CBN to begin sale of forex to BDCs twice weekly

Nigeria's Central Bank plans to meet bureau de change operators today to explore ways to eliminate the gap between the official and parallel market dollar rates.

The Nigeria Economic Summit Group has been working to support the government's policy response to the foreign exchange crisis and its negative impact on manufacturing and other economic activities.

According to the Nigeria's Debt Management Office's annual report, the country plans to use $483 million to service its foreign debts for the next ten years and will start making repayments from next year.

Nigerians are obsessed with the foreign exchange rate - Dawodu.

The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria is set to launch its live run automation portal that will give some transparency. Aminu Gwadabe, President of ABCON joins CNBC Africa to discuss this.

The Central Bank of Nigeria says its decision to slash the Monetary Policy Rate by 50 basis points was a signal to a new direction of its policy position. Muda Yusuf, Director General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry joins CNBC Africa to discuss the wider implications of this new stance.

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele will unveil his 5-year plan for his second term in office later today. Egie Akpata, Director General of Union Capital Markets joins CNBC Africa for the outlook of Nigeria’s capital market this week.

Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank says the apex banks development finance efforts have been driven by the need to reduce reliance on crude as smuggling and dumping over the years have led to a demise of Agriculture. Obiora Madu, CEO of Multimix Group joins CNBC Africa to discuss some developments impacting Nigeria's non-oil exports.

Dennis Olisa, Executive Director at Zenith Bank says one way Nigeria can expand its foreign exchange base is to ensure that export is reinvigorated. He joined CNBC Africa’s Wole Famurewa to discuss this and more on the side-lines of the bank's international trade seminar.

How Suswam transferred N3.1bn to a bureau de change operator

Traders say they expect activity at the bond market to pick up today, on the back of the unmet bids at Wednesday's bond auction as well as the improvement in liquidity. Oluwatosin Ayanfalu, Fixed Income Broker at Zedcrest Capital joins CNBC Africa to review today’s trading at Nigeria’s fixed Income and Forex market.

In a circular, the Central Bank of Nigeria directed that Form M for Letters of Credit, Bills for Collection and other forms of payment should only be opened in favour of the ultimate supplier of the product or service. Reacting to this directive, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry says while the policy attempts to curb abuses in the foreign exchange market, it would create more problems than it would solve. Muda Yusuf, Director-General of the LCCI joins CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole for this conversation.