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International payments for transactions related to letter of credit issued to foreign businesses by deposit money banks (DMBs) on behalf of their customers sank by 46.10% year on year to about $806 million in May 2024, data from the apex bank revealed. 

As liquidity pressure persisted, local deposit money banks (DMBs) increased the speed of their borrowings at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) standing lending facility (SLF) at a relatively high rate in the just concluded week,investment firm said.

International financial analytics corporation, S&P Global, has described the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) Dangote Oil Refinery and Petrochemicals company as capable of resolving Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex) issue and its huge pressure on the local Naira currency, while also catalysing the country’s economic development.

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