In the first 17 days of January 2025, Nigerian commercial and merchant banks took out a sizable loan of N8.2 trillion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This substantial borrowing highlights the ...
Nigerian banks and the federal government, through the Federal Inland Revenue Service, have been enmeshed in disagreement over how much should be paid in a one-off foreign exchange windfall tax ...
The Nigerian Communications Commission and telecommunications companies have ruled out a deadline extension after Nigerian banks’ disconnection notice from Unstructured Supplementary Service ...
But not deterred by the state of the economy, the Executive, deploying its targeted fiscal policy initiatives in sync with the monetary policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has its eye ...
As Trump pushes for similar changes again, Nigeria’s banking sector may face heightened risks, potentially curbing foreign direct investment (FDI) and disrupting key industries that banks depend on.
High interest rate spread in Nigerian banks could potentially drag the country’s economy by 20 to 30 percent, adding more pains to businesses and households whose spending power has been hammered, ...
Nigerian banks saw loan default rates skyrocket in the last quarter of 2024, a CBN survey has shown This, analysts believe is a result of the high interest rate and harsh macroeconomic conditions in ...