Tag: new naira notes
Why we’re rejecting new naira notes – Abuja Okada riders
The Okada riders said they are rejecting the new Naira notes because many counterfeits of the new currency are in…
No plans to phase out redesigned Naira notes – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said no plans to phase out the redesigned Naira notes from circulation.
Dec.31 deadline: Expert worries over non availability of new Naira notes
“If what is in circulation right now are the old Naira notes, it then means even the new Naira notes…
CSOs challenges FG, CBN on hoarders of Naira notes
The CSOs said this in reaction to claim by the Federal Government that some people were keeping billions of old…
CBN reacts to news of printing materials shortage
“The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been drawn to a misleading report misquoting the Governor, Mr Godwin…
Please sheathe your sword, APC appeals to protesters in Ondo
“Our people in the state are groaning about their current living conditions, a situation that threatens us as the ruling…
Old Naira deadline: Akure residents laud Supreme Court judgement
Oke, a lecturer at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, said that the cashless policy was good, but that the…
CSOs cry out over hardships in Borno
Leader of the network, Mr Bulama Abiso, stated on Saturday in Maiduguri that the agony being experienced was blameable on…
New notes: CBN meets commercial banks in Gombe
“The meeting is in furtherance of our engagement that we have been having with the banks so as to smoothen…
Naira scarcity: Angry customers lock up banks in Edo, barricade Ring Road
The aggrieved customers, mostly youths, also barricaded the entire Ring Road and its adjoining streets, thereby compelling motorists and pedestrians…
IGP orders FCID, FIB to arrest, prosecute Nigerians selling new Naira notes
The IGP specifically ordered the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department and the Assistant…
Pandemonium, riot in Ibadan over new naira notes crisis (Videos, photos)
Hundreds of angry mob took to the streets in the morning protesting the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) currency redesign…
Massive protest in Lagos over new naira notes (video)
Scarcity of the new naira notes has spread across Nigeria with Nigerians groaning due to inability to access money to…
JUST IN: CBN issues new order to banks on new naira notes
This is as a result of scarcity of the new notes across ATMs in the country and the banks being…
Emefiele drops important information on old and new naira notes swapping (Video)
Emefiele appealed to Nigerians to be patient as the exercise was not an easy one at all, saying that at…
DSS smashes syndicates selling new naira notes, implicates bank officials
DSS' spokesman, Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Monday said in the course of its operations, in some parts of…
N2.72 trillion old Naira notes hidden in people’s homes
He said as at October 2022, currency in circulation had risen to N3.23 trillion, out of which only N500 billion…
New notes scarcity: Anambra residents adopt cashless method
As a result of these challenges faced by the people in accessing the new naira notes, the residents have tried…
‘Naira frenzy’ grounds business activities in Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara
The Muslim Rights Concern ( MURIC) has lamented that businesses have been almost grounded in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara State…
CBN issues N120m new notes to agents in Katsina
“And the agents are supposed to collect from the banks N500,000 per week to disburse in their Communities. We know…
Calabar residents keep vigil at ATMs for new naira notes
“The worst of it is that many people are refusing to accept the old notes. I am at crossroads on…
Cash swap: CBN deploys 200 agents in Jigawa
“Within Jigawa state, we have about 200 agents engaged because we’ve noticed that in rural areas, we have unbanked communities…
New naira notes: Kano govt fears protests, postpones Buhari’s visit
Buhari was expected to be in Kano next Monday and Tuesday to commission some projects of the Ganduje administration.
Redesigned Naira notes: CBN intensifies sensitization of Nigerians
Adejoke Adeleye/ Abeokuta The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has intensified its campaign on the new naira notes towards the…
Gbajabiamila threatens Emefiele with arrest over new naira notes
The House of Reps had on Jan. 24 summoned the bank chief executives and CBN Governor over the scarcity of…
Revisit policy on new Naira notes, NLC tells CBN
“It is obvious that even in the city centres, banks are still dispensing old notes and this is correct. I…
Amid scarcity of new Naira notes CBN claims massive supplies
Emefiele advised citizens to deposit their old notes at any commercial bank and obtain new ones as soon as possible,…
Traders reject old Naira notes, close businesses
Rather than in their business premises, they spent a significant amount of time at commercial banks replacing old banknotes with…
New naira notes: Reps summon banks’ CEOs, CBN Governor
The decision to summon Emefiele and bank CEOs followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by…
JUST IN: No going back on Jan. 31st deadline to phase out old notes – CBN
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who spoke at the apex bank's Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja, stated that Nigerians were…