Tag: naira
Enjoy your summer with FirstBank Dollar denominated cards
This summer promises to be an exciting one for holiday makers with FirstBank’s bouquet of Dollar denominated cards. Convenience, security, ...
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 ...
Nigeria’s naira is overvalued – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday said the Naira is overvalued. IMF mission chief for Nigeria, Gene Leon said ...
Naira sells at N390/dollar
by Dolapo Adelana The Naira continued its steady rise against the Dollar on Thursday as it traded for N390 at ...
How Buhari’s ministers colluded with the IMF to ruin the naira – Falana
by Azeez Adeniyi Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has accused Ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet of colluding with the ...
CBN pumps fresh $195m into foreign exchange market
by Azeez Adeniyi The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday released fresh $195m into the foreign exchange market. This was ...
The Big 10: These are the stories that drove conversations this week
These are the top 10 stories that drove conversations this week. Obasanjo said his generation may have failed Nigerians Former ...
The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today
These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. “May the fortune of Nigeria never sink like that of ...
The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
These are the top five stories you should monitor today. It’ll take a miracle for Buhari to return naira to ...
The YNaija Tracklist: Troops arrest Boko Haram suspect with N1.3m cash | Why naira is appreciating – CBN | More stories
From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. It’ll take a miracle for Buhari to return naira to its former ...
Why naira is appreciating – CBN
by Azeez Adeniyi The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the recent appreciation of the naira against other currencies ...
It’ll take a miracle for Buhari to return naira to its former exchange rate – Soludo
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo has said President Muhammadu Buhari inherited a ‘very bad’ ...
Facebook introduces Naira payment for ads
by Dolapo Adelana Chief product officer of Facebook, Chris Cox has said the social networking platform is now accepting payment ...
EDITORIAL: It will take a lot more than this new monetary policy to undo the damage CBN has done
After months of taking a battering at the foreign exchange markets, this past week has seen the naira appreciate against ...
Opinion: Despite the recession, this is why the CBN cannot float the naira yet
by Bolarinwa Durojaiye We all know that the Central Bank of Nigeria needs to float the Naira. Hopes that this ...
FG to launch economic recovery plan in February – Osinbajo
Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government cannot afford to float the Naira at the moment. Speaking at ...
Why CBN must close naira, dollar exchange rates’ gap – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Central Bank of Nigeria need to close the gaps between the official and ...
Pastor Adeboye predicts an end to Nigeria’s economic recession in 2017
by Azeez Adeniyi Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has predicted an ...
My stance against devaluation in 1984 led to my overthrow – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his decision to kick against the devaluation of the Naira in 1984 led to his ouster from ...
Naira ranked among four worst currencies in 2016
The Bloomberg LP has ranked Nigeria’s Naira as one of the world’s four worst performing currencies in 2016. According to ...
YNaija Analysis: Like Jonathan, Buhari has become a very dangerous president
In the months prior to the 2015 general elections, the wind of ‘change’ swept through Nigeria. Almost everyone was excited ...
The Thread: The naira continues to fall and Nigerians can’t stop wailing
It’s mostly doom and gloom in Nigeria today. The naira has taken a further hit at the parallel market, and ...
Manasseh Egedegbe: A word about Bitcoin
I don’t know anyone I could stay with in London. It is an expensive city, and no one goes about ...
Opinion: Mr. President, you must be the change we see in our country
by Banjo Damilola A friend wrote as his Personal Message on Blackberry Messenger; “If change begins with me, I would have ...
Opinion: Who parallel market epp?
by Olamide Eyinla The main topic today in Nigeria is the value of the Naira. Sometime in June 2016, the ...
#30Days30Voices: ‘The prices of things are increasing whereby the salary is not’ | Man speaks on the present state of the Nigerian economy (WATCH)
The Minister of finance Kemi Adeosun recently said Nigeria is facing one of its worst times economic wise. With the ...
Naira has fallen: The lambs remain silent
by Manasseh Egedegbe I was in the UK a few weeks ago. I bought bottled water from a store and ...
6 key observation from NBS data on the economy
by Joachim MacEbong The Nigerian Bureau of Statistic on Wednesday released a slew of new data on the economy covering GDP, ...
The Nigerian Naira is the third worst performing currency globally – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said that the nation’s currency, the naira is the third worst perfoming currency globally ...
‘PDP caused this hardship we are all going through’ – Oshiomhole
Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the current economic difficulties of Nigeria. Speaking ...
The Other Friends Podcast
- The Other Friends Podcast: Meet TJ BensonTJ Benson is a speculative fiction writer living in Abuja. His debut short story collection, 'We Won't Fade Into Darkness' was published by Paressia Books and he is publishing his sophomore novel, the Mad House under Masobe Books. He is a teacher of fiction and a runner up for the 2017 Short Story Day Africa […]