Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele is currently seated before the House of Representatives adhoc committee on cashless policy.Recall that the House had last week invited Emefiele and the chief executive officers of commercial banks in the country. Emefiele could not however appear due to his foreign trip with President Muhammadu Buhari to Dakar, Senegal….
The Central Bank of Nigeria, Bauchi State, says it allocates N30 million new naira notes daily to each branch of banks in the state to increase access of customers to the new notes. An official of the apex bank, Mr Abdulkadir Jibrin, said this while monitoring banks in Bauchi on Monday to ensure access to…
A former Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, Professor Ibrahim Umar, is dead. His son, Farouk Ibrahim Umar, confirmed the death to News reporters on Monday. He said that the burial rites of the late renowned physicist would be held at Kofar Kudu by 10am on Tuesday (today). The deceased, who served as BUK Vice…
The Board and Management of Nigerian Railway Corporation has announced the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna train service. News reports that the Abuja-Kaduna train had derailed at the Kubwa station which led to the suspension of operations on the rail line. The announcement was made in a statement by the Director, Operations, NRC, Niyi Alli, on…
The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on new naira re-design and naira swap policy has rejected the ten days extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the exchange of old N200, N500, N1,000 bank notes. The Adhoc Committee, chaired by the leader of the House, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, in a statement,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the use of the old notes till February 10. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the extension in a statement on Sunday, January 29, 2023. “Based on the foregoing, we have sought and obtained Mr President’s approval for the following: a 10-day extension of the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the use of the old notes till February 10. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the extension in a statement on Sunday, January 29, 2023. “Based on the foregoing, we have sought and obtained Mr President’s approval for the following: a 10-day extension of the…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists Special Delegates Conference session sitting in Kano on Thursday expunged the National Orientation Agency from its constitution. The special delegate session presided over by the union’s National President, Chris Isiguzo, took the decision during the constitution review session. All delegates agreed that NOA employees would no longer be granted the…
