Naira is Now Worst Performing Currency in Africa – Economist

Sometimes the worst is not bad enough. Or such is the case for Nigeria’s currency, which nosedived by 30% when the central bank first removed its peg to the dollar on June 20th. The naira is now this year’s poorest-performing currency in Africa. 

Internationally, Nigeria's Naira is only better than the currencies of Venezuela and tiny Suriname. 

Yet were the Naira truly free, it would be weaker still.

Ebola: Wema Bank To ‘Reject’ Customers With High Fever

Wema Bank has introduced self-dispensing hand sanitisers, and body temperature scanners at all its branches in the country in a move aimed at curtailing the spread of Ebola, Premium Times reports.

The bank is also introducing protective gears for members of its staffs especially those who deal directly with customers.

In a notice to customers released Monday, the bank said henceforth all customers and visitors to any branch of the bank would be required to use the hand sanitisers and be scanned for symptoms of fever before being admitted into their banking halls.