Author: InvestAdvocate

Money laundering: NFIU to sanction financial institutions over non-compliance

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, yesterday, threatened to sanction financial institutions in the country, following their non-compliance with certain anti-money laundering provisions. Speaking at a regional training for financial and regulatory institutions on the revised Financial Action Task Force recommendations, organised by the the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money […]

IMF Advise Benin On Troubled Banks, Grants $16.1 million Facility

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday advised the Republic of Benin, West Africa to speedily resolve the issue of its troubled banks as it granted the country $16.1 million extended credit facility (ECF). This is coming on the heels of a statement by Naoyuki Shinohara, […]

Nigeria seeks advisers for $100 mln diaspora bond

Nigeria is looking for an international bank and a local lender to act as financial advisers for a $100 million diaspora bond to be issued by the end of the year, the Debt Management Office said on Wednesday. The advisers will coordinate investor road shows and support the bond’s registration […]