CBN Survey Reveals Optimistic Outlook for Naira in 2025   According to the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) December 2024 Business Expectations Survey (BES), a significant majority of respondent businesses expressed a positive outlook on the nation's macroeconomic prospects, indicating a growing sense of optimism among Nigerian firms. Precisely,...

Nigeria's Foreign Exchange Reserves Drop $832m in Just Two Weeks   Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves experienced a substantial decrease in the first three weeks of January, plummeting by $832.62 million from January 6 to January 21. This sharp decline underscores the ongoing challenges in Nigeria's foreign...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plays a pivotal role in ensuring this stability, and its policies, working in conjunction with others, should bring relief to the nation.

N160bn Debt: Nigerians to Lose Access to USSD in January - NCC The Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) of nine banks will no longer be supported by telecommunication firms due to N160 billion unpaid debt, according to Nigerian Communications Commission. These telcos, acting under NCC directive,...

CBN Fines Nine Banks N1.35bn for Hoarding Cash The Central Bank of Nigeria has sanctioned nine Deposit Money Banks with fines totalling N1.35bn for failing to ensure cash availability via Automated Teller Machines during the festive season. Each of the banks was fined N150m following spot...

Telecoms to Suspend USSD as 18 Banks Owe N250bn Some banks risk disconnection by telecom operators over their failure to comply with a directive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to repay the N250 billion Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debts. It was learnt that the...