Godwin Emefiele

The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions; ICT and Cybercrime; and Capital Market to invite the Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, and Securities Exchange Commission over the…

Governors of the 36 states are scheduled to hold a teleconference on Wednesday to deliberate on a new national security order to ensure the safety of lives and property in the country. Head of media and public affairs of the Nigeria…

A commercial court, in London, has ordered the release of the $200 million used as a deposit in the case against Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) to the Nigerian Government. The newspaper quotes Governor of the Central…

Babajide Okeowo After the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the committee has held the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) constant at 13.5%. This was disclosed by Governor, CBN, Godwin…

The Central Bank of Nigeria together with the Bankers Committee has introduced a classification system for the bank verification number (BVN). Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, announced this on Saturday at a press briefing to mark the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked rice farmers in the country not to increase the price of the product as a result of the border closure. In a statement in Abuja on Monday, Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, urged members of the…

For breaching its guidelines on lending to the real sector of the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fined 12 major banks N499.1 billion. According to an approved debit instruction, the affected banks and the amount they will…

Indications are that the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly may impress on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) the need to revise the new policy regime on cash deposit order, it has been gathered. Speaking in a telephone…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has expressed optimism that the entire arbitration decisions and judgment debt of N9.6 billion against Nigeria by a UK court over a botched gas contract would be set aside. The…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCTA) offered Nigeria great opportunities to extend its banking and financial services across Africa. Osinbajo made the submission…