Bashir Ahmad, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital Communication, has dared Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State to take his old naira notes to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, if hey are legitimate. On Friday, Ahmad was replying to Ganduje, who faulted the naira redesign […]
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Osun residents express disaffection over extension of N200 old note deadline
Residents of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, have expressed disaffection as the scarcity of the redesigned Naira notes continues to hit hard. President Muhammadu Buhari had in a nationwide broadcast on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to recirculate the old N200 note side by side the redesigned notes […]
Wike knocks Buhari for lifting restriction on old N200 notes
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision banning the use of old N500 and N1000 notes. Wike, who expressed sadness over Buhari’s declaration, stressed that it was not proper. The Central Bank of Nigeria had extended the deadline for the swap of N200, N500, and […]
Currency Swap: Buhari issues directive to CBN, orders arrest, prosecution of saboteurs
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to intensify collaboration with different anti-corruption agencies in checking the activities of those bent on frustrating the smooth implementation of the currency redesign policy. Buhari gave the directive while addressing Nigerians on the CBN currency swap policy. The […]
2023: Don’t rig elections for PDP – Segun Showunmi warns Ogun party members
A factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi has warned members of the party not to engage in any form of rigging during the 2023 general elections. Showunmi advised that all laws guiding the 2023 general elections must be strictly adhered to for […]
Naira redesign: 2.1trn hoarded banknotes retrieved – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed the amount of naira his administration has retrieved since the commencement of the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to Buhari, about N2.1 trillion out of the banknotes initially held outside the banking system had been successfully retrieved since the […]
APC govt has fulfilled promise of change – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his government has fulfilled the ‘change’ promise made to Nigerians. It could be recalled that before the 2015 Presidential election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, government made ‘change mantra’ the cardinal point of its campaign. Speaking in Enugu on Thursday, President Buhari said his government […]
Buhari signs executive order establishing Presidential Transition Council
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an Executive Order on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. Buhari said it would enhance the seamless transition of power from one presidential administration to another. This was disclosed in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. The President also revealed he […]
New naira: Emefiele meets Buhari after Supreme Court order
Hours after the Supreme Court stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN from executing the February 10 deadline for the validity of old naira notes, the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Leakblast.com recalls that a seven-man panel of the Supreme Court led by […]
Nationwide crisis: Buhari to convene emergency Council of State meeting Friday
President Muhammadu Buhari will convene an emergency Council of State meeting on Friday to discuss the crisis bedevilling the nation, including naira, petrol scarcity, and insecurity ahead of the February 25 presidential election. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Independence National Electoral Commission would be extending the meeting at […]