MAN Faults World Bank’s Call To reinstate petroleum imports licenses

Image: Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Lagos . The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) urged the Federal Government and the petroleum industry regulators to disregard the recent prescription by the World Bank that Nigeria should open its borders to imported Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to solve inflationary crisis. In a position document on Friday April 17, titled…

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FCCPC denies banning MTN Glo Airtel Xtratime data service

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has clarified that it didn’t banned MTN, Glo, Airtel including Vitel Wireless from offering airtime borrowing and data advance services in Nigeria. The Commission in a statement on Friday, clarified that the DEON Consumer Lending Regulations it introduced in July 2025, was aimed at curbing “the excesses…

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CBN launches NOFR to deepen money market

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday announced the introduction of the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate (NOFR) as a new benchmark for the country’s money market, aimed at improving transparency and strengthening monetary policy transmission. The disclosure was contained in a press statement issued by the CBN’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Hakama Sidi-Ali. According…

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