Tag: CBN

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December 28, 2013

CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido to begin retirement leave in April

by Oke Efagene Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido, will commence his retirement leave as from ...

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December 27, 2013

Why Sanusi may leave the CBN before his tenure ends

by ‘Jola Sotubo According to reports, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi might leave the ...

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December 23, 2013

10 things you SHOULD know from Pres. Jonathan’s open letter to OBJ

by Oge Okonkwo The much awaited reply from President Jonathan in response to ex-president Obasanjo’s letter written to him over ...

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December 22, 2013

“Dear Obasanjo, your argument is baseless…”: President Jonathan replies OBJ’s open letter and it’s game on (READ)

by Isi Esene After a long wait presumably to consult with his advisers on how best to tackle his frosty ...

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December 21, 2013

Ismaeel Ahmed: Let’s dramatize a shameful condition (Y! Policy Hub)

by Ismaeel Ahmed  The CBN must openly give account of the deposits of the commonwealth on quarterly rounds and the source ...

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December 10, 2013

House of Representatives question ministry’s N2.6bn warehouse in CBN, FCMB

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has emphasized that in order to stem lack of transparency and ...

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December 5, 2013

Opinion: ASUU strike – Oga Wike, abeg sack ALL the lecturers!

by Steve Nwosu Wike must sack o! Because I am already composing my application letter to take over from the ...

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December 3, 2013

ASUU strike update: FG reveals it has now paid N200 billion for striking Union

by Rachel Ogbu Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe has confirmed that the N200 billion ...

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December 1, 2013

Tonnie Iredia: Is corruption in Nigeria just a mere perception? I think not!

by Tonnie Iredia The second point is the argument that corruption in Nigeria is over exaggerated by some unpatriotic citizens; ...

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November 24, 2013

ASUU strike: Lecturers to meet Pres. Jonathan

Members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday ended their two-day meeting ...

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November 22, 2013

Expect new generation naira notes before June next year – CBN

by Oke Efagene     The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed plans to create a new generation of ...

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November 22, 2013

SHOCKING: Boko Haram ‘shoots man in the head for refusing to deny Christ’ (WATCH)

This man, Habila Adamu, was shot in his head after he refused to deny Christ by Boko Haram militants in ...

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November 18, 2013

Opinion: Sanusi, who is backing the Naira? (Part 1)

by Niyi Shomade Have we been devalued with the Naira and are we still devaluing? If there is a correlation ...

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November 15, 2013

Opinion: Dear CBN, no bank is too big to fail

by Abubakar Kasimu Abdullahi The Apex Bank need to critically monitor these said “Too Big to Fail” Banks as the ...

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November 14, 2013

Opinion: Okonjo-Iweala, Oby Ezekwesili & Sanusi Lamido are Nigeria’s 3 economic musketeers

by Frisky Larr While I do not wish Nigeria another Jonathan presidency as from 2015 and will obviously be unable ...

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November 13, 2013

Gone, baby, gone: External reserves declined by 6.1% last quarter – CBN

by Chi Ibe A report by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has noted that Nigeria’s external reserves declined by ...

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November 6, 2013

Dimgba Igwe: On Sanusi Lamido’s surprise example

by Dimgba Igwe In one term of five years, Sanusi has accomplished what he sets out to achieve at the ...

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October 14, 2013

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: The problem with the Naira

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu In defence of the measures, Sanusi said Nigeria had overtaken Russia as the largest importer of foreign ...

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October 13, 2013

Artiste, Peter ‘Psquare’ Okoye turns public speaker… but guess who’s NOT paying attention in class (PHOTOS)

by Adeola Balogun Everybody loves Peter ‘Psquare’ Okoye, except the haters anyway. The young man is a bundle of talent ...

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October 9, 2013

Les Leba: Guess who is dollarising the economy

by Les Leba A stronger naira will shift market preference from the dollar and reduce the propensity for round tripping. ...

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October 1, 2013

Are you ready? CBN to begin full implementation of cash-less policy tomorrow

  The Central Bank of Nigeria will on Wednesday begin the full implementation of its cash-less policy in the Federal ...

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September 23, 2013

Les Leba: A parable of a fool and his money

by Les Leba These banks, which currently post hundreds of billions of naira profits, are the same banks, which were ...

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September 23, 2013

Ex bank workers sue CBN, NDIC, others over non-payment of entitlements

Fourteen thousand ex-workers of non-consolidated banks in Nigeria have sued the Central Bank of Nigeria over the bank’s alleged refusal ...

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August 18, 2013

Simon Kolawole: How to spend money (and be happpy)

by Simon Kolawole Most of our attention is usually on the Federal Government, especially Presidency. We hardly scrutinise what states ...

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August 6, 2013

Opinion: There is darkness looming over northern Nigeria

by Perry Brimah And with the lack of northern role models, the scarcity of northern activists and truthful historians, the ...

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August 2, 2013

Opinion: Transformation Agenda – We have so far failed in politics and economics

by Adisa Adeleye A glaring weakness of the economic transformation programme is its stubborn reliance on paper growth based on ...

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July 27, 2013

FG, ASUU meet, may call off strike next week

by Isi Esene There are reports of a breakthrough is some outstanding issues tabled before the Federal Government over the ...

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July 22, 2013

Les Leba: Sanusi’s tall story on high interest rates

by Les Leba The stupendous profits posted by Nigerian banks at a time of contracting industrial activities and the current ...

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July 4, 2013

Faith Tuedor-Matthews favoured to replace Lamido Sanusi as CBN Governor

by Rachel Ogbu Managing director of the Mainstreet Bank Limited, Faith Tuedor-Matthews is highly favoured to replace the Central Bank ...

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