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IMF director warns against retail e-currencies

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has expressed her concerns about the potential risks associated with retail central bank digital currencies. In an interview at the Milken Institute’s 2023 Global Conference on May 1, Georgieva stated that retail CBDCs could have far more room for error than wholesale CBDCs. She explained […]

CBN places 572 bank customers on watchlist
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CBN places 572 bank customers on watchlist

By Christian George The Central Bank of Nigeria has placed an e-payment ban on the Biometric Verification Number of not fewer than 572 bank customers for fraud related issues. This was made known by the Deputy Director, Payment System Department, Adewuyi Adeyemi during the 34th CBN seminar for finance correspondents and business editors in Calabar, […]

Kogi residents lament scarcity of new naira note
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CBN denies phasing out redesigned naira notes

By Wilson Adekumola   The Central Bank of Nigeria has dispelled the reports going viral including social media platforms that it planned to phase out the newly redesigned N1, 000, N500 and N200 notes.   Vangaurd reported that the Acting Director, Corporate Communications of the bank Dr. Isa AbdulMumim, regarded the reports as “fake news.” […]

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Ex-NNPC GMD sues EFCC, others over withheld $9.8m

A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and Guarantee Trust Bank for allegedly refusing to release his $9.8 million, despite a court ruling in his favour. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Yakubu was represented […]

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Buhari urges Senate to reappoint Abubakar as CBN director

The President, Major General Muhamadu Buhari (retd.), has asked the Senate to confirm the re-appointment of Abdu Abubakar as a Non-Executive Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria.   Nairametrics reported that the president’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during plenary on Tuesday.   The request for […]

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Naira crisis: Emefiele’s crime more than electoral fraud, says Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has knocked the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over the hardship that the new naira redesign policy and recent naira notes crisis plunged the entire country into.   Soyinka said this during an interview on Channels TV on Monday, stating that Emefiele’s crime was against humanity and even more than […]

CBN, NiMet collaborate on food security
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CBN, NiMet collaborate on food security

In order to increase the nation’s food security, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency and the Central Bank of Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, when a delegation from the CBN visited NiMet on Monday in Abuja, NiMet’s Director-General, Prof. Mansur Matazu, announced that the cooperation will raise Nigerians’ […]

CBN opens eNaira to USSD transaction
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E-naira’ll reduce naira scarcity – CBN

The Special Assistant on Payment to the Governor of the Central Bank, Mary Fasheitan, has said that the usage of the digital naira (eNaira), will address the current cash scarcity in the country.   The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Fasheitan said this while addressing traders and people of the state in Akure on […]

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CBN raises Monetary Policy Rate to 18%

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced an increase in its Monetary Policy rate to 18 per cent. This was during its its 290th Monetary Policy Committee Press Briefing by the Governor, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria votes to raise Monitory Policy Rate  by 50 basis […]

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CBN holds MPC meeting March 20, 21

The Central Bank of Nigeria has on Tuesday announced the date for its 290th Monetary Policy Committee meeting. According to the announcement, it is a two-day meeting and it will be held on March 20 and 21, 2023 in Abuja. This was revealed in a post on the CBN’s verified Twitter account accessed by AmBusiness […]