CBN Retains Lending Rate, Says Economic Recovery Still Fragile       The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 11.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this after the committee’s two-day meeting in Abuja also...

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...

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...

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...

Trade Deficit Increases To $2.51bn After Border Reopening         Nigeria’s exports declined while imports increased in January despite the opening of the land borders. Nigeria’s trade deficit rose from $1.69bn in December 2020 to $2.51bn as of the end of January 2021 despite the reopening of the...

FBN Conundrum, an Abuse of Privilege? By Ademola Oyetunji Recent development at the nation’s premier commercial bank was both shocking and unexpected. Mind boggling though, but it has happened before. Boardroom rascality, a reminiscence of Intercontinental and Oceanic banks saga, where powerful management and shareholders leverage...