Naira scarcity : Pregnant Woman Dies In Hospital Over Payment Alert Delay Naira scarcity : Pregnant Woman Dies In Hospital Over Payment Alert Delay A pregnant woman in Kano, Shema’ Labaran, has died in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital over alleged negligence from doctors as a result of the new naira policy crisis. The late woman’s husband, Bello Fancy, said her death was as a result of delay in transfer made to the bank and that the doctors didn’t attend to his wife for more than three hours. Recall that the Kano State Government warned marketers, supermarkets and the public…
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JUST IN: Stranded Customers Burn Bank Over Cash Withdrawal Limits Stranded Customers Burn Bank Over Cash Withdrawal Limits Dozens of enraged customers in Lebanon have taken matters into their own hands and attacked several banks in the country’s capital city of Beirut on Thursday, burning and protesting over the government-sanctioned withdrawal limit on citizens’ accounts since three years ago. Since 2019, banks in Lebanon have imposed a restriction on the withdrawals of U.S. dollars, and Lebanese pounds after the country’s economy collapsed, and the country’s currency has lost 97 per cent of its value thus far. To save the country’s…
2023: One Week To Elections Ortom Finally Revealed His Preferred Presidential Candidate 2023: One Week To Elections Ortom Finally Revealed His Preferred Presidential Candidate Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Thursday declared that he is working for the emergence of Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, as the next president of Nigeria. The Governor who made the open declaration at a Town Hall meeting addressed by the LP presidential candidate in Makurdi said his decision was premised on his conviction that Mr. Obi was mentally and physically prepared for the task of getting the country working again.…
2023: Nigeria ‘Desperately’ Needs, Love Tinubu – Governor Wike 2023: Nigeria ‘Desperately’ Needs, Love Tinubu – Governor Wike Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a man that is “desperately” needed in Nigeria. Mr Wike described Mr Tinubu as a man with “character and courage”. He stated this on Wednesday at Government House, Port Harcourt, while receiving Mr Tinubu, who visited him shortly after the APC presidential rally in the state. Kelvin Ebiri, the spokesperson to the governor, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. “I…
Fresh Crisis Rocks APC As Presidency Sends Strong Warning To El-Rufai, Ganduje, Others Fresh Crisis Rocks APC As Presidency Sends Strong Warning To El-Rufai, Ganduje, Others Bashir Ahmad, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital Communications, has lambasted Governors Nasir El-Rufai and Abdullahi Ganduje for their angry outbursts over the decision of the regime and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to phase out old naira notes. In a series of social media posts on Thursday, the presidential aide claimed both Governor El-Rufai and Ganduje are only angry because the money they have stolen and stashed are now…
After El-rufai, Another Gov Declares 1000 And 500 Old Naira Notes Legal Tender, Threatens Anyone Rejecting Notes After El-rufai, Another Gov Declares 1000 And 500 Old Naira Notes Legal Tender, Threatens Anyone Rejecting Notes Despite the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday morning that the old N500 and N1000 notes have seized to be legal tender, the Jigawa State Government has taken a counter position by advising citizens and other persons in the state to continue to use the currencies as lawful means of payment and business transactions. The state government premised its decision on the ongoing suit at the…
EXCLUSIVE: There’ll No Elections, Buhari Plotting Coup D’etat In Nigeria To Be Led By Retired Army General There’ll No Elections, Buhari Plotting Coup D’etat In Nigeria To Be Led By Retired Army General President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is plotting to instigate a military coup in Nigeria in order to avoid transferring power to a civilian administration when his tenure expires in May 2023, according to one of his allies and governor of Kaduna Nasir El-Rufai. Mr El-Rufai’s statement on Thursday night marked a sharp escalation of the ongoing confrontation between states and the Buhari administration over the raging scarcity of…
WATCH: Naira Deposit: Trending Video Of Man And His Boys Arriving CBN Office With Sacks Of Old N500 And N1000 Notes The moment man storm CBN with huge cash packed in sack, some traveled from Gombe to deposit as much as N48m in Kano Watch video here https://www.instagram.com/reel/CowEM_bI6WY/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Real Reason Nigeria Must Go Cashless – Buhari, Emefiele Real Reason Nigeria Must Go Cashless – Buhari, Emefiele President Muhammadu Buhari says the cashless policy and naira recolouring by the Central Bank of Nigeria will help the country defeat insecurity and corruption. CBN governor Godwin Emefiele concurs. Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, in a statement, said Mr Buhari said this when he received briefing from members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on cashless policy and naira swap at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. He, however, agreed that the apex bank should take the recommendation of the parliamentary…
Emefiele Orders 15 Banks To Circulate Old N200 Notes After Meeting Buhari Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Emefiele Orders 15 Banks To Circulate Old N200 Notes After Meeting Buhari The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has ordered 15 commercial bank executives to circulate the old 200 naira notes to the public from today, Thursday, 16 February 2023. Emefiele gave this order after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari and the House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on Naira Redesign Policy, Cashless Policy, and Currency Swap on Thursday at Aso Rock Villa. While addressing the press…