Central Bank of Nigeria

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State and the state’s governor-elect, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo have disagreed on the size of the budget for the inauguration and handover on March 17, 2022. It was gathered that the state government…

President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Tuesday, unveil the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) huge Rice Pyramids in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the mega rice pyramids project is a collaboration of the CBN with Rice Farmers…

The Federal Government has said that the over three-year-old currency swap between Nigeria and China has not worked the way Nigerians expected. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) in July 2018 signed a…

The Kogi State Government has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to court as earlier threatened over the N19.3 billion bailout fund allegedly hidden in a secret account by the state government. The EFCC had said…

The Northern Youths Movement (NYM) has demanded for an independent probe of the controversies over the N19. 33 billion Kogi State salary bailout funds the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) claimed  it recovered to the Central…

By FEMI ADESINA What’s the deal for youths in the country, particularly from the Muhammadu Buhari administration? That is a question that often comes from different quarters. Well, the deal for the largest demographic composition,…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said the bank has disbursed N41.2 billion under its intervention schemes to cut wheat production. Speaking after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, in Abuja, on…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, for once, has sweet words for President Muhammad Buhari-led Federal Government. Governor Ortom thanked the President for the release of N18 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in support…

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) will, henceforth, flag accounts with huge amount of holders between the ages of 18 – 30 years. The bank has now asked its staff  to be on the lookout for money launderers and other criminal activities in the…

Lamido Sanusi, immediate past Emir of Kano, has returned to the classroom as a doctoral candidate in Islamic Law at the University of London in the United Kingdom. Sanusi, who disclosed this to a PREMIUM TIMES editor, on Monday, said he…