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More banks strategise to swap bad loans with AMCON

By Stanley Opara Monday, 17 Jan 2011 There are strong indications that more Deposit Money Banks, especially the rescued ones, are seriously strategising to exchange their bad loans for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria’s bonds on offer. Some of the banks that have yet to exchange their non-performing loans with […]

CBN auctions N135.57bn treasury bills

By Udeme Ekwere Monday, 17 Jan 2011 The Central Bank of Nigeria said on Friday that it auctioned treasury bills worth N135.57bn last week.   This, according to the apex bank regulator was in its bid to control money supply in the system.   The regulator sold N45.84bn bills at […]

BP, Russia’s Rosneft in share swap, Arctic pact

By Agency Reporter Monday, 17 Jan 2011 LONDON :BP Plc and Russia‘s state-controlled Rosneft agreed to a share swap under which they plan to jointly explore for offshore oil and gas in a deal that gives the United Kingdom company access to areas of the Arctic previously reserved for Russian oil […]