In Five Weeks, External Reserves Dip By $269.47m         The country’s foreign reserves fell by $269.47m in five weeks, the latest figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria revealed on Monday. The reserves, which stood at $35.656bn as of November 4, fell to $34.925bn on December...

CBN Increases Credit For Households To N300bn           The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Targeted Credit Facility (TCF) to N300 billion. The facility, which is meant for households and small and medium enterprises affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, was N150 billion. The expansion of the...

Fed Govt, CBN Point To Results In Economy Recovery Plan         At the backdrop of the slide into the second recession in five years, fiscal and monetary authorities are indicating that efforts are on all fronts to ensure early exit from the recession. While the Federal Government...

Total Credit To Economy Now N19.5trn - Emefiele         Total credit to the economy rose to N19.54 as of the end of November 13, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Tuesday,...

Naira Declines Further, Exchanges For 483/$ Over Speculation         The naira exchanged to the dollar for 483 in the parallel market on Monday. This was despite the regular interventions in terms of forex injections by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Bureau de Change operators have blamed the depreciation...

ABCON Kicks Against Speculators Depreciating Naira Forcefully         The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria has warned foreign exchange speculators pushing the naira to forceful depreciation through their illegal activities. ABCON gave the warning in a statement titled, ‘ABCON warns speculators will lose money as...