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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...

April 17, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with the Financial Markets Dealers Association (FMDA), has introduced the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate (NOFR) as a new benchmark for Nigeria’s money market, a move to improve transparency,...

April 17, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s Net Domestic Assets (NDA) recorded a strong year-on-year increase, rising by about 21 percent to ₦94.74 trillion in February 2026 from ₦78.18 trillion in the same period of 2025, reflecting expanding liquidity within...

April 10, (THEWILL) — Nigeria’s agent banking ecosystem is entering a new phase, following updated guidelines by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to address long-standing issues such as fraud, failed transactions, and inconsistent service delivery. Introduced on April...

April 10, (THEWILL) — The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked viral claims suggesting the introduction of a ₦5,000 banknote featuring the portrait of President Bola Tinubu, describing the widely circulated image as fake and misleading, while...