The bank noted that an increasing number of countries are restricting wheat and other food commodity exports, exacerbating the global food crisis.
The anti-graft agency claimed it had intelligence that some Nigerians were stockpiling foreign currency.
A warrant of arrest has been issued against Mr Ademola Adebisi, Managing Director of Wema Bank Plc, for alleged forgery.
Checks by Peoples Gazette on Tuesday revealed that the naira gained value at the parallel market, rising to N665 per dollar from N710 last week.
Godwin Emefiele and other wheeler-dealers could squeeze more for Nigerians by advertising the bank rather than a secret sale that would benefit only those conducting the backroom talks.
Increase in airfare is the result of hike in price of aviation fuel, high cost of facility maintenance and depreciation of Nigeria’s currency.
The World Bank has projected that Nigeria will not benefit fiscally from the recent rise in global oil price this year.
Telecoms operators described the new tax regime as a strange move and unusual development, saying they would have to pass the cost directly to subscribers.
Today’s record fall comes a year after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prohibited the sale of foreign currency to bureau de change operators.
Since assuming office in 2015 and then going ahead to win reelection in 2019, the Buhari-led regime has involved in heavy borrowing and depleting of the country’s scarce resources.
