Food Prices: Roots and Tubers To The Rescue By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta         The other day the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) while reporting the current inflation rate, indicated that despite the huge effort to boost productivity in the agriculture sector, the prices of food appreciated and...

Nigeria’s Forex Inflow Hits $21bn In Q3       The total amount of foreign exchange inflow into the economy in the third quarter of 2020 stood at $21.46 billion, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN, in its third quarter economic report said...

Exporters Decry Shipment Delays Over CBN Policy       The Organised Private Sector Exporters Association (OPEXA) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently address the delays in shipments being faced by non-oil exporters since October when the bank enforced a new regulation on...

NDIC Verifies Depositors Of 42 Failed MFBs         The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced the verification and winding up of 42 Microfinance Banks (MFBs) whose operating licences were recently revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with verification of their respective depositors. This...

Nigeria’s Forex Reserves Drops By $132.06m       Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves dropped by $132.06 million at the weekend as the apex bank continued to use the forex reserves as a buffer against currency depreciation despite slowdown in forex inflows. A report by investment banking group, Cordros...

External Reserves Shed $567m In Two Weeks       The nation’s external reserves fell by $567 million in the first two weeks of this month. According to the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the reserves dropped to $34.846 billion on Tuesday December 15th from...