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Banks Deplete Balance with CBN

  By Emele Onu and Obinna Chima, 09.19.2010    The opening balance of banks with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) dropped significantly last week – reflecting the gradual drain of inter-bank market liquidity.  Banks’ deposits with the CBN had maintained a daily average of N400 billion but by last […]

Solid Minerals: FG Seeks Fresh N12bn W’Bank Loan

    From Kunle Aderinokun in Abuja , 09.19.2010    There are indications that the World Bank-funded Sustainable  Management of Mineral Resources  Project (SMMRP) may be wound up  sometime in  2011, about a year before the May 2012 terminal date when it was expected to have fully utilised the $120 […]

Bank bosses called to account as breakup inquiry gets under way

     Jill Treanor, 20 September 2010    • Independent commission to make first public statement • Lloyds and RBS may be affected by restructuring recommendations   The bosses of Britain’s biggest banks have been hauled in to meetings with Sir John Vickers ahead of the publication this week of the […]