Tag: CBN
Soyinka declares Nigeria divided like never before under Buhari, ICRC fault reports on collapse of Kainji Dam | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari; declaring that Nigeria has never been this divided as it is ...
Wilfully defaulting on your loans is no longer an option, thanks to this new CBN directive
Nigeria has a serious debt problem. It is such a pervasive problem that families will not invest in the businesses ...
602 repentant Boko Haram members denounce membership | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
Amidst increasing insurgent attacks in the North East of the country, there are reports that about 602 repentant Boko Haram ...
GBFoods is leading the way on agricultural infrastructure in Nigeria with N20bn tomato processing factory
Have you ever imagined one industry that we just cannot do without? It has to be the food manufacturing industry! ...
The YNaija Cover – the 14th of August
President Muhammadu Buhari makes today’s Cover for asking the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop providing foreign exchange for ...
The YNaija Cover – Weekend Roundup
See links below to read our latest weekend stories and recap of top stories last week: #BBNaija: Gedoni doesn’t ...
The Big 5: 12 reportedly killed in Shiites protest as IGP Adamu meets Buhari; Kano sets up committee to reform Almajiri system of education | Other top stories
Here are the stories that drove conversation today: 12 reportedly killed in Shiites protest as IGP Adamu meets Buhari A ...
The YNaija Cover – the 26th of June
Follow the links to read our latest stories: The Big 5: APC demands immediate arrest of Amosun over ammunition stockpile; ...
The Late 5: Teaching hospitals are overburdened, lack proper funding – Adewole; Court strikes out case seeking to stop Ihedioha’s inauguration | Other stories
Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Reps pass bill ending B.Sc-HND dichotomy The House of Representatives has passed ...
The YNaija Cover – the 5th of March
Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqTemidayo Taiwo-Sidiq is a Political Journalist, Analyst and Social Change Advocate with major interest in Nigerian Politics, Governance and ...
The Big 5: Death of Offa robbery suspect wouldn’t stop your prosecution – Police tells Saraki; Presidency says Jonathan lied about corruption in his book | Other top stories
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Nigeria’s Presidency has replied former President, Goodluck Jonathan, saying he (Jonathan) lied ...
Senate directs CBN to suspend ATM card maintenance charges
The Nigerian Senate has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to direct commercial banks to increase the maximum amount ...
The Late 5: Jimi Agbaje to battle Sanwo-Olu for Lagos governorship; Magnus Abe, Utomi, Akinlade denied APC guber tickets | More stories
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ...
The YNaija Cover – the 5th of October
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: BREAKING: Jimi Agbaje emerges as Lagos PDP guber candidate ...
Opinion: What are we really doing to check Nigeria’s poverty rate?
The descent of Nigeria’s economy into poverty has been a recurrent matter of regular discussions and debates, particularly in the ...
The Big 5: Obasanjo releases report of $16b power probe, Real Madrid wins 13th UEFA Champions League and other stories
Here are the major stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his administration’s commitment to the ...
We have no secret account | CBN denies diversion of $5bn
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied allegations that it diverted $5bn from the federation account. Background: A member of ...
Court orders banks to forfeit accounts without BVN
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a temporary forfeiture order on bank accounts owners who are yet to ...
207,818 unqualified primary school teachers; 400,000 whistleblower calls | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
760 – The number of suspected Boko Haram insurgents that have been handed over by the Nigerian Army to the ...
CBN is not printing money to support the Federal Government – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has dismissed reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is printing money to support the Federal ...
Buhari appoints new CBN deputy governor
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs. Aishah Ahmad, as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. This was disclosed ...
We have recovered N50bn excessive bank charges on customers – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it has recovered over N50 billion as excessive charges imposed on customers by ...
[The Activism Blog] The nepotism in Buhari’s government is sickening
A Twitter user and regular public commentator @ogbenidipo has cried out in reaction to the level of nepotism in the ...
Just In: CBN retains monetary policy rate at 14%
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday left the Monetary Policy Rate unchanged at 14 per cent. CBN governor, Godwin ...
We are not selling forex to anyone at N200 | CBN replies Senate
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday dismissed claims by the Senate that it is selling dollars to some businesses ...
N31 million ransom for Igbonla six, $793.2 million illegal cash in banks | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
1.2 million – The National Examination Council (NECO) said out of the 7,410,030 candidates that sat for the Senior School ...
Etisalat takeover: CBN intervenes to prevent loss of jobs
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) have moved to intervene in the takeover of ...
Recover N536bn unremitted funds within 7 days, Senate orders CBN
The Senate on Tuesday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to recover monies collected by banks on behalf of Nigeria ...
CBN receives N35m, foreign currencies found in Justice Ngwuta’s house
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, took as evidence, N35 million and foreign currencies that the DSS, ...
Convert lower naira notes to coins to prevent extinction – Senate urges
The Nigerian Senate has, on Tuesday, asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to convert lower naira notes into coins ...