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The CBN, the MPR and inflation targeting

Source: African Business Magazine Title: The CBN, the MPR and inflation targeting Text: When Olayemi Cardoso became governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in September 2023, the monetary policy rate (MPR) stood at 18.75%. By February...

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Key Developments

African Business Magazine 13 Mar 2026 11:55

The CBN, the MPR and inflation targeting - When Olayemi Cardoso became governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in ...

African Business Magazine 13 Mar 2026 11:44

Nigeria: a resurgent economy under Tinubu? - Upon taking office, President Bola Tinubu wasted little time in confronting...

African Business Magazine 13 Mar 2026 11:39

Cardoso returns CBN to central banking orthodoxy - When Nigerian President Bola Tinubu decided to apply shock treatment ...

African Business Magazine 13 Mar 2026 11:37

CBN banking capitalisation enters last lap - The bank recapitalisation exercise that started 23 months ago has entered t...

Coverage Snapshot

• The CBN, the MPR and inflation targeting • Nigeria: a resurgent economy under Tinubu? • Cardoso returns CBN to central banking orthodoxy • CBN banking capitalisation enters last lap

Full Coverage

business 13 Mar 2026 11:55

The CBN, the MPR and inflation targeting

When Olayemi Cardoso became governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in September 2023, the monetary policy rate (MPR) stood at 18.75%. By February 2024, during the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year, the CBN rai...

tech 13 Mar 2026 11:44

Nigeria: a resurgent economy under Tinubu?

Upon taking office, President Bola Tinubu wasted little time in confronting one of the most contentious pillars of Nigeria's fiscal architecture. The president announced that the fuel subsidy regime would be discontinued, signalling a decis...

business 13 Mar 2026 11:39

Cardoso returns CBN to central banking orthodoxy

When Nigerian President Bola Tinubu decided to apply shock treatment to the comatose Nigerian economy in 2023, one of the specialists he brought to attend to the patient was Olayemi Cardoso. A career banker who had a long stint with Citiban...

tech 13 Mar 2026 11:37

CBN banking capitalisation enters last lap

The bank recapitalisation exercise that started 23 months ago has entered the last lap. In late February, Central Bank of Nigeria governor Olayemi Cardoso gave an update on the plan: "With regard to the ongoing recapitalisation programme, t...