Tag: Central Bank of Nigeria

CBN Withdraws N128 Billion from Circulation

In line with its tight monetary policy regime, the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend withdrew a total of N127.97 billion naira from the system, through sale of treasury bills (T-bills). The CBN sold N32.488 billion of 91-day T-bills at a yield of 11.95 percent. The central bank also […]

House probes N2.1bn mint scam, to invite Sanusi

The House of Representatives on Saturday said it was shocked to hear that N2.1bn of newly printed N1,000 notes was missing at the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company. Last week, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Lamido Sanusi, launched an investigation to ascertain the quantity of money missing at […]

SGBN, Savannah Bank to get CBN loan

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will give some loan facility to embattled Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN) as well as Savannah Bank, to enable them effectively recapitalise and come back to business, BusinessDay can confirm. It was learnt that each of the banks may get as much as […]