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Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves Surpass South Africa’s Accruals

Smarting from the recent fairly favourable oil prices at the international market and monetary policy proactive measures, Nigeria has overtaken South Africa in net foreign reserves, with the country’s reserves peaking at $47.37 billion as against South Africa’s about $43.12 billion currently. The accretion in Nigeria’s foreign reserves is attributed to the sundry proactive monetary […]

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Adeosun, Emefiele Re-Affirm Projections On Nigeria’s Growth Outlook

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, today re-affirmed their projections for the country’s growth outlook in the current fiscal year. The duo, in a joint media briefings at the end of the 2018 International Monetary Fund/World Bank (IMF/World Bank) Spring Meeting in […]

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CBN Begins Disbursement Of N26bn Agribusiness Fund To MSMEs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with the Bankers’ Committee yesterday started the disbursement of N26 billion Agribusiness Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS) fund to the first set of beneficiaries. The Governor of the apex bank, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who flagged off the inauguration of the scheme in Abuja, said that […]