World Bank Outlines steps for Nigeria's Economic Revovery The World Bank has outlined faster steps for Nigeria's economic recovery apart from taking other measures to deepen ongoing reforms undertaken by the country. According to the Bank, the measures would assist avoid threats to the government’s macroeconomic...

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...

'Foreign Investors’ Trapped $2bn Dragging Down External Reserves'       The clearing of foreign portfolio investors’ funds that have been trapped in Nigeria for months on the back of foreign exchange scarcity is putting downward pressure on the country’s external reserves. The International Monetary Fund had in February...

Banks Borrowing From CBN Increase By 174% To N2.4trn     In apparent reflection of the intense scarcity of funds that prevailed in the interbank money market in April, banks’ borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rose by 174 per cent to N2.48 trillion from...

Fed Govt Borrows Over N2trn From Bond Investors In 2020       Leveraging on excess liquidity that persisted in the banking system and the near zero yields on treasury bills (TBs), the Federal Government, through the Debt Management Office (DMO), raised N2.1 trillion from investors in its...

CBN’s Policy Blocks Investors, Banks From N622bn Illegal Earnings         The new Treasury Bills policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has effectively obstructed about N622 billion interest earnings that would have accrued to banks and other individual and corporate investors in the money market. The...