Some motorists and traders in Enugu State on Wednesday protested the increase in pump price and scarcity of new naira notes in banks. The protesters said the filling station owners kept hiking the prices on daily basis while others hoard…
…Commuters, traders suffer as commercial transporters boycott work in Osun …As CBN bows to pressure, extends deadline to February 10 …10-day extension is inadequate — CPPE …Extension of validity of old naira notes is step in the right direction –…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said there is no going back on the January 31 deadline for the transition from the old to the redesigned Naira notes. The Rivers State controller of the CBN, Maxwell Okafor made comments…
Nigerians have set social media ablaze over the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) launching a countdown to the January 31 deadline policy. Recall that the Apex bank had announced the commencement of the new currency to begin circulation from December…
By Idris Bakare Six days after the new Naira notes went into circulation, some traders are still finding hard to accept it as legal tender. The newly-redesigned N1,000, N500 and N200 bills became legal tender on Dec. 15, 2022. The…
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the redesigned naira notes of N200, N500 and N1000 at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa Abuja on Wednesday. Newsmen reports the unveiling of the naira notes preceded the virtual meeting of the Federal…
Bandits operating in Zamfara State have kidnapped four villagers in Kolo community, Gusau Local Government Area of the State. Newsmen gathered that the kidnapped victims include a man, a woman and two children who are said to be orphans. According…
Adewale Kupoluyi Controversies continue to trail plans by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign, produce and circulate new local legal tender. While some stakeholders believe that the decision was a good one, others feel that the move is unnecessary. Just…
The Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) on Thursday hailed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its sudden decision to redesign high denominations of Naira notes, including N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes. The CNPP said this in a statement…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has been asked to remove the Arabic inscription from the redesigned naira notes. Tever Akase, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Media and Publicity, said all Nigerian languages should be on the…
