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Inter-bank rates up on NNPC cash withdrawal

Inter-bank lending rates rose more than 80 basis points last week to an average of 11.41 per cent, compared with 10.58 per cent the previous week, as cash outflows to Treasury bill sales and a withdrawal by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation drained liquidity. Dealers said Central Bank of Nigeria […]

CBN to stop selling cash to bureaux de change – Sanusi

GOVERNOR, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, said in Tokyo on Sunday that the bank would soon stop selling cash to bureaux de change. He said, “Seventy per cent of the dollars that people buy from bureaux de change are not for transactions outside Nigeria. They move dollars from […]

CBN to release guidelines for banking crisis resolution

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will take practical steps to prevent another crisis in the banking sector. It has, therefore, announced plan to release a comprehensive framework for the resolution of banking crisis. The Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability, CBN, Mr. Kingsley Moghalu, said at a forum […]