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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the new naira policy. In his courtesy visit to the CBN, Yakubu…

All Progressives Congress on Monday disclosed that it found nothing strange with the APC governors dragging the Federal Government before a competent court to address its naira redesign policy. The three governors – Nasir El-Rufai of…

Former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has taken a swipe at the Central Bank of Nigeria over its naira redesign policy, saying the policy is “senseless”. The former Governor of Edo State…

Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest and subsequent prosecution of all individuals engaged in the sale or abuse of Naira notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria. He directed the Deputy Inspector-General…

Members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to prevail on the Central Bank of Nigeria to allow the old and new naira notes to co-exist. They believe that this would ease the current…

Commercial banks are now able to pay customers with the newly designed naira notes over the counter, per instructions from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN announced in a statement on Thursday that the new guideline was…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, asked the Central Bank of Nigeria not to grant a further extension after February 10 deadline for naira swap. This, he said, had become imperative…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified the position of the apex bank chief, Godwin Emefiele, that old N200, N500 and N1,000 will be accepted after the February 10, 2023 fresh deadline. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on…

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says banks will continue to accept old naira notes after the stipulated deadline. Emefiele spoke on Tuesday when he appeared at an interactive session with the house of…

Director of New Media for the Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Femi Fani-Kayode, on Tuesday, said Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, intends to ‘drive the masses to rage out of…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday appeared before the ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on the cashless policy and deadline for the replacement of old currency notes. Emefiele,…

The House of Representatives Committee investigating the removal of old currency notes from circulation has rejected the 10 days extension by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Ado Doguwa, the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has finally extended the deadline for the exchange of old naira notes by 10 days. In a press statement issued on Sunday, Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, said the new deadline is February 10, 2023.…

Kano State Government and Islamic clerics from Tijjaniyya, Qadiriyya, and Izala sects in the state have called on the Federal Government to extend the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, to stop accepting old naira…

Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has promised to impose stiffer sanctions on financial institutions hoarding the new naira notes. The apex bank issued the threat on Wednesday in reaction to the allegation that enough notes were not…