CBN stops forex sale to BDCs as Naira fall to 285 against Dollar

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday stopped the sale of foreign exchange to all the 2,786 licensed Bureau De Change Operators across the country. The ban was announced by the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, at a special media briefing held at the bank’s headquarters in Abuja just as the naira traded at 285 […]

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‘Fire CBN Gov Immediately,’ Past. Tunde Bakare to Presidency

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and probe him. Bakare, who was Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 presidential election, said this while delivering his State of the Nation address, titled, ‘Roadmap […]

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Christine Lagarde’s Curious Visit

The news has been awash of the visit of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, to Nigeria on a working visit to Africa but dedicating a whole four days to Nigeria. Not surprising, she did us the “honour” of having to touch down on our soil first. Trust the ludicrousness of […]

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CBN Mulls Measures To Stabilise Economy

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said that the bank would introduce additional to rescue Naira from further decline as one of the several measures aimed to boosting the nation’s economy and stabilise the Naira which is at present N199.05 against the US dollar. Nigeria the largest economy in Africa and […]

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CBN To Pump $90m Into Parallel Market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is expected to shut the official foreign exchange (forex) window for the year by Wednesday and pump $90 million into the parallel market, it was learnt yesterday. This week’s parallel market intervention is expected to curb prevailing naira volatility in the market. The naira last week exchanged at N280 […]

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CBN Promises Stable Naira Robust Economy In 2016

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele says the apex bank is evolving additional measures to boost the nation’s economy and stabilise the naira. Emefiele made the remark at an Interactive Session with Media Editors in Abuja. He declined to give details of the measures and modalities for their implementation “Don’t ask […]

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