered institute...
No fewer than 20 teams will slug it out beginning from Wednesday as the 2022 All Financial Institutions Football Competition (AFIFC), sponsored by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), gets underway. A statement by the Director Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Osita Nwanisobi, disclosed that the competition, which would start...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Abuja Headquarters Football Club have emerged winner of the 41st edition of the CBN Governor’s Cup competition in Uyo. The final match of the tournament, which was played on Saturday at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, saw CBN Abuja FC beating...
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has lauded the planned redesign of naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) saying it will help curb money politics in 2023 general election. Mr Malik Ado-Ibrahim, Presidential Candidate, YPP said this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. Ado-Ibrahim said...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has applauded the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign and reissue higher denominations of the Nigerian currency, the naira. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday announced that the apex bank had obtained the approval of the Federal...
An economist, Prof. Evans Osabuohien says the increase of Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will further put pressure on already pressured private sector. Osabuohien made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota,...
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance, has frowned at discrepancies in the figures of Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on 2021 remittances by government agencies. Rep. Stanley Olajide (APC- Oyo) a member of the committee said this...