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Naira Dips at Official to N1,402/$1, Parallel Market to N1,380/$1

The Naira has suffered further loss with the NAFEM Window and parallel market closing at N1,402.67/$1 and N1,380/$1 respectively.

7 months ago

Naira Gains Third Consecutive Day at Official Window Reaching N1,419/$1, Parallel Market Dips to N1,450

The official window recorded the same daily turnover of $440.13 million on Monday compared to last week Friday.

10 months ago

Nigeria Says It Loses $26bn Annually  To Tax System Gaps

Taiwo Oyedele lamented that those who evade taxes get away with no consequences, and said this needs to change.

1 year ago

Access Bank Expands Reach in Africa, Signs Deal to Buy Standard Chartered’s Subsidiaries in 5 Countries

The subsidiaries are in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra Leone, and a Consumer, Private and Business Banking business in…

1 year ago

UBA Pioneers Financial Inclusivity for Visually Impaired, Introduces Braille Account Opening Form

Award winning Music Producer, Cobhams Asuquo, described the Braille account as an innovative initiative that presents UBA as a bank…

1 year ago

Naira Closes At N765/$1 at I&E Window on Thursday

The daily turnover on the I&E window reached $204.84 million, marking the highest turnover since the central bank's efforts to…

1 year ago

CBN Plans More Currency Measures to Stabilise Naira

Analysts have predicted that the ongoing volatility in the I & E FX window would continue in the short-term as…

1 year ago

IMF Salutes FX Unification as Naira Rises to N663/$1 at I&E Window

The Fund said it's ready to provide technical assistance to enable the policy succeed.

1 year ago

Peter Obi: Dangote Refinery Milestone Towards New Nigeria

The Labour Party presidential candidate said the refinery is paramount in placing Nigeria amongst key players in downstream petroleum industry.

2 years ago

Nigeria: UBA, Lafarge, Guinness Ranked Highest In Gender Diversity In Board Positions

It revealed that Nigerian firms scored 25% average diversity.

2 years ago

IMF, World Bank Urge Nigeria to Provide Targeted Financing to SMEs

They said this would help enhance inclusive growth, tackle inflation and high-interest rates.

2 years ago

Banks Have Enough New Naira Notes to Meet Demand, CBN Insists

It clarified that banks are not banned from paying new notes over the counter.

2 years ago

UBA Announces New GMD, Executive Board Appointments

Alawuba will oversee the Group’s banking operations across its 20 African country network and globally in the UK, the US,…

2 years ago

CBN Clarifies Emefiele’s Statement on Conversion of Naira to Dollar

The apex bank said Emefiele warned bank customers against converting the naira to dollars for electioneering purposes.

2 years ago

All Set for Zenith Bank’s 7th Annual International Trade Seminar on Non-Oil Export

The seminar will draw participation from trade practitioners, local and foreign exporters, manufacturers, financial institutions, and government agencies.

2 years ago

World Bank Lists Nigeria Among Countries with Huge Unbanked Population

The World Bank has named Nigeria as one of the seven countries that contribute to half of the global population…

2 years ago

Emefiele Rallies Stakeholders’ Support to Accelerate Nigeria’s Non-Oil FX

  The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has called on the Nigerian Ports Authority…

2 years ago

JPMorgan Cuts Nigeria from ‘Overweight’ Over Country’s Fiscal Woes

JP Morgan, an American multinational investment bank has removed Nigeria from its list of emerging market sovereign recommendations that investors…

3 years ago

Nigeria: Banks, Others’ Borrowings from CBN Fell by 66% to N1.4trn in Four Months

Deposit money banks (DMBs and merchant banks borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Standing Lending Facility (SLF) dropped…

3 years ago

Fuel Subsidy Causing Deterioration in Nigeria’s Fiscal Balance,IMF Says

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday maintained that prolonged payment of petrol subsidy in Nigeria was affecting the country’s…

3 years ago