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JulThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will immediately cease selling foreign exchange to Nigerian Bureau De Change (BDC) operators. The Central Bank claims to have evidence that the BDCs were engaging in rent-seeking when it came to dollar sales. The remark was made by CBN governor Godwin Emefiele during a virtual press briefing on Tuesday to mark the end of the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM). Emefiele also stated that the MPC has maintained all monetary policy parameters at the 11.5 percent Monetary Policy Rate. As a result, he stated that the CBN will no […]
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JunAt the official Investors and Exporters window, the naira and the US dollar exchange rate closed at N411.07/$1. On Monday, the naira lost 0.08 percent versus the US dollar, closing at N411.07 per dollar, down from N410.75 per dollar on Friday, June 4th, 2021. The naira, on the other hand, stayed unchanged against the US dollar on Monday, closing at N502 per dollar on the parallel market. On Friday, June 4, 2021, the rate was the same as it was on Friday, June 4, 2021. The supply of dollars fell by 34.5 percent after the Nigerian Central Bank announced an[…]