The World Bank has disclosed that it sanctioned seven Nigerian firms and individuals for corruption during its 2022 fiscal year.
This disclosure was made in the bank’s latest Fiscal Year 2022, which covered July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, in the Sanctions…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday insisted that certain categories of its authorised dealers are not allowed to access the discount window on specified transactions.
The central bank stated this in a circular to all dealers on the access to the discount…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has announced the complete settlement of customers of 20 closed banks whose deposits were trapped in the failed banks, in fulfilment of its promise of protecting depositors in the event of bank failures.
“The implication of this…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele yesterday stressed that the rapid evolution of financial technology (fintech) companies has continued to alter the financial landscape globally.
He said developments have continued to disrupt traditional ways of offering financial…
Access Holdings Plc yesterday announced on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) that its wholly owned subsidiary, Access Bank has entered into a binding agreement with Montepio Holding SGPS S.A to acquire a 51 per cent majority shareholding in Finibanco…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has disclosed that the total amount resulting from bank fraud and forgery cases stood at N120.79 billion in 2020.
This, however, represented a decline by 40.98 per cent when compared with the N204.65 billion recorded in 2019.
Nonetheless,…
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has stated that a beautiful Nigeria is possible with the proliferation of entrepreneurship and industrial hubs.
This is contained in his goodwill message to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day Anniversary.
According to Nami,…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday announced the commercial launch of the Afreximbank Trade Payment Services (AfPAY) – an intervention designed to facilitate the settlement of international trade on open account terms on behalf of identified African financial institutions and their clients.
According to…
The World Bank Group yesterday said developing countries are facing currency depreciation, and capital outflows challenges that could affect their future.
World Bank Group President David Malpass disclosed before at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) ahead of the 2022 Annual…
The Securities and Exchange Commission, (SEC) has moved to justify its new regulations on Shariah Advisory Services for non-interest capital market products and services.
The Commission in a statement, yesterday in Abuja explained that Shariah governance “is crucial considering that compliance with Shariah…