Cardoso, Edun, Others Appear Before Senate Committee The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has addressed Senator Adetokunbo Abiru, APC Lagos, East-led Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and other Financial Institutions. Edun, who led the economic team, the Governor of the...

Why CBN, NNPCL Agree to Domicile Oil Firm's Revenue in Apex Bank In an effort to improve efficiency and bolster their commercial activities, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have announced their intentions to strengthen their...

Edun, Cardoso Seek Increase In World Bank Support for Nigeria Mr. Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, has called for more support from the World Bank for Nigeria, expressing hope that the multilateral institution will appreciate the reforms conducted...

Ticket Revenue: CBN, Foreign Airlines Clash Over Unpaid $700m   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and foreign airlines operating in Nigeria have differed over the total amount of unpaid ticket revenue in the country. The CBN on Tuesday said it had ‘concluded the payment of all...

IMF Foresees Weaker Economic Growth For Nigeria   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded Nigeria’s economic growth projections for 2024 to 3.0 per cent from 3.1 per cent in its October forecast. It disclosed this in its ‘World Economic Outlook Update, January 2024.’ In a table,...

External Reserves Decline by $520m in Five Weeks – CBN   The country’s external reserves fell by $520.22 in five weeks, figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealed. According to CBN’s data on movement in reserves, the figures which stood at $33.396bn as of...