CBN injects fresh $262.5m into forex market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected another $262.5m into the foreign exchange market. Nigeria’s apex bank announced this on Friday. The intervention is targeted at the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products and raw materials and machinery sectors. Isaac Okorafor, the Acting Director in charge of Corporate Communications of the CBN, said the fund will […]

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CBN injects another $195m into Forex market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intervened in inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market with the supply of $195 million as an effort to stabilise the market. According to the acting Director, Corporate Communications of the apex bank, Mr Isaac Okorafor, $100 million was offered through the wholesale segment. The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment […]

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Naira gains, stock market hits new high

Nigerian naira gained on Friday to trade at about 370 per dollar at the parallel market, while the British pound and European euro went for 480, 415, respectively. The country’s foreign exchange reserves however took a dip, sinking from $30,360,798,903  to $30,329,636,331 — shedding over $30 million in less than 24 hours. A bullish ride […]

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CBN to release new forex guidelines today

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to release new foreign exchange guidelines on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.The apex bank made the announcement via its Twitter account on Tuesday night. In the tweet, the Bank said: “CBN set to release new Guidelines on flexibility in the Foreign Exchange Market structure on Wednesday, June 15, […]

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