JUNE 2, 2018 – Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves rose 0.27 per cent from a month ago to $47.62 billion as of May 30, Central Bank data showed on Friday, according to a Reuters report.
Nigeria’s forex buffer stood at $30.36 billion, up 57 percent from a year ago, but is still far off a peak of $64 billion hit in August 2008 It would be recalled that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), last march disclosed that Nigeria’s External Reserves is steadily growing and stood at $46 billion. According to the apex bank, the reserves grew by about $3.2 billion between February and March 2018.
The reserves at the beginning of 2018 stood at $39.3 billion, then rose to $42.8 billion in February before hitting the new high of $46 billion. The CBN attributed the continued accretion to the country’s reserves to the Bank’s effort at vigorously discouraging unnecessary importation and reducing the nation’s import bill, inflow from oil and non-oil exports. Police Recruitment: Osun, Borno Top List Of Shortlisted Applicants The Police Service Commission (PSC), has released the names of candidates shortlisted for medicals as part of the screening process to recruit 6000 personnel into the Nigeria Police Force.
The list of candidates invited for medical screening was posted on the Commission’s website on Friday. At least 133,324 candidates applied for the job but the figure has since dropped to 5,059 after various screening processes. In the list which was released according to states, Kano has the highest number of candidates with 308, followed by Katsina with 238 and Oyo 225. FCT has the least number of candidates with 45, followed by Bayelsa with 54 and Gombe 75.
Other states with candidates in the list are – Abia (114), Adamawa (140), Anambra (146), Bauchi (133), Benue (157), Borno (189), Cross River (122), Delta (166), Ebonyi (91), Edo (125), Ekiti (84), Enugu (119) and Imo (181). Jigawa (189), Kaduna (161), Kebbi (144), Kogi (140), Kwara (110), Lagos (136), Nasarawa (89), Niger (169), Ogun (140), Ondo (125), Osun (211), Plateau (116), Rivers (138), Sokoto (161), Taraba (112), Yobe (110) and Zamfara (99) completed list.
