Rate Cut to Ease Financial Burden on SMEs, Households – CBN   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that reducing the monetary policy rate by 50 basis points is a strategic move aimed at supporting the nation’s economic recovery, particularly in relation to Small...

Report Reveals Only 36% of 15m Households Benefit from Cash Transfer   Since October 2023, only 36 per cent of targeted households have benefited from the conditional cash transfer programme launched by the Federal Government to cushion economic hardship for vulnerable Nigerians. According to the latest mid-year...

FG Approves N4bn Conditional Cash Transfer for Vulnerable Households The Federal Government of Nigeria has given the green light for a N4 billion conditional cash transfer program aimed at supporting vulnerable households across the country. During the launch of the 2025 Nigeria Humanitarian Needs and Response...

Pressure on Households as Food Inflation Rises to 40% Nigeria’s food inflation has continued on a steady rise, reaching 40.01 percent in March 2024 on a year-on-year basis, this is 15.56 percent higher compared to the rate recorded in March 2023 (24.45 percent) and 37.90...

10m Households To Get N5,000 As Subsidy Palliative For Six Months - FG   The federal government will pay N5,000 to 10 million households for six months as palliative for removing petrol subsidy after June. Economic Confidential reports that the amount is N50 billion per month and...

Household Food Imports Rise By 71% In Four Years   Food and beverage imports for households rose by 71.12 per cent between the third quarter of 2018 and the corresponding quarter of 2022 despite the foreign exchange crisis in the country. This was based on data from...