Monetary

Cash Crunch: E-bills Payment Falls by 44% Amidst Cashless Policy – NIBSS

Cash Crunch: E-bills Payment Falls by 44% Amidst Cashless Policy – NIBSS The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System recent report has indicated a fall in the value of electronic utility payments by 44.86 per cent in February despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy...

Buhari’s Reign: FG Rakes In N10trn VAT in 8 Years – NBS

Buhari's Reign: FG Rakes In N10trn VAT in 8 Years – NBS The Federal Government has raked in N10.1tn from the collection of Value Added Tax under the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari. This comes against the backdrop of the advice by the Minister of...

Old N200, N500, and N1,000 Bank Notes Remain Legal Tender – CBN

Old N200, N500, and N1,000 Bank Notes Remain Legal Tender - CBN In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court orders and sustenance of the Rule of Law Principle that characterized the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and by extension, the operations of...

Pension Investments In FGN Securities Rise To N9.64trn

Pension Investments In FGN Securities Rise To N9.64trn   Pension Fund Administrators have increased the value of investments in FGN Securities from N9.19 trillion as at September 30, last year to N9.64 trillion as at last December. This represents N451.82 billion increase or 4.92 percentage increase. According to...

Kogi Gov’t Orders Arrest of Persons Rejecting Old Notes

Kogi Gov't Orders Arrest of Persons Rejecting Old Notes The Kogi State Government on Friday ordered the arrest and prosecution of individuals and businesses rejecting the old naira notes. A statement by Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo congratulated Nigerians on the “historic ruling of the Supreme...

Customers Reject Deposit Conditions As Banks Dispense Old Notes

Customers Reject Deposit Conditions As Banks Dispense Old Notes More Commercial Banks have begun to dispense old N1,000 and N500 notes to their customers, about three days after a few banks started doing so. Findings revealed that Polaris Bank and First Bank had started to pay...