Cash Crunch: CBN Gives Fresh Order to Banks Over Old N500, N1,000 Notes The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public with immediate effect. It was also learned that the CBN however...

Fighting Erupts in Lagos Due to Naira Scarcity Fighting erupted in some areas on the popular Lagos-Ikorodu expressway in Lagos State over the scarcity of the new naira notes and the hardship the policy has thrown Nigerians. On Friday morning, it was gathered that suspected louts...

Report Reveals NLNG Paid Buhari Regime $5.3bn Dividend   The Federal Government has received about $5.28bn as dividends from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) under the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari. The latest data contained in the Facts and Figures 2022 report of the NLNG,...

Challanges Faced With Redesign Naira Notes - Emefiele Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Friday blamed the unpleasant situation created by the Naira swap on the limited capacity to print enough new Naira notes. Emefiele said this factor led to...

FG Disburses N16.8bn Cash Grants To Over Two Million Vulnerable Nigerians   The Federal Government has disbursed over N16.8bn as grants and Conditional Cash Transfers to more than two million Nigerians since the commencement of the CCT programme in 2016. Data obtained from the latest ministerial performance...

Reps Disrupt Emergency Session Over New Naira Scarcity The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the federal parliament will have no option but to reconvene before the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25 if the Central Bank of Nigeria...