Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

July 23, 2024

FG empowers Edo farmers with 18,000 bags of fertilisers

Mr Dogwo said the 18,000 bags, equivalent to 30 trucks, were out of the 1,652 million bags for farmers nationwide.

fertiliser
July 20, 2024

House of Representatives joint committee probes Dangote, Lafarge over cement price hike

The lawmaker said that there was no justification for the hike in cement price.

House of Representatives,
July 19, 2024

Naira appreciates by 0.94% against dollar at official market 

The naira on Thursday appreciated at the official market, trading at N1,566.82 to the dollar.

New Naira notes
July 12, 2024

CBN sells $122.67 million to dealers to stabilise forex market

CBN’s director in charge of financial markets, Omolara Duke, said this aims to promote stability and reduce volatility in the foreign exchange market.

Central Bank of Nigeria Logo
June 24, 2024

Ex-CBN governor Emefiele awarded contracts to his wife, brother-in-law, witness tells court

When asked if Mr Emefiele alone could award and approve contracts, he answered that the defendant approved the contracts.

Godwin Emefiele
June 21, 2024

Criminals selling BVN, NIN, TIN, passport, licence details of Nigerians for N100 across online black markets: Report

The website claims to verify Nigerians’ Permanent Voter Card (PVC), National Identification Number, BVN, or TIN for anyone willing to pay N100.

Nigerian passports
June 14, 2024

Recapitalisation: Wema Bank gets regulatory approvals for N40 billion rights issue

Recapitalisation aims to simultaneously boost the Nigerian economy and strengthen its financial services industry.

Wema Bank
June 9, 2024

Yushau Shuaib: Rakiya Mohammed: Predicament of CBN’s ICT guru

Her professional journey spans over 25 years across the financial, telecommunications, and technology sectors.

Rakiya Mohammed
June 3, 2024

CBN revokes licence of Heritage Bank, NDIC to take over

The action we are taking today reflects our continued commitment to take all necessaryeps to ensure the safety and soundness of our financial system.

CBN and Heritage Bank
May 21, 2024

Cardoso’s CBN continues aggressive tightening, raises lending rate to 26.25%

This is the third consecutive tightening of the lending rate, known as the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), by the MPC under Mr Cardoso.

OLAYEMI CARDOSO; CBN