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May 18, (THEWILL) — The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to refrain from further interest rate hikes, warning that additional monetary tightening could slow economic recovery and deepen...

May 15, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recorded a massive N5.63 trillion in Open Market Operations (OMO) sales within two weeks, underscoring sustained investor appetite for high-yield fixed-income instruments amid aggressive liquidity tightening by the apex...

May 13, (THEWILL) — A member of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Professor Murtala Sabo Sagagi, has warned that uncontrolled fiscal spending, especially during politically sensitive periods, could undermine the country’s ongoing fight against inflation. Sagagi...

May 11, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Shariah governance, regulatory clarity, and risk management in the non-interest financial services industry as part of efforts to sustain public confidence, financial stability,...

May 11, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has carried out a major reshuffle of its deputy governors’ portfolios as the apex bank intensifies efforts to strengthen monetary policy coordination, banking sector oversight and institutional governance. The reshuffle...

May 11, (THEWILL) — The Senate has confirmed Lamido Yuguda as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), following his nomination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in March 2026. Yuguda’s confirmation, concluded in April 2026, forms...

May 11, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned State Governments against excessive borrowing, deficit spending, and poor fiscal coordination, saying such practices could undermine Nigeria’s planned transition to an inflation-targeting (IT) monetary policy framework aimed...

April 28, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sustained restrictions on Bureau De Change (BDC) operators’ access to the official foreign exchange market, underscoring ongoing concerns about regulatory control, compliance risks, and past market abuses. Insights...

April 24, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has increased the fee for issuance and replacement of Automated Terminal Machine (ATM) debit/credit cards to ₦1,500 from ₦1,000, reflecting a 50 percent increase. Additionally, the apex bank also scrapped...

April 21, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that both organisations said would safeguard consumers against fraud while opening opportunities for them to...