Naira scarcity: Bankers ordered not to work due to violent attacks

18 Feb 2023

The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance, and Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, urged its members on Friday to avoid banking premises in light of recent violent attacks.  Olusoji Oluwaole, National President of ASSBIFI, advised members to avoid bank premises until normalcy is restored in affected states.  Following the new Naira policy and currency scarcity, Nigerians […]

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Confusion reigns as the CBN denies ordering banks to accept N500 and N1,000 bills

18 Feb 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has denied reports that it had directed commercial banks to begin collecting old N500 and N1000 notes from customers.  According to a report that went viral on Thursday, the CBN has set the maximum amount that commercial banks can collect at N500,000.  However, the apex bank’s Director of Corporate […]

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Security Operatives takes over CBN as residents besieged its entrance

18 Feb 2023

Fierce looking security operatives have taken over the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kaduna branch, as hundreds of residents besieged the entrance gate Friday morning. As early as 7:30 am, residents with old currency notes besieged the CBN entrance gate. The bank had ordered customers of commercial banks to deposit their old currency no later […]

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CBN orders banks to start collecting N500 and N1000 old notes

18 Feb 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public with immediate effect. It however pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000. The CBN maintained that the old currencies were still no more legal tender. A source from the bank said the […]

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Drama As Angry Delta Residents Destroy POS Operator’s Stand (Video)

17 Feb 2023

The protesters claim that POS operators are extorting them due to a scarcity of New Naira notes. A video shows angry residents in Warri, Delta state, destroying a POS operator’s stand. The protesters claim that POS operators are extorting them due to a scarcity of New Naira notes. Prior to the scarcity, POS operators charged […]

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Ogun state government upgrades college of health technology to a polytechnic

16 Feb 2023

Ogun State Government has upgraded its College of Health Technology in Ilese-Ijebu to a polytechnic, and would henceforth be known as; Ogun State Polytechnic of Health and Allied Sciences. With a promise to appoint a substantive rector for the institution soon, the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, made the pronouncement on Wednesday, during his re-election […]

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Scarcity of Naira Notes: An elderly man sobs in a bank over his inability to withdraw money

15 Feb 2023

An elderly man sobs inconsolably in a bank because he was unable to withdraw money due to the scarcity of Naira notes. This is due to the country’s limited supply of new Naira notes, which has put many people in difficult situations. A senior citizen sobbed there after being unable to withdraw money from a […]

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Traders in Anambra burn sit-at-home enforcer to death

15 Feb 2023

Traders in Ogidi, Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria, have violently resisted the devastating effect of sit-at-home protest against the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by burning one of the enforcers of the exercise. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred on Monday, when one of the enforcers allegedly went […]

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Old notes have ceased to be legal since the 10th of February- CBN

14 Feb 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that the old Naira Notes of N200, N500 and N1000 have ceased to be legal tender in Nigeria since the 10th of February, 2023. The declaration was made by the Branch Controller of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Bauchi, Haladu Idris Andaza while briefing Journalists on […]

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