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The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued strict new rules governing financial holding companies. The revised regulatory exposure draft aims to aggressively ring-fence core banking assets from speculative corporate ventures. This structural intervention will force Tier-1 banking groups to raise an estimated N326 billion in fresh capital buffers. Institutional investors must now urgently re-evaluate their…
The maximum lending rate charged by Nigerian commercial banks softened marginally to 34.78% in May. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria reveals a slight retreat from the 35.17% recorded in April. This moderate decline offers minor relief to highly leveraged corporate borrowers. Despite the drop, structural cost pressures remain exceptionally high across the domestic…
Africa’s largest electrification drive has crossed a defining threshold, with the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank announcing that their joint Mission 300 initiative has connected more than 50 million people to electricity across 40 countries, even as Nigeria, home to the world’s biggest power access deficit, accounts for over 4.5 million…
Nigeria has approved a fresh round of petrol and diesel imports for the July to September quarter, a move that signals renewed pressure on domestic fuel supply even as the country pushes to lean more heavily on local refining. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority issued the clean product import permits to…
Nigeria shipped Premium Motor Spirit worth N105.50bn to Togo in the first three months of 2026, a figure that captures how sharply the country’s downstream fortunes have turned after decades of dependence on imported fuel. The export value was contained in the National Bureau of Statistics Foreign Trade Statistics Report for the first quarter…
Nigeria’s economy remained firmly cash-driven in May 2026, as the volume of money circulating outside the banking system rose to N5.19 trillion, exposing the limits of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s years-long campaign to wean the country off physical cash. Latest money and credit statistics from the CBN showed that currency outside banks…
Inside Nigeria’s 91,966MT Cooking Gas Supply Gap Liquefied Petroleum Gas marketers brought in 16,642.66 metric tonnes of cooking gas within the first 19 days of June to cushion a domestic supply gap that has driven prices to record highs and pushed many households back to charcoal and firewood. The imports formed part of the 95,769.26…
The naira opened the week on solid footing, trading at around ₦1,363.41 to the United States dollar at the official window on Monday, June 22, 2026, as the gap between the formal and street markets stayed unusually slim. The figure, drawn from the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, reflects the volume-weighted average that the Central…
Nigerian factories are carrying the heaviest fiscal burden for a cash-strapped state. The manufacturing sector contributed N404 billion in corporate and value-added taxes during the first quarter of 2026. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that factory owners remain the largest domestic source of non-oil state revenue. This fiscal feat comes despite a…
The naira weakened to N1,410 against the United States dollar in the parallel market on Thursday, easing from N1,405 a day earlier, as renewed demand pressure pushed the currency lower across both segments of Nigeria’s foreign exchange market. At the official window, the currency also lost ground. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria…
