Forex Speculators To Lose N100bn — ABCON       Foreign exchange (forex) speculators will lose over N100 billion in the next one month as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sustains massive funding for Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators. The President of the Association of Bureaux De Change...

Foreign Reserves Depreciated By $790m       Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have depreciated by $790 million despite the rise in crude oil prices. The foreign reserves stood at $34.43 billion as at May 17 data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) website showed. Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company...

Investors Dump Equities Amid Anxieties Over CBN’s Rate Call         Nigerian equities closed at the weekend with a net loss of N604 billion as anxieties over the likely decisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on benchmark interest rate and other monetary policy tools fuelled...

Banks’ USSD debts to telecom firms hit N47 billion The total debts owed by banks to telecommunications service providers arising from the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) have risen from N42 billion to N47billion. USSD is a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) protocol...

Illicit Financial Flows Will threaten Economic Stability– Finance Minister Illicit financial flows (IFFs), unless checked, will continue to significantly erode domestic revenues, enable corruption, threaten economic stability and sustainable development, divert money from public priorities and hamper government’s efforts to mobilise domestic resources and recover...

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...