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November 5, 2024
Dangote Group aims to strengthen naira with $30bn revenue target The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that his businesses’ $30bn revenue target by the end of 2025 will boost the naira. Dangote said this on Sunday during a tour of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals[Read More…]
Goldman Sees Nigerian Naira Extending World-Beating Rally Nigeria’s naira could extend gains that have already made it the best-performing currency in the world this month, said a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economist — provided policymakers stay on track. The naira has rallied 12% against the dollar in April,[Read More…]
Naira appreciates to N1,250/$ at parallel market The naira, on Monday, appreciated to N1,250 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. The FX rate is a 0.43 percent increase from the N1,280 recorded on March 29. Currency traders in Lagos, also known as bureau[Read More…]
Nigeria to issue eurobonds after two years Nigeria has hired investment banks including Citibank NA, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Goldman Sachs, to seek advice on its first eurobond issue since 2022. According to a Bloomberg report, the size of the eurobond offer, which is expected before June,[Read More…]
CBN slashes Customs FX duty rate by 5.3% as naira stabilies The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has further slashed the exchange rate for computing Customs duties at the nation’s seaports by 5.3 percent following the stability in the exchange rate of naira to the dollar. The Customs FX duty[Read More…]
CBN targets 21.4 per cent inflation, says naira is undervalued The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on said is aiming at an inflation rate of 21.4 per cent this year compared with 28.92 per cent in December. Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso who was speaking[Read More…]
FG wants $1.5b World Bank Loan to support Naira The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking a new $1.5 billion loan from the World Bank to support naira exchange value. The loan if given will raise the country’s debt to $115.85 billion, having piled up in the Muhammadu Buhari years[Read More…]
Naira Depreciates by 22.1% as equities market records N45.3b turnover The naira depreciated by 22.1 per cent to N996.75/$ at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), with total turnover falling by 7.4 per cent week-to-date (w/w) to $545.89 million. Trades were consummated within the N700 and N1,100/$ band. In[Read More…]
CBN denies plans to Redenominate Naira The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has dismissed rumours suggesting any plans for the redenomination of the Naira, set to take effect from January 2024. The response from the CBN comes in light of an assertion implying its intention to redenominate the nation’s official[Read More…]
Federal Govt Impressed With $3 Billion NNPCL/Afreximbank’s Deal To Rescue Naira The Federal Government has expressed satisfaction with the fact that $3 billion in crude-for-cash funding secured from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited is gradually giving a breather to the foreign exchange[Read More…]