Guaranty Trust Holding Company (now Guaranty Trust Bank) is selling US dollars to online buyers at NGN480.96/$1, research by InfomediaNG Business Solutions (IBS) has shown. Most times, commercial banks that have foreign exchange licences do not sell forex at a unified rate to customers as they determine what their rate would be. When a team … Read more
The importation business is a lucrative business in Nigeria, no wonder merchants make millions of naira from it every month. Here, we will talk about the requirements and importance of form M and form Q. UPDATE: If you’re just kickstarting an importation business, you must learn how to cross the hurdle of sourcing forex after … Read more
Nigeria is in a dire economic crisis as the country uses 40% of its foreign exchange to import the resources it produces as non of its refineries remain redundant. The country is one of the major producers of crude oil, yet it finds it difficult to refine the fuel it consumes daily, but the Nigerian … Read more
What is an estacode? An estacode is a payment allowance paid to an official of the government to cover their travel expenses and trips outside Nigeria, including lodging and feeding. Estacode Per Night For Government Officials As of December 3, 2023, the Federal Government’s agency that determines remuneration packages of political office holders in Nigeria, the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and … Read more
When Nigeria adopted the Naira as its currency on January 1, 1973, the US Dollar was just 68 kobo to a Naira (less than one naira). However, today, 1 USD is worth N1,300 on NAFEM after the Central Bank of Nigeria stopped ‘subsidizing’ the value of the Nigerian currency. Here is the timeline of the … Read more
On August 31, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it discovered some Nigerians who bought forex for Personal Travel Allowance (PTA ) and Business Travel Allowance (BTA) with fake visas at designated banks, a practice that could lead to the blockage of account details of such defaulters or face prosecution. The apex bank immediately … Read more
The depreciation of the Nigerian currency lately calls for worry, from N199/$1 at the time President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC-led government took over to N576/$1 at the time of publication, it would not be economically palatable for Godwin Emefiele, a successful GMD at Zenith Bank and a former finance lecturer, to leave behind a … Read more
The latest forex middleweight wrestling between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and abokifx.com isn’t just dramatic but also shows how the inconsistent foreign exchange policies of Nigeria have created a system that benefited some people to the detriment of the Nigerian economy. Abokifx is a website that tracks foreign exchange rates both at the … Read more
On June 23, 2015, less than a month after Muhammadu Buhari took an oath of office as Nigeria’s president, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) blocked some items from accessing foreign exchange at the official market. And on May 06, 2021, the CBN insisted that it would continue to block the importation of maize into … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has vowed to revoke for a year the foreign exchange operating licence of any bank that engage FX malpractices The apex stated this in a circular entitled, “Observance of due diligence in the processing of foreign exchange transactions” which was signed by its Director of Trade and Exchanges Dr. … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria has confirmed that it is aware that some Nigerians used fake visas and deliberately cancel their air tickets after purchasing Personal Travel Allowance and Business Travel Allowance. Recall that the apex bank mandated financial institutions to make PTA and BTA accessible to Nigerians who need forex to settle important needs … Read more
UPDATE: Almost two years after the bank accounts of some companies and individuals were frozen, Nigeria’s apex bank on Tuesday, July 26, 2023, directed banks to vacate a post-no-debit restriction placed on the affected accounts. In a circular signed by A.M. Barau on behalf of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), directed the banks to notify the concerned … Read more
Microfinance banks that trade in dollars, pound sterling, euro, and any other foreign currencies will lose their operating licence, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened. The threat is a continuous move by the apex bank to sanitise the forex market which had been abused severally. In a circular warning all MFBs in Nigeria … Read more
UPDATE: Bank accounts of six forex trading companies that were frozen in 2021 have now been unfrozen by Nigeria’s apex bank on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 in a circular by the bank. The Central Bank of Nigeria has placed post-no-debit (PnD) on the accounts of the foreign exchange trading platforms for suspected violations of the … Read more
Commercial banks in Nigeria are seriously implementing the order of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as par the establishment of Forex Teller Points to simplified access to foreign exchange for Personal Travel Allowanace (PTA), Business Travel Allowance (BTA), medicals, and foreign school fees payment. While the Direct Money Banks (DMBs) continue to implement the … Read more