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“Don’t panic there’s no shortage of liquidity,” CBN Governor urges banks
Nigerian central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele ruled out on Thursday a naira devaluation and told people not to panic about…
Mixed reactions trail JP Morgan’s threat on Nigerian bonds
Some financial experts on Wednesday in Lagos expressed mixed reactions on JP Morgan’s decision to phase out Nigeria from its…
Operate Treasury Single Account, CBN tells State Govts
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday in Abuja advised state governments to adopt the Federal Government’s system of…
SMEs To CBN: break N220bn bail-out into smaller units
Three associations for small and medium enterprises on Monday in Lagos appealed to the CBN to break the N220 billion…
Nigeria to raise $4bn in treasury bills in Q4-CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it plans to auction N814.78 billion in Treasury bills between Sept. 17 to…
FG appoints PwC, KPMG to audit NNPC, CBN, NPA, others
The National Economic Council (NEC) has employed the services of two audit firms, PwC and KPMG to carry out forensic…
Is State Joint Local Government Account System Useful?
Victor Adeoti Analysts observe that the reason for creating the State Joint Local Government Account System by section 162 of…
Reps. summon CBN Governor over ban on foreign currency deposits
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to explain the…
ATM Withdrawals: CBN’s limit may stifle cash flow – Experts
Some financial experts and businessmen on Tuesday said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) limit on cash withdrawal via the…
Court restrains NUPENG from picketing CBN
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) on Friday restrained the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)…
El-Rufai Orders Banks To Close Govt. Accounts, Remit Balance To CBN
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has directed all banks with accounts of the state government to close…
CBN orders banks to stop accepting foreign currency deposits
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday formally asked banks to stop accepting foreign currency cash deposit from customers.…
Senate summons CBN Gov. over falling value of naira
After a brief debate, the Senate on Wednesday agreed to summon Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria…
Shame on my detractors, I owe no bank, says Abike Dabiri-Erewa
By Olufemi Anjorin Former House of Representatives member, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa has denied owing any bank as claimed in the…
Owing the Banks? Pay up or have your name published, says AMCON
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Monday asked loan defaulters to immediately square their accounts or it would…
Saraki meets CBN gov, advises him on how to save N30bn
Senate President, Bukola Saraki met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and advised on how…
Presidential Bailout For States: Matters Arising
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recently announced bail out approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for states owing workers several months of…
CBN ready to discipline foreign currency traffickers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will collaborate with relevant agencies to discipline anybody who is involved in…
N8bn currency scam: Court adjourns till July 6
Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday adjourned till July 6 further hearing in one of…
Nigerian Naira On The Ropes In Black Market
The Nigerian naira could weaken in the parallel market next week after the central bank restricted access to foreign exchange…
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CBN extends BVN registration deadline to Oct. 31
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the Bank Registration Verification (BVN) deadline to Oct. 31, to accommodate customers…
More bank customers urge CBN to postpone BVN registration
Bank customers in Kogi has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the closing date for the registration…
Ogun residents in last minute rush for BVN registration
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Long queues were witnessed in many banks in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital as residents made last minute rush…
Extend BVN deadline, bank customers tell CBN
Bank customers in Pankshin, Plateau, on Monday called for the extension of the deadline for the ongoing Bank Verification Number…
Cyber Crime In Nigeria
Recently, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said 2.4 per cent of banking…
Nigeria raises 144 bln naira in Treasury bills; yields mixed
LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria raised 143.64 billion naira ($723 million) in Treasury bills with mixed yields, the central bank said…
Nigeria to raise N120.5bn in Treasury bills next week
Nigeria plans to sell 120.52 billion naira ($606 million) of 3-month, 6-month and 1-year Treasury bills on June 24, the…
N8bn Currency Scam: Court denies CBN staff, others bail
Justice Nathaniel Ayo Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, today 15 June, 2015 dismissed the bail application…
Mobile money transactions now stand at N5bn annually – CBN
Dipo Fatokun, Director, Banking Supervision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Sunday said that the nation’s transactions in…
CBN N8bn scam: Court reserves ruling till June 19
Justice Adeyinka Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday fixed June 19 to rule on bail…