UPDATE: Supreme Court Scolds Buhari, Emefiele for Disobeying Order on Old Naira Notes  The Supreme Court of Nigeria has described as dictatorial and undemocratic the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to disobey its earlier order on the continuous use of old N200, N500 and N1000...

Naira Scarcity: Bank Customers Borrowed N947bn According to a document by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Money Banks offered 130,854 new credits valued at N947.46bn to their customers in December 2022. A member of the MPC, Adeola Adenikinju, disclosed this in...

Banks’ Assets Increase to N73tn - CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that total assets of the banking industry grew by N14.36tn or 24.24 per cent from N59.24tn at the end of December 2021 to N73.59tn in the corresponding period of 2022. CBN made...

FG to Raise N1.13tn Treasury Bills in Q2 - CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria plans to raise N1.13tn through treasury bills in the second quarter of 2023. This was according to the latest Nigerian Treasury Bill Issue Programme for the Second Quarter 2023 available on...

Nigeria’s Balance of Trade Records $20m Deficit   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that Nigeria’s balance of trade position has reversed from surplus to deficit, recording a $20 million trade deficit in November 2022 as against a surplus of $50 million in the...

Naira Redesign: Currency in Circulation Drops to N1.38tn – CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria analysis showed that the total amount of currency-in-circulation in the country dropped from N3.29tn as of the end of October 2022 to N1.38tn as of the end of January 2023. Figures...