FG Lost N1.3trn To Import Duty, VAT Waivers –Minister
The minister of finance, budget and national planning Hajiya Zainab Ahamed Shamsuna has said that the federal government lost N1.3…
Dollar Loses Some Bounce As Focus Shifts To Fed
An under pressure U.S. dollar handed back part of its month-end bounce on Tuesday, as investors reckoned on more monetary…
Nigeria Eases Rules On Diaspora Remittances To Boost FX Liquidity
Nigeria hopes to attract more remittances from its diaspora to boost foreign currency liquidity after the central bank issued a…
CBN Issues New Guidelines On Foreign Remittances
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said beneficiaries of diaspora remittances can now receive monies sent from abroad in foreign…
CBN Okays Dollar Collection For Diaspora Remittances
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stopped naira payment to recipients of diaspora remittances (dollar inflows) from International Money…
CBN Issues Subtle Warning Explaining How Domiciliary Accounts Should Be Used
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued a circular on Monday clarifying how domiciliary accounts will be operated in the…
Forex Scarcity Bites Harder, CBN Amends Diasporan Remittance Law
The Central Bank of Nigeria said on Monday that it had amended the procedures for receipt of diaspora remittances as…
Oil Falls After OPEC+ Talks Delay Sets Off Supply Alarm
Oil prices fell on Tuesday as concerns over mounting supply returned to the fore after leading producers delayed talks on…
Pfizer, BioNTech Apply For Coronavirus Vaccine Approval In Europe
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said they have applied to the European Medicines Agency for the…
Don’t Reverse Ban On Rice Importation, Ortom Begs Buhari
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Monday, appealed to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sustain the…
FG Warns Against Christmas Carol, Tells Nigerians Abroad To Stay Away
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians to be weary of festivities such as Christmas carols as the…
Frantic CBN Allows Diaspora Remittances To Be Withdrawn In Dollars And Sold Anywhere Including Black Market
To save the naira, CBN now allows diaspora remittances to be withdrawn dollar cash. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
CBN Removes Restriction On FX Receipt Through Domiciliary Accounts
Beneficiaries of Diaspora remittances through International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) shall henceforth receive such inflows in the foreign currency (US…
U.S. Dollar Drops To Lowest In More Than Two Years
The dollar hit its lowest in two and a half years on Monday as broad risk sentiment improved overall, with…
Sterling Heads Higher On Hopes Of A Brexit Trade Deal
secure a deal to govern nearly $1 trillion in annual trade from Jan. 1 but are yet to bridge differences…
Govt, CBN Point To Results In Economy Recovery Plan
At the backdrop of the slide into the second recession in five years, fiscal and monetary authorities are indicating that…
Interventions Drive Daily I&E Window Sales To $150m
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said interventions introduced by the CBN have resulted in…
Dollar Plumbs Two-Year Low As Fed Comes In To Focus
The dollar touched a more than two-year low on Monday and is set to log its largest monthly fall since…
Electricity Grid Collapses In Nigeria, Africa’s Largest Economy
Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed on Sunday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said in a statement. Power outages in…
Nigeria’s Defense Of A Spiraling Naira And Its Multiple Exchange Rates Isn’t Working
At any point in the last few years, Nigeria’s naira has always had multiple exchange rates. As of Friday (Nov.…
Naira Hits Four-Year Low As Nigeria Central Bank Adjusts Rate
Nigeria’s central bank weakened the naira for the third time this year as the regulator struggles to stem demand for…
Expanding Financial Services Access With Cryptocurrencies
The Cryptocurrency space is fast expanding, with more people, including those at the grassroots embracing the digital investment plan. Even…
Nigerian Naira Weakens In NDF Markets After Spot And Futures Market Ease
Nigeria’s naira slipped across the curve against the dollar in non-deliverable forward markets on Monday, with the six-month contracts falling…
Oil Can No Longer Sustain Nigeria Economy, Kogi Agric Commissioner Warns
The Kogi State Commissioner For Agriculture, Mr David Apeh, has warned that the continuous dependence on crude oil by the…
Nigeria Spends Over N370b On Palm Oil Importation
Despite the restriction placed by the Federal Government on palm oil importation, the inflow of the edible product has soared…
Rewane Speaks At FMDA Webinar, Predicts 16% Inflation Rate By 2021
The Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane has predicted 16 per cent inflation figure by 2021. The economist…
Investors Split On Duty Cut For Imported Vehicles
The proposed policy in the 2020 Finance Bill that seeks to slash duties and levies on imported vehicles has raised…
Why Eight States Landed In Financial Distress —Report
FOR their inability to generate enough revenue to pay workers, other debts, and prioritizing recurrent over capital expenditures, eight states…
Biden To Name Adewale Adeyemo Deputy Treasury Secretary
United States (US) President-Elect, Joe Biden, is about to announce Nigerian-born attorney and economist, Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo, as deputy Treasury…
Nigeria’s, Others’ Mobile Money Transaction Value Hits $130b
The value of mobile money transaction in Nigeria and other West African countries peaked at $130billion last year with a…