1. To ensure that manufacturers get the required FOREX for their businesses, the Central Bank of Nigeria will sell $500 million to banks.
2. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has urged women to take advantage of the 62% of ₦220 billion MSME funds set out by the CBN.
3. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe has said that Nigeria will stop the importation of rice by next year.
4. The national power grid is to receive an additional 30 megawatts on the completion of the Gurara Power Project slated for early 2017.
5. Despite the recession, banks continue to yield profits as shown in third quarter results.