Investments In FG’s Treasury Bills Weaken, Sales Fall 19% To N1.35trn       Investors’ interest in the Federal Government’s monetary instrument, the Nigeria Treasury Bill (NTB) has recorded a significant decline with 19 per cent, year-on-year, YoY, decline in sales to N1.35 trillion in the first five...

Reps Want Urgent Measures to Curb Fall In Naira Value The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently put in place a policy to check further devaluation of the naira to the United States dollar and other international legal...

BDC Directors Urge CBN To Review N2 Margin       Bureaux De Change (BDC) directors have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to increase the sales margin of BDCs noting that the N2 margin presently allowed by the apex bank is inadequate. They said the call...

E-payment Transactions Rose By N80bn To N21trn In June       Transactions through electronic payment (e-payment) channels increased by N80 billion to N21.27 trillion in May 2021 against the N21.19 trillion recorded in April 2021. CEO of Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, said this in a report titled:...

NEXIM Rolls Out N500bn For Non-Oil Export       The Nigeria Import Export Bank (NEXIM) is implementing N500 billion Non-oil Export Stimulation Facility and N100 billion Export Development Fund at single digit interest rate to support the production and export of goods and services. Managing Director and Chief...

COVID-19: CBN Disburses N253bn To 470 Households, 77, 000 SMEs         The Acting Director Corporate communications Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, has said that the bank disbursed N253 billion to 548,345 beneficiaries as part of its responses to the COVID-19...