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The Central Bank of Nigeria is desirous to undertake a pre-qualification exercise for the under-listed capital project under the 2008 budget. br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/Out/publications/guidelines/PSSD/2008/Prequalification of Contractors v1.pdfClick here for details/abr br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/Out/publications/guidelines/PSSD/2008/Expression of interest for consultants 3.pdfbExpression of Interest (EOI) for Provision of Consultancy Services for Physical Projects/b/abr The Central Bank of Nigeria proposes to undertake, under its 2008 Capital Projects, the renovation of its Branch buildings at Garki-Abuja, Calabar, Jos, Ilorin, and Sokoto respectively.br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/Out/publications/guidelines/PSSD/2008/Expression of interest for consultants 3.pdfClick here for details/abr br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/Out/publications/guidelines/PSSD/2008/cbn advertorial six locations.pdfbInvitation for the Prequalification of the Contractors for the Supply of Furniture to Some Branches and Learning Centre under 2008 Budget/b/abr The Central Bank of Nigeria is desirous to undertake a pre-qualification exercise for the provision of furniture items to some of its branches and Learning Centre under the 2008 budget.br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/Out/publications/guidelines/PSSD/2008/cbn advertorial six locations.pdfClick here for details/abr br ba href=/OUT/CIRCULARS/BSD/2005/REQUIREMENTS%20FOR%20NEW%20BANKING%20LICENSE.PDFbr Requirements For New Banking Licence /b/abr Need to make a formal application for the grant of a licence to carry on the business of banking in Nigeria. Application should be addressed to the Director of Banking Supervision Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, P.M.B 0187, Garki, Abuja and submitted with the following documents br a href=/OUT/CIRCULARS/BSD/2005/REQUIREMENTS%20FOR%20NEW%20BANKING%20LICENSE.PDFClick here for details/a

The CBN vide its earlier circular ref: BSD/DIR/GEN/VOL.2/2004 of May 16, 2008 had conveyed the agreement reached at the Bankers Committee meeting of January 2008 to adopt December 31, 2008 as common accounting year end for banks and discount houses in Nigeria.br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/Out/publications/bsd/2008/PRESS RELEASE.pdfClick here for details/a

MUMBAI, August 21, 2008 - YES BANK, India's new age private sector Bank and Cisco, worldwide leader in networking, today announced the launch of YES BANK-CISCO Interactive Experience Centre in Gurgaon. As part of this collaboration, YES BANK Cisco will collaborate on new communication technologies over voice, chat and email while creating a consistent superior service experience within the branch banking environment using latest customer behavioural techniques from Cisco's vast knowledge ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=YES+BANK++Cisco+Launches+the+YES+BANK-Cisco+Interactive+Experience+Centre" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

Following a long and exhaustive meeting on WEMA Bank today by the CBN, NDIC, SEC, ODUA Group Ltd, Mr. J.O. Omoyeni, and members of the Board of Directors of Wema Bank on the crisis that engulfed the bank and the way forward, the following conclusions/agreements on the road map for repositioning the bank were unanimously reached by all the parties as follows:br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/Out/publications/pressRelease/GOV/2008/AA-Wema Bank--- Framework for resolution of the Crisis.pdfClick here for details/a

We regret to inform the general public that the launching of the Lagos Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC) previously scheduled for August 21, 2008 has been postponed till further notice. The new date for the launching will be communicated to the public in due course.br The inconveniences of the postponement is highly regretted.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, as part of its efforts to build capacity for wealth creation and employment generation, as well as complement the efforts of relevant government agencies has initiated the Entrepreneurship Development Centres (EDCs) in six geo-political zones of the country.br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/out/events/2008/IV.pdfClick here for details/a

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met August 5, 2008 and reviewed extensively the major macroeconomic developments in the domestic and global economy during the first seven months of 2008. In addition, it assessed the outlook for the rest of the year. The MPC noted that key domestic macroeconomic outcomes were mixed.br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/out/publications/communique/MPD/2008/MPC draft Commque for August 2008.pdfClick here for details/abr br br ba href=http://www.cenbank.org/jobs/recruitment.aspCBN is recruiting/a/bbr The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerias Apex Financial institution is in the process of recruiting various cadres of staff...br br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/jobs/recruitment.aspClick here for details/abr

The Central Bank of Nigeria, as part of its efforts to build capacity for wealth creation and employment generation, as well as complement the efforts of relevant government agencies has initiated the Entrepreneurship Development Centres (EDCs) in six geo-political zones of the country.a href=http://www.cenbank.org/out/publications/reports/dfd/2008/IV.pdfClick here for details/abr br br ba href=http://www.cenbank.org/jobs/recruitment.aspCBN is recruiting/a/bbr The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerias Apex Financial institution is in the process of recruiting various cadres of staff...br br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/jobs/recruitment.aspClick here for details/abr