The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the Monetary Policy Rate, which benchmarks interest rates in the country, to 27.50 percent—up from 27.25 percent. The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced the committee’s decision at a press conference on Tuesday after the panel’s 298th meeting in Abuja. He explained that the […]

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