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Food Imports Rise 122%, Deficit Hits N4.9trn

Food Imports Rise 122%, Deficit Hits N4.9trn Despite continuous government efforts to shore up food production in Nigeria through various intervention programmes, the country recorded foods trade deficit worth N4.92 trillion between 2018 and 2022. Available data shows that Nigeria is not growing enough food for the populace, leaving the country with no option but […]

Supreme Court

Cashless Policy: Supreme Court Consolidates States Suit Against FG

Cashless Policy: Supreme Court Consolidates States Suit Against FG The Supreme Court has consolidated multiple lawsuits filed by 16 State Governments against the Federal Government over the mode of implementation of the newly introduced Cashless Policy regime. Led by Justice Inyang Okoro, a seven-man panel of Justices granted the request to consolidate the suits into […]

Naira: MURIC Appeals to Buhari to Comply with Supreme Court’s Verdict

Naira: MURIC Appeals to Buhari to Comply with Supreme Court’s Verdict By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Naira redesign policy. In a statement issued in Lagos, the group’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, also urged the President to […]

CBN Orders Banks to Collect Old N500, N1,000 Notes

CBN Orders Banks to Collect Old N500, N1,000 Notes The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has ordered commercial banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public immediately. It stated that the maximum amount customers can swap will be N500,000. The Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, made this known today. […]

Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari Approves Reintroduction of Old N200 Note

Buhari Approves Reintroduction of Old N200 Note President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reintroduction of old N200 note as legal tender alongside the new N200 note until April 10. The president, who gave the approval in a nationwide broadcast on Thursday in Abuja, said the approval was necessitated by the need to cushion the hardship […]

Supreme Court

BREAKING: Supreme Court Adjourns Suit on Old Naira Notes

BREAKING: Supreme Court Adjourns Suit on Old Naira Notes The Supreme Court of Nigeria has adjourned the hearing of the suit filed by governors challenging the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Wednesday, February 22. The CBN had initially set January 31 as the deadline for old notes to be […]

Old 200 Naira Note

Despite Supreme Court Order, Nigerians Reject Old Naira Notes

Despite Supreme Court Order, Nigerians Reject Old Naira Notes Despite a temporary suspension of the ban on old Naira notes ordered by the Supreme Court, many business operators in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have started rejecting them. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had initially announced a deadline of January 31st for the use […]

Kano Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

Naira Redesign: Emefiele Fighting Back for Losing Presidential Bid – Ganduje

Naira Redesign: Emefiele Fighting Back for Losing Presidential Bid – Ganduje Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has alleged that the implementation of Naira swap policy was deliberately done by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele as a fighting back strategy for failing to get presidential ticket under the […]

Adams Oshiomhole

Oshiomhole Fumes, Says Naira Redesign is Senseless

Oshiomhole Fumes, Says Naira Redesign is Senseless Adams Oshiomhole, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was deceived into approving the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). While speaking on a political programme on the Channels Television on Sunday night, Oshiomhole, a senatorial candidate […]

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