Old Naira notes

Banks get fresh order to collect old notes from CBN branches, dispense immediately

More Naira notes will be pumped into circulation as from tomorrow, March 23 as banks have been directed to collect old notes deposited...

Bank notes scarcity: Time up for PoS operators?

To avoid putting up with massive crowds at banking halls and ATMs, Nigerians who are looking for cash have to choose between paying...

Hours after Buhari breaks silence on old naira notes, CBN Gov. says they remain legal tender till Dec. 31

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has finally complied with the Supreme Court’s judgment on the old Naira notes, directing commercial banks to...

Old N1,000, N500 notes: Comply with Supreme Court’s judgment, you don’t have to wait for me, Buhari tells CBN governor, AGF

Eleven solid days after the highest court in the land gave a judgment on the old Naira notes, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday...

Naira redesign: Kaduna Gov. el-Rufai hails Supreme Court judgment, says policy must go

“The policy must go because the Supreme Court has now decided that it was unlawfully conceived and it was unlawfully implemented"

Just in: N200, N500, N1,000 notes to remain in circulation till December 31, 2023, Nigeria’s Supreme Court orders

The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the Federal Government’s Naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution. It ruled...

We have not authorised banks to collect old N500, N1,000 notes, says CBN

Contrary to reports, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Friday that it has not authorised commercial banks to start accepting old...

Again, APC Kaduna Gov. el-Rufai explodes, blasts Buhari over old notes

A livid Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai has again attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly flagrantly violating the Supreme Court’s order that the old...

Currency crisis: Pres.Buhari mulls extension of old Naira notes validity for 60 days

Barring last minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari may any time from now overrule the Central Bank Gov. Godwin Emefiele and extend the circulation...

Old Naira notes swap: February 10 deadline stays, old notes no longer legal tender — CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Tuesday that the February 10, 2023 deadline for old Naira notes swap still stands just...

Chaos as banks, petrol stations, transporters, market women derecognize old currencies as legal tender 

As the cash crisis worsens affecting lives and livelihoods, the old Naira notes are being rejected as legal tender by banks, filling stations,...