Nigeria
Nigeria: Recapitalization Alone Won’t Ensure Efficient Banking Sector, Experts Say
Amid ongoing efforts to raise minimum capital requirements in line with new regulatory thresholds, experts assert that building a banking sector supportive of ...
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Nigeria: CBN Urges Fintechs to Enhance Regulations and Stakeholder Engagement
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has called on financial technology (fintech) firms to adhere to regulations and strengthen engagement with stakeholders to ...
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Nigeria: POS Agents, SMEs Urged to Meet CAC Registration Deadline
Ahead of the mandatory registration deadline set by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Michael Nwabufo, the agency’s ambassador, has called on point-of-sale (POS) ...
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Nigeria’s Prembly Merges with Kenya’s Peleza to Form Prembly Group
Nigeria’s identity verification company, Prembly, has merged with Peleza, an East African background checks and KYB (Know Your Business) company, to form the ...
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Nigeria: Telecom Sector Draws $191.5 Million in Foreign Investments in Q1 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, Nigeria’s telecommunications sector attracted $191.5 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), marking a substantial increase from previous ...
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Nigeria: CBN Warns Against Selective Rejection of Old USD Bills
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a stern warning to banks and foreign exchange dealers, instructing them to cease the selective ...
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Nigerian Government Overhauls Withholding Tax, Grants Exemptions to Farmers and SMEs
The Federal Government has approved a new, business-friendly withholding tax regime aimed at easing the compliance burden on businesses, particularly small and medium ...
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Nigeria: SEC Encourages Capital Market Operators to Embrace Green Bonds
Emomotimi Agama, the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has called on capital market operators to adopt green bonds and ...
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Nigeria: FG Encourages Information Managers to Embrace Digital Innovations
The Federal Government has called on information officers across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to leverage digital innovations to enhance national security and effective ...
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Nigeria: Heritage Bank Payment Delays Due to Account Name Discrepancies – NDIC
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has attributed delays in the payment of insured deposits to former customers of the defunct Heritage Bank ...
