•Tinubu and Dangote President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming refineries in Naira. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a post via his official X handle today. Onanuga stated that the move...
•Naira notes The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday dismissed a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes. Justices Yellin Bogoro held that Section 53 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) empowers the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print, design and issue the currency and compels [&hel...
•Dollar and Naira notes The importation of manufactured goods into Nigeria surged astronomically by 139 per cent, year-on-year (YoY), to N5.4 trillion in the first quarter of 2024 (Q1’24) from N2.40 trillion in the corresponding period of 2023 (Q1’23). Stakeholders have attributed the development to the depreciation of the Naira and the compet...
•Naira and Dollar Operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission reportedly arrested some Bureau De Change operators at the popular Wuse Zone 4 market yesterday. This came as traders also said some BDC operators resisted the arrest during a sting operation, reports The PUNCH. The operatives had embarked on routine raids to saniti...
•Dollar and Naira The naira depreciated yesterday to N1,395 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,365 per dollar on Thursday. However, the naira appreciated in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM, to N1,400.4 per dollar. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N1,400.4 per dollar from N1,402.67 per...
•Dollar and Naira The Naira yesterday continued its downward trend against the United States dollar, depreciating to N1,309/$ at the official market and N1,420 at the parallel market. The new rate which indicates a depreciation of N90 or 6.8 per cent from N1,330 quoted by currency traders on Wednesday followed renewed dollar demand pressure in...
•Naira and Dollar For the umpteenth time, Nigerian currency Naira yesterday depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,300.15 to the Dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that the Naira lost N65.66, reports Nigerian...
•Naira and Dollar The naira depreciated in its value against the United States dollar to N1,234 at the official foreign exchange market yesterday, according to data obtained from the FMDQ securities exchange. The exchange rate means the naira fell by N65 or 5.26 per cent from N1,169.99/$1 recorded on Friday, reports The PUNCH. The local [&hell...
•Dangote Refinery The federal government has eventually complied with the demands of domestic crude oil refiners and other operators in the sector, as it declared yesterday that indigenous refineries can now buy crude oil in naira or dollars. It also declared that the total crude oil and condensate reserves in Nigeria increased to 37.5 billion...
Despite widely reported Naira’s rebound, Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to 33.20% in March 2024 compared to February 2024 headline inflation rate which was 31.70%. This was according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released today. “Looking at the movement, the March 2024 headline inflation rate s...

