There has surface video, documents where the Central Bank of Nigeria earlier directs the commercial banks to start accepting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the people. With the directives from the CBN, commercial banks have started issuing notices of acceptance of the old notes to the tune of N500,000 below to their customers….
As pockets of protests and agitations continue in some parts of the country over scarcity of the new naira notes, an Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for caution and end to such protests at this time in the country. MURIC director, Prof Ishaq Akintola in a statement said protests at…
With few days to the deadline for Naira swap by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily stopped the withdrawal of old naira notes from February 10. A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, halted the move in a ruling in an exparte application brought by three northern states of…
As the cash crunch continues to bite harder across the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to commence the payment of the new Naira notes over the counter. This move according to the CBN is to reduce the sufferings Nigerians go through daily to get cash for business transactions. The…
… Urges FG to address issues of insecurity, fuel scarcity, others … Youth group enjoins INEC to tighten up loose ends ahead of general elections The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), South-West zone on Tuesday decried the state of the nation and called on the Federal Government to address the issues of insecurity, fuel…
Buhari approves 10-day extension of old Naira swapPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Daura, Katsina State, approved a 10-day extension of the deadline for the swapping of currency to new notes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who confirmed this to newsmen in Daura,…
