The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim, has harped on the need to support local industries if the country must attain its developmental targets. Salim made this remark during a courtesy visit to the multi-million dollar Gujeni Integrated Iron Ore Mining and Processing Plant (GIIOMPP), in Kagarko …
Read More »DBN loans N439bn to 180 businesses
The Development Bank of Nigeria ( DBN) has advanced more than N439 billion credit facility to over 180 businesses within four years of its existence with women and youth-owned businesses being the highest beneficiaries. The Managing Director/CEO of the bank, Mr. Tony Okpanachi, who made the disclosure during a visit of …
Read More »World Bank sanctions Nigerian firm, MD over alleged corrupt practices
The World Bank has sanctioned AIM Consultants Limited, a Nigerian consultancy company, and its Managing Director, Amin Moussalli, for alleged corrupt practices. The firm, which was involved in the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, was sanctioned for 52 months for improper payment of N12.95m to certain projects officials. This …
Read More »CBN Encourages Delta Residents to Embrace eNaira Usage
The Central Bank of Nigeria has encouraged Nigerians to embrace the use of eNaira and other programmes to grow Nigeria economy. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who stated this at the end of two days CBN Fair on Friday in Asaba, said that the apex bank played an additional …
Read More »Afreximbank to advance Zanzibar’s development agenda
Oluwasina Phillip African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar have agreed to collaborate to industrialize and diversify Zanzibar’s economy by pursuing a sustainable and inclusive economic growth underpinned by a robust blue economy with cross linkages to priority sectors, such as, agro-processing, fisheries and aquaculture, marine trade, …
Read More »Currency in circulation hits N3.33tn on cash transactions
The currency in circulation rose by N418bn to N3.33tn as of December 31, 2021, from N2.91tn a year earlier, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN data showed that the currency in circulation increased by 19.06 per cent from N2.44tn at the end of December 2019. In its …
Read More »Dangote Refinery can accelerate Nigeria’s economic recovery, says IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted that the non-oil sector of the Nigerian economy could be stronger, benefitting from its recent growth momentum, higher production from the new Dangote Refinery, and supportive credit policies. In IMF’s Executive Board 2021 Article IV Consultation with Nigeria released recently, the global organisation …
Read More »Bank loans to private sector rise by N5.1tn, hit N36.7tn – CBN report
Between January and December 2021, the Nigerian banking sector’s credit to the private sector rose by N5.1tn or 16.67 per cent, according to data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria. This was contained in the Money and Credit statistics released by the regulator. The report showed that credit to …
Read More »AFREXIMBANK Opens Registration For 2022 Certificate Of Trade Finance Programm
Ololade Omosan-Agie African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the FCI, Quarterback and American University in Cairo, announces the opening of registration for the 7th cohort of the Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa (COTFIA 2022) programme. This is a re-modelled programme that replaces the Certificate of International Trade Finance (COFIT) …
Read More »Bank of Industry Launches $700m Eurobond
The Bank of Industry (BOI), assisted by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has issued a EUR700m Eurobond by way of 144A/RegS Senior Note Participation Notes, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by the Federal Government of Nigeria. According to a statement by RMB, the global coordinator and active bookrunner on the Eurobond, BOI, …
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