Nigeria
Nigeria: Cash circulation steadies as CBN tightens oversight
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stepped up efforts to strengthen operational discipline across the financial system, with renewed emphasis on ensuring ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NRS warns security agencies over planned anti-tax protests
The Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), formerly the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, has urged security agencies to remain ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: SEC signals tougher market enforcement in 2026
Nigeria’s capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has announced plans to significantly strengthen enforcement actions in 2026, following the enactment ...
Regulatory
Global: BOJ governor signals continued interest rate hikes
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday that the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if economic activity and ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Bad loans rise as CBN ends pandemic-era forbearance
Nigeria’s banking sector recorded a rise in non-performing loans in 2025 following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s withdrawal of regulatory forbearance granted during ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: FG targets policy, data reforms to deepen AfCFTA implementation
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), is planning a broad policy and data overhaul to deepen ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s New Tax Regime Begins as NRS Replaces FIRS
Nigeria’s new tax regime officially commenced today with the transition of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) into the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NDIC restates fiscal compliance, seeks policy exemption to strengthen reserves
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has reiterated its full compliance with fiscal and financial regulations, including the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) 2007, ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: GTCO secures CBN, SEC approval to raise N10bn via private placement
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) has received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: FG cost-to-income policy eroding depositor protection buffer — NDIC
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has raised concerns that the Federal Government’s 50 per cent cost-to-income ratio policy is constraining its capacity ...