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BREAKING: CBN increases interest rate to 24.75 percent

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the interest rate to 24.75 percent from 22.75 percent.

This is according to a Tuesday communique by the CBN governor Yemi Cardoso after the second MPC meeting of his tenure in Abuja.

The new interest rate is a jump from the 22.75 percent announced by the MPC about a month ago.

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