Economy

CBN Directs Banks To Halt Deposit Charges Till September

CBN Directs Banks To Halt Deposit Charges Till September

Financial institutions and deposit money banks have been instructed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to halt processing fees for deposits until September 30, 2024. The apex bank in a circular dated May 6, 2024, mandated banking institutions...

Zamfara Residents Picket EFCC HQ, Seeks Matawalle Probe

Residents of Zamfara State have picket in protest the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters seeking probe of the former Governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. The protesters urged the anti-graft agency to delve into all petitions against...

EFCC Eye Schools, Organizations Charging In Foreign Currencies

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has placed schools and organizations charging in foreign currencies under surveillance to reduce the pressure on the naira.The Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Dele Oyewale, who confirmed this stressed that it...

NNPCL Assures Availability Of Fuel By Wednesday

NNPCL Chief Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye who gave the assurance, added that the company currently has an availability of products exceeding 1.5 billion litres, which can last for at least 30 days. “However, as you know, overcoming such disruptions...

CBN Bans Opay, Palmpay, Others’ Recent Accounts

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has ban mobile money operators including fintech firms from onboarding new customers with a nod from the Bank Customers Association of Nigeria.The new directive will affect fintech companies such as OPay, Palmpay, Kuda...

FG To Merge Bank of Agriculture and CBN’s NIRSAL

FG To Merge Bank of Agriculture and CBN’s NIRSAL

The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has announced that it is exploring the possibility of merging the Bank of Agriculture with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s NIRSAL Microfinance Ltd. The council intends to inject fresh capital into the institutions...

CBN: We Have Settled All Valid Forex Backlogs

CBN: We Have Settled All Valid Forex Backlogs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, announced that all valid Foreign Exchange (FX) backlogs owed various sectors of the economy had been settled. The FX settlement fulfilled a key pledge of the CBN governor, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, to...

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