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The All Progressives Congress APC, has requested the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to comply with the interim order of the Supreme Court which asked parties to maintain the status quo with regards to the Naira redesign policy of the apex bank. This was the outcome of a meeting between state…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to reports suggesting that the anti-graft agency recently invaded the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The EFCC, in a statement on Sunday and signed by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren on Sunday afternoon, rebutted the claims and…

Ten states have asked the Supreme Court to set aside the pronouncement of President Muhammadu Buhari banning old N500 and N1,000 notes. The governors, in Suit No SC/CV/162/2023, filed on Friday by their counsel, A.J. Owonikoko (SAN), want the apex court to declare the President’s directives in his Thursday’s broadcast as unconstitutional. The plaintiffs in…

Five political parties have collapsed their structures into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and thrown weight behind the party’s flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar. They are the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The parties disclosed their decision at the grand…

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Nigeria, has announced the release of 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, second series for private candidates. Recall that WASSCE 2022 second series for private candidates was conducted in Nigeria between Monday, October 31 and Thursday, December 15, with three thousand, three hundred and ninety-three. 3,393 examiners…

The Nation Newspaper Fresh facts indicated yesterday that a minister and a top government official changed the plan of President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the recirculation of old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes till April 10. Also it came to light that state governors would have accepted the decision despite the fact that they wanted…

Daily Trust Following the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians should take old N500 and N1000 notes to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), many thronged offices of the apex bank across the nation on Friday. As early as 1am, people had lined up in front of the CBN office in Marina, Lagos, where…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has bowed to pressure and ordered Deposit Money Banks to collect old N500 and N1,000 notes from customers. In view of that every Nigerian that has old N500 and N1000 notes can now take it to banks. Many Nigerians early this morning stormed the CBN offices and demanded that…