September 23, 2025/Cordros Report The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reduced the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 50bps to 27.0% (from 27.5%), signaling the first shift towards monetary policy easing since 2020. This decision was driven by the sustained disinflationary trend and continued naira […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
FG’s N330Bn Poverty Payment Claim: Is It Fact or Fiction?
September 22, 2025 By Blaise Udunze When the Federal Government announced with much fanfare that it had disbursed a colossal N330 billion in cash transfers to poor Nigerians, I paused, not in celebration, but in disbelief. Where, exactly, is the evidence of this money? In a country where hunger has […]
Central Bank Poised to Ease the Benchmark Policy Rate
September 22, 2025/CSL Research The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) convenes today for a two-day meeting to decide on its fourth interest rate policy decision of the year, with the outcome expected by early Tuesday afternoon. We highlight that since the last MPC meeting […]
