New naira notes
2 days ago
Few months after the introduction of new naira notes, the currency has continued to diminish in circulation, leaving Nigerians to scramble for the old tattered notes.
7 Mar
Nigerians are yet to access the new and old Naira notes days after the Supreme Court order reverting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive to stop its use as legal tender from Feb. 10.
22 Feb
Following violent protests that rocked Sagamu on Monday over scarcity of the new naira notes, Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday, visited Sagamu for on-the-spot assessment of buildings and property affected by the unrest, with a vow to go after those involved in the arson and wanton destruction of public property.
17 Feb
At long last President Buhari condescended to address his fellow Nigerians on his controversial monetary policy - the so-called redesign of three denominations of the national currency, on February 16.
12 Feb
Some cattle traders in Bauchi have expressed concern over low partronage of the animals occasioned by the scarcity of old and new naira notes.
12 Feb
Nigerians have continued to face challenges in their financial transactions due to inadequate circulation of the newly redesigned Naira notes.
11 Feb
Niger Government has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Supreme Court. A statement by Justice Nasara Danmallam, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, in Niger in Minna on Saturday, said the case with suit number SC/CV/210/2023, was filed on…
7 Feb
When Mr Godwin Emefiele announced in October last year that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would be redesigning the N200, N500, and N1000 notes many Nigerians may have thought that they would have an opportunity to touch clean naira notes.
6 Feb
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to protect Nigerians by going after political leaders and saboteurs mopping up the new Naira notes.
4 Feb
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has insisted that the fifth columnists behind the current nationwide fuel and new naira notes scarcity want to foist a political crisis on the country.
31 Jan
• Group lauds Tinubu for canvassing currency swap extension • Kebbi APC chieftain demands Emefiele’s removal over ‘hardship’ in Nigeria Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has sought sanction against banks hoarding the new naira notes, even as it commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for extending the…
28 Jan
Nigerians, banked or unbanked, are currently racing against time to rid their purses and wallets of N200, N500 and N1, 000 notes, following the insistence by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on phasing them out as the country’s legal tender on January 31, 2023.
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