Naira scarcity
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News
Any bank branch that refuses to accept or dispense old notes will be shut down – Lagos State gov, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, warns
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned that any bank branch in the state that refuses to accept or dispense…
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Business
Kogi State Govt orders arrest, prosecution of persons, businesses rejecting old Naira notes
The Kogi State Government has said the old naira currency remains a legal tender, warning that residents found rejecting the…
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EFCC intercepts N32.4m new Naira notes allegedly meant for vote-buying in Lagos
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have intercepted N32.4m allegedly meant for vote-buying in Lagos State. EFCC…
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Metro
Naira scarcity: LASU staff slumps, dies while queuing in bank to withdraw N5,000
A staff of the Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, Mr Ademola Adesola, slumped and died while queuing in a bank…
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FG is using Naira swap policy to target criminals it knows – Oby Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has spoken about the Naira swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria…
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Metro
Naira scarcity: Umuahia sex workers introduce ‘bonanza’ to boost patronage
Following the ongoing naira scarcity, which has negatively impacted many businesses, commercial sex workers in Umuahia, Abia State, have devised…
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We will destroy commercial banks in Kano that refuse to accept old notes – Governor Ganduje warns
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, warned commercial banks operating in the state that he would destroy any bank that…
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Naira swap policy: President Buhari ill-advised – Festus Keyamo
The spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), Festus Keyamo, is of the opinion that President Buhari…
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Naira Scarcity: Pregnant woman dies in Kano hospital following fund transfer delay
A pregnant woman identified as Shema’u Sani Labaran, has died in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital in Nassarawa Local Government…
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Politics
Reject old naira notes, lose your licence, C of O, Ogun Gov, Abiodun tells supermarkets
Supermarkets owners in Ogun State are now between the devil and the deep blue see, as the Ogun State Governor,…
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Politics
Naira crisis: I need N70m in ‘Hard Copy’ for election expenses – Doguwa
A House of Representatives member, Ado Doguwa says the naira crunch will affect the electioneering expenses of politicians, noting that…
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Naira crisis: Protesters block Benin-Ore-Lagos highway, disrupt traffic in parts of Lagos (video)
Protesting Nigerians blocked the Benin-Ore-Lagos highway in Odigbo Local Government area over the scarcity of new naira notes. Travellers were…
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Business
CBN orders banks to collect old N500, N1000 notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reportedly directed commercial banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from…
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Metro
‘I bank one billion naira monthly’, says man who stormed CBN with N50m old naira notes (video)
A man stormed the Gombe branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday with sacks of old N1000 notes…
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Business
Buhari orders CBN to return old N200 to circulation to coexist with new Naira notes
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow the old 200 naira notes…
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