The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has left the Monetary Policy Rate unchanged at 13.5 per cent.

The CBN Governor, GODWIN EMEFIELE, announced the decision of the committee at the end of a two-day meeting held at the apex bank’s headquarters in Abuja.

He explained that all the 11 members that attended the meeting agreed to retain the current monetary policy stance.

GODWIN EMEFIELE said apart from the MPR that was retained at 13.5 per cent, the committee decided to hold the Cash Reserves Ratio at 22.5 per cent.

The Senate has announced the postponement of its annual recess for one week to enable members to screen the ministerial nominees.

The annual recess was initially billed to start on Thursday, July 25^th 2019.

Chairman, Senate ad hoc committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator ADEDAYO ADEYEYE, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja.

Air strikes on a market and residential areas in opposition-held north-western Syria have killed at least 31 civilians.

Fifty other people were injured when warplanes targeted the town of Maarat al-Numan, in southern Idlib province, causing widespread destruction.

Russia has denied reports that its aircraft carried out the strikes.