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The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate (NOFR) to serve as the primary benchmark for the domestic money market. Developed alongside the Financial Markets Dealers Association, the rate replaces older, fragmented methods of measuring short-term liquidity. It aims to improve transparency and sharpen the transmission of monetary policy. The bank…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has begun the final legal process to wind down 89 defunct Microfinance Banks (MFBs) and Primary Mortgage Banks (PMBs). These institutions were part of a larger group of 183 lenders whose licences were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in May 2023. The corporation is now approaching…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has proposed a specialised mediation panel that would serve as the mandatory first point of resolution for disputes arising from secured lending transactions, effectively reducing immediate recourse to litigation in matters involving movable assets used as collateral. The proposal was outlined in a circular issued on Tuesday and signed…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has successfully propped up the naira through aggressive Open Market Operations (OMO), despite a worrying $1.14 billion slide in external reserves. Over a four-day trading week, the local currency gained 1.76 per cent to close at N1,356.89 per dollar at the official window. This recovery suggests that the central…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared the country’s development finance sector critically undersized and in urgent need of a total overhaul. Speaking at the World Bank’s Nigeria Development Update in Abuja, CBN Deputy Governor Mohammed Sani Abdullahi revealed a staggering ₦230 trillion financing gap for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Nigeria’s current…
The Nigerian Naira opened trading on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, with modest appreciation against the United States Dollar at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, even as the parallel market continued to trade at a significant premium. The divergence between official and unofficial exchange rates highlights persistent structural pressures within the domestic foreign exchange ecosystem….
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has formally announced the conclusion of its 24-month banking sector recapitalisation programme, with participating lenders raising a combined N4.65 trillion in fresh capital. Domestic investors accounted for 72.55 per cent of the total funds raised, contributing approximately N3.37 trillion, while international investors supplied the remaining 27.45 per cent,…
The global appetite for Nigerian bank stocks is returning. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that offshore sources provided 28% of the total funds raised in the ongoing bank recapitalisation exercise. Hakama Sidi-Ali, the CBN’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, shared these figures on Friday at the Enugu International Trade Fair. She argued…
Nigeria has effectively ended the era of fiscal dominance. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced on Thursday that the federal government’s “Ways and Means” debt has crashed to N2.84 trillion. This represents a massive reduction from the N26.95 trillion inherited by the current administration. Speaking at the Monetary Policy Forum in Abuja,…
The Naira maintained a fragile stability against the US Dollar on Friday, March 27, 2026. At the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the currency traded within a narrow band of ₦1,350 to ₦1,370. Mid-market indicators placed the official rate at approximately ₦1,356, reflecting a period of uncharacteristic calm. This follows months of aggressive interventions by…
