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President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the validity of only the old 200 naira notes till April 10, 2023. Speaking in a nationwide broadcast on Thursday morning, President Buhari ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to immediately reintroduce the old N200 notes to circulation. He noted that the old N200 notes should run concurrently with […]
Lagos State Government has warned those rejecting the old Naira notes to desist from doing so or face prosecution. The state, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, warned that it is against the law to reject the old Naira notes, as doing so is contrary to the position […]
Suspected IKEDC Staff Burgle Transformer In Ojokoro, Throw Residents Into Darkness! As Nigerians struggle to survive the hardship caused by the redesigned Naira notes and currency swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the situation has been further worsened for the residents of a part of Ojokoro Local Council Development Area, LCDA, under […]
Lagos State Government has commenced the distribution of palliative measures to vulnerable residents in fulfilment of Governor Babajide SanwoOlu’s promise to cushion the effects of the hardship being experienced by Lagosians occasioned by the fuel scarcity and non-disbursement of currency by the banks. Speaking at the launch and distribution exercise, in Alausa, Ikeja, Governor SanwoOlu […]
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has joined the Attorney Generals of Katsina, Lagos, Cross Rivers, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Sokoto states, as co-plaintiffs in the suit challenging the Naira Redesign Policy of the Federal Government. The Apex Court also joined Bayelsa and Edo states, as co-respondents in the matter. The State Governments had through their […]
– Hamzat commends Lagos Speaker, over Agege’s transformation Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, have again declared Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the best of all the presidential candidates for the February 25th election. The duo further urged Lagos […]
Lagos State Government has clarified that its order for the temporary closure of Chrisland Schools only affects Chrisland High School, Ikeja, and not all the schools being operated by the owners. According to the Ministry of Education, the clarification is necessary to address the anxiety of parents and members of the public on the erroneous […]
Lagos State Government has ordered a Coroner’s Inquest to ascertain the cause of death of late Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old pupil of Chrisland School, who died on Thursday, February 9, 2023. State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, gave the directive in a statement, on Monday, noting that a thorough investigation will be […]
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has ordered the remand of a lady said to be a Lagos actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, for spraying the newly redesigned Naira notes in a viral video. The trial judge, Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke, made the remand order, after the actress pleaded not guilty to charges brought against her by […]
– Says Old Notes Unacceptable, As Polaris, FCMB, UBA & Fidelity Banks Reject Currency It was obviously a bad day for lawyers and litigants, who trooped to the Lagos Court’s Registry, to file their processes with old Naira notes, on Monday, as they were turned back by officials of the Registry, insisting their banks were […]
