Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Nigeria to launch new mobile payments system
Central Bank of Nigeria grants licence to create system that will provide banking services to all with a mobile phone
Nigeria limits state bond holdings; cleans up microfinance
Central Bank of Nigeria places limits on banks’ holding of state government bonds; revokes over a quarter of microfinance licences after serious problems revealed in sector
Nigeria’s bad bank comes to life
Nigerian President signs bill approving creation of bad bank to take $10 billion in toxic loans off beleaguered banks’ balance sheets; agency to be up and running by end-September
Microfinance not a silver bullet for Africa: Nigeria, Ghana governors
Nigerian governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Ghanaian chief Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur say credit issuance is constrained by factors other than just access; requires deeper change
Governors gloomy on outlook for pan-African currency
South African, Nigerian and Ghanaian central bank governors say path to regional and continent-wide single currency littered with obstacles; single currency will not correct underlying problems
Interview: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria discusses banking reform, the Volcker rule, and the role of lenders in society
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria to cut out universal banking
Nigerian governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi says new guidelines similar to Volcker rule will prohibit lenders’ engagement in non-banking activities; takeover deals for bailed out banks near completion
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s Sanusi explains banking sector bloodletting
Nigerian central bank chief Sanusi Lamido Sanusi explains why he had to “decimate” opposition to his sweeping bank reforms; says Volcker rule poses no conflict with the true task of banks
Nigeria under attack from government aide over reforms
Nigeria’s National Security adviser General Gusau says central bank's reforms are hampering country's recovery
Nigeria slashes deposit rate to ease lending
Central Bank of Nigeria knocks 100 bps off deposit rate and extends quantitative easing programme to promote lending to the real sector
Ex-Nigeria chief loses state governor race
Nigerian ex-governor Charles Soludo places third in the bid for governorship of the resource-rich Anambra state after a spirited campaign
Nigeria imposes limit on bank chiefs’ terms
Nigerian central bank says bank heads will have a maximum of ten years at the top, law to be backdated to 2000
Nigeria dismisses sacking allegations
Central Bank of Nigeria says claims it told banks to sack staff unfounded
Oman signs up to new FX, payments system
Central Bank of Oman’s move represents part of a broader trend by emerging-market central banks to refine operational systems
Nigeria tackles subdued growth
Nigeria’s central bank holds rates, but introduces a corridor around key rate to encourage lending
Nigeria’s banking landscape set to change: Sanusi
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria says the ongoing clean-up will lead to a reduction in the number of large banks
Nigeria removes three more bank bosses
Phase two of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s special examination shows four more banks were in dire straits
Sanusi’s crackdown should be applauded
Central Bank of Nigeria governor Lamido Sanusi’s rescue of five undercapitalised Nigerian banks was the right move, argues Razia Khan, the head of research for Africa at Standard Chartered, a bank
Nigerian governor under parliamentary fire
Governor Sanusi taken to task for bank bailout
Nigeria holds, outlook remains uncertain
Healthy growth at home dependent on global conditions
Nigeria pledge on bank failures
Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria's new central bank governor, announces new measures to prevent commercial bank failure
Nigeria names and shames debtors
Central Bank of Nigeria list names some of the country’s richest people
Nigeria suspends trading in troubled banks
Nigerian authorities suspending trading in troubled bank shares and look to foreign investors to restore health
Nigeria’s Sanusi goes on sacking spree
Central Bank of Nigeria governor fires heads of five banks and injects N400 billion to ease debt crisis