BUSINESS
Pay New Notes Over The Counter, CBN Orders Commercial Banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reversed itself and directed banks to commence paying customers new Naira notes Over The Counter (OTC). The apex bank said the order was to reduce queues around Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) across the country. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele gave the directive in Abuja on Thursday. READ ALSO: CBN Issues Fresh Guideline On Effective Distribution New Naira Notes A...
Senate Summons Emefiele To Explain Uncontrolled Fall In Naira Value
The Senate has resolved to summon the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, to explain the reasons for the rapid depreciation of the value of the naira. It has also mandated its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financi...
Tinubu, Soludo Meet To Discuss Democracy, Security, And Economic Reforms
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says his meeting with Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, centered on deepening democracy, strengthening security, and advancing ongoing economic reforms. In a statement on his official X handle on Wednesday, Tinubu described Soludo as “a friend of over two decades,” adding that both leaders share a vision for progressive...
CBN Increases Interest Rate To 16.5%
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria voted Tuesday to increase the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 16.5 per cent, the highest since 2001. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while reading the communique of the last MPC meeting of the year on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. The MPC said the tightening would curb...
COVID-19: Economic council meets Buhari, warns of recession
The Presidential Advisory Council on Tuesday warned about dire economic consequences for Nigeria if the raging coronavirus infection was not contained as quickly as possible. The council, which is chaired by Prof Doyin Salami, met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the State House, Abuja. It said one of the immediate consequences, as shown in the crash of...
We Are Borrowing Wisely – Minister of Finance
Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed has stated that the present administration is prudently borrowing to address the country’s infrastructure deficit. Ahmed, speaking at a news conference on the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) latest report on the economy’s growth, remarked that there will be regrets if no investment returns revenue in the future. READ ALSO: After NDA Attack, Mbaka Warns Over...
Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops To 17.7% In June
Nigeria’s Inflation has yet again fallen to 17.75% as the economy steadily improves. The country’s inflation rate dropped further in the month of June 2021 to 17.75% from 17.93% recorded in May 202!. This represents the third consecutive decline in headline inflation. This is according to the latest consumer price index report, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). READ ALSO:...
China Ready To Lend Us More Money, We’re Not Discussing Debt Forgiveness With Them — FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it is not discussing debt forgiveness with China, noting that Beijing is willing to lend Nigeria more money and invest more in the economy of Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, stated this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Nigeria has been making proposals for debt forgiveness at the United Nations General Assembly...
President Tinubu Increases Minimum Wage To Cushion Effects Of Fuel Subsidy
President Bola Tinubu has announced a N25,000 wage award to low grade workers in the civil service, as part of measures to cushion the impact of the fuel subsidy removal policy. Tinubu made the pledge on Sunday, October 1, as part of his Independence Day Broadcast to the nation, where he noted that the salary increase will last for a...
Oil Production: We Can’t Meet OPEC Quota, It’s Responsible For Why We’re Broke — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that with the high price of oil in the world markets, producing at about half our OPEC quota has deprived Nigeria of much needed revenue and foreign exchange. The President said this Friday at the State House, Abuja, while inaugurating the Presidential Committee on the National Economy. He, however, said that the government was working “tirelessly”...
