'Nigerian Govt’s Reliance On CBN Financing Worrisome'       The Nigerian government’s reliance on the Central Bank of Nigeria for the financing of budget deficits is certainly worrying, a London-based economic research firm has said. Capital Economics, in its ‘Africa Economics Focus’ released on Monday, said the government...

Naira Bounces Back, Appreciates To N470/$ In Parallel Market       The naira this morning reversed its two weeks loss to the dollar in the parallel market, appreciating by N20 to N470 per dollar. The naira had earlier depreciated by N30 against the dollar, as the parallel market...

AfDB Develops 3-year Project For Revenue Generation In Extractive Industry           The African Development Bank (AfDB) has developed a three-year project in response to demands by member countries for technical assistance to monitor revenues generated from their extractive industries. The AfDB made this known during a virtual...

NDIC Assists Uganda Deposit Protection Fund The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is assisting the Uganda Deposit Protection Fund (DPFU) to develop capacity to implement the Deposit Insurance System (DIS) in the East African country. The Corporation recently hosted a five-member delegation from DPFU who arrived...