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Central Bank of Nigeria

February 21, 2023

Naira Scarcity: Bank associations promise to make cash available

Three financial associations have assured that CBN and banks will do everything possible to ensure the availability of the naira to the public.

Crowd at a bank used to illustrate the story
February 20, 2023

Naira Scarcity: Banks reopen in Benin after four-day closure

While many who got access to the banking hall were seen waiting to be paid over the counter, others clustered at the entrance gates and ATM points.

Crowd at a bank used to illustrate the story
February 20, 2023

Despite hardships, NCPC boss asks Nigerians to support Buhari’s stand on naira policy

Mr Yakubu Pam charged religious and traditional leaders to engage citizens in their jurisdiction on the policy’s gains.

NCPC Executive Secretary, Reverend Yakubu Pam
February 20, 2023

Lagos health workers, patients groan as naira crisis worsens

Healthcare workers in Lagos are said to be skipping work due to the unavailability of cash for transport fares.

Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)
February 20, 2023

INEC’s sensitive, non-sensitive materials arrive in Kwara

All representatives of 17 of the 18 registered political parties participating in the election in the state would sign another Peace Accord on February 22 at the INEC headquarters in Ilorin.

INEC materials
February 19, 2023

APC chairman, state governors meet on state of the nation

Before the meeting went into a closed-door, Mr Adamu said it was to discuss recent developments in the country without blaming anyone.

Abdullahi Adamu meets with APC governors
February 19, 2023

Buhari asks Nigerians to keep enduring hardship because there’s light at tunnel’s end

Mr Buhari’s regime has continued to rail against popular demand, sticking with the new currency redesign policy.

President Muhammadu Buhari
February 18, 2023

El-Rufai, Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, others sue FG again at Supreme Court over Buhari’s broadcast

The suing governors described Mr Buhari’s pronouncement as an “unconstitutional overreach and usurpation of the judicial power.”

Nasir El-Rufai, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Dapo Abiodun
February 18, 2023

Ex-APC legal adviser Muiz Banire asks Nigerians willing to sell votes to collect only new notes

Mr Banire admonished voters against financial inducements during the electoral process advising that their “conscience is not worth buying.”

Muiz Banire
February 17, 2023

Petrol station accountant in ICPC net over alleged new notes racketeering

The accountant was said to have deliberately disconnected the filling station’s PoS services to aid its fraudulent practices.

ICPC Headquarters, Abuja