Govs Fret As CBN Insists Budget Support Repayment Starts May       State governors again on Thursday requested that the repayment of their loans, especially the budget support, which ought to start this month be deferred. But the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, emphasised...

BoI’s Assets hit N1.8trn       Bank of Industry’s (BoI’s) total assets grew to N1.86 trillion during the 2020 financial year, despite the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on global economies. BoI’s Chairman, Aliyu Dikko, who made this known at its 61st Annual General Meeting , in...

CBN Disbursed N300bn Agric Loans In Southern Nigeria – Emefiele       The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said on Tuesday that over N300bn had been disbursed to companies operating in southern part of Nigeria as part of its interventions in the agricultural sector. Emefiele...

Emefiele Faults Claims of Imbalance in Agric Interventions ...Tasks Stakeholders on Food Security The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has faulted claims in certain quarters suggesting that the Bank’s targeted interventions in the agricultural sector are tilted in favour of a certain...

Naira Stabilizes At N480/$1 As CBN Eases Rate       The Naira has stabilized at N480/$1 at the bureau de change market after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) removed the peg on the Naira. The CBN, it was learnt, removed the official peg on the Naira to...

'Foreign Investors’ Trapped $2bn Dragging Down External Reserves'       The clearing of foreign portfolio investors’ funds that have been trapped in Nigeria for months on the back of foreign exchange scarcity is putting downward pressure on the country’s external reserves. The International Monetary Fund had in February...