CBN Sets N50k Daily Limit On Contactless Payments
Contactless payments are a safe and convenient way to conduct transactions between payment devices such as pre-paid, debit, and credit cards, key fobs, mobile electronic devices, and wearable gadgets. It employs near-field communication (NFC) technology, allowing customers to conduct a transaction by just tapping or waving their payment device near the terminal. In order to stimulate innovation in the area, the...
Politicians More Affected By CBN’s Cash Withdrawal Limit, Says CAN President
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Most Reverend Daniel Okoh, has said the new cash withdrawal limit of the Central Bank of Nigeria will have more impact on politicians. Speaking at the thanksgiving service of the new president of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches, Nigeria Region, Okoh who was represented by the immediate president of OAIC, Napo...
$1 Now ₦788, We Are Not Aware Of Naira Redesigning – Finance Minister
Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, has disassociated her ministry from the planned move by the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) to redesign the naira. The minister, who commented on the policy in response to a question raised by Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC Ekiti Central) during the 2023 budget defense session with the Senate Committee on...
CBN Announces Operational Changes To FX Market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would like to notify all authorized dealers and the general public of the following urgent modifications to operations in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange (FX) Market. Segmentation is being phased out. The Investors and Exporters (1&E) window now contains all segments. Medicals, school fees, BTA/PTA, and SME applications would continue to be processed through deposit...
Kaduna State Government Orders Agencies To Accept Old Naira Notes
This was contained in an official statement released by the Special Adviser to the Governor, Media, and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye on 19th February 2023. He said, "In line with the subsisting order of the Supreme Court, the Kaduna State Government has directed its ministries, departments, and agencies to ensure that their collection agents continue to accept payments made in all...
Naira Appreciates To N1,685/$ In Parallel Market
The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,685 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,695 per dollar on Wednesday Similarly, the naira appreciated to N1,567 per dollar in the official foreign exchange market. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on the Daily Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) showed Naira appreciated for four consecutive days to N1,567 per dollar from...
N206bn Inserted In My Ministry’s Budget For Equipment Procurement, Says Umar-Farouq
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, yesterday, told senators that the N206 billion inserted in the ministry’s budget was for purchase of military equipment. The minister had disowned the money, last week, saying it was allegedly ‘inserted’ by the Ministry of Finance. Lawmakers had requested the two ministers to appear and clear the air on...
2023: North Determines Next President, Will Be Asked To Vote Atiku – Primate Ayodele
Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has made another revelation regarding the 2023 presidential election. He stated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, would be asked to vote in the North. Primate Ayodele revealed in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, that the 2023 election will be based on ethnicity and...
Reps Probe Petrol Subsidy Under President Buhari, Allege $7 Billion Diversion
The House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the petroleum products subsidy regime under President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmakers asked the committee to carry out the probe from 2017 to 2021. This followed the adoption ...
Relocation: CBN Headquarters Presently Overpopulated – Cardoso
The Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, said the CBN’s planned relocation of departments and personnel to other branches was a response to the current “overpopulation” at the headquarters. Cardoso stated this in an interview with Arise Television on Monday. The CBN governor said the process was normal for any vibrant entity like a central bank. According to him, the move was to...
