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ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied asking other banks to now start accepting old N500 and N1,000 notes. This rebuttal is coming on the heels of multiple media reports where a CBN Official was quoted to have said banks can now take the old notes. According to a Senior official of the bank who had reportedly spoken with The Punch on the initial report, Nigerians could now go to their banks for the swap. The official was quoted to have said: ““Go to your bank but fill out the form before you…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Banks across Nigeria have been ordered to receive old N500 and N1,000 from customers who come to deposit them in the wake of recent crisis. This new directive was given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, following difficulties being encountered in gaining access to the apex bank’s offices. According to The Punch, an official of the bank said: “Go to your bank but fill out the form before you go. Go with the reference code you generate. With your code, banks will collect it from you. But if it is more…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has hit President Muhammadu Buhari hard, saying he did not achieve anything in his two terms as President of Nigeria. According to Ganduje, who made this statement during a televised programme monitored by Peoples Gazette, the Nigerian President is not showing his love for the people with the recent policies. He said in Hausa: “In the first term, nothing of great importance can point out as his achievement, same as in his second term. So, why is he bringing out all these policies now? why not seven years…
A longtime actress, international sex symbol and Golden Globe winner, Raquel Welch, has died. She was 82. Welch “passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness,” her manager Steve Sauer confirmed to PEOPLE on Wednesday. Sauer added: “Her career spanned over 50 years starring in over 30 films and 50 television series and appearances. The Golden Globe winner, in more recent years, was involved in a very successful line of wigs. Raquel leaves behind her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter Tahnee Welch.” Born in Chicago to a Bolivian-born engineer and his American wife, “By age…
The family of late South African music star, AKA, has announced plans to continue with the planned release of his upcoming album, Mass Country. The famous rapper was killed alongside his close friend, Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane, in a drive-by shooting at Durban, South Africa, on Friday. Before his death, Forbes had shared several posts on his social media platforms promoting his new album slated for release in February of this year. According to a press statement shared via the artiste’s official Instagram page on Thursday, the Forbes’ family will proceed with the release as scheduled in order “to honour his…
Buffalo mass shooter, Payton Gendron has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Gendron pleaded guilty in November, 2022, to 15 charges, including murder and attempted murder. He is the first person in state history to be charged with domestic terrorism motivated by hate. In addition to the state case, he is facing hate and domestic terrorism charges in federal court. Gendron planned the massacre for months including previously traveling twice to the Tops store he targeted, a more than three-hour drive from his home in Conklin, New York, to scout the layout and count the…
Rihanna’s growing family is making more news this week as she graces the cover of British Vogue alongside her partner, A$AP Rocky, and their son (whose name has not yet been revealed). Rihanna is hand-in-hand with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky, who is holding the 9-month-old, as the family strolls on a beach. They were photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and styled by British Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful. The Barbadian singer was photographed and interviewed before she had a visible baby bump, the one she revealed during her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday. In her first in-depth interview…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has issued a stern warning to Lagosians who are rejecting the old naira notes as a means of transaction. Nigerians across the country had been thrown into a frenzy following the scarcity of the new notes following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive that old notes would no longer be taken as a legal tender from Friday, 10 February, 2023. The directive has since been attended to by the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, as well as other State Governors in whose States the common man has been…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Reports say President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to extend the validity of the old naira notes by 60 days. According to TheCable, the President is making this move to avoid disobeying the Supreme Court of Nigeria ruling which validates the old N1,000, N500 and N200 until judgment is delivered. Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor had insisted that the 10 February deadline was sacrosanct. However, in a fresh report by TheCable, a senior government official informed that Buhari was worried about the hardship Nigerians are facing and his respect for the…
Four people have been confirmed dead including an infant caught in rising water at Eskdale on Hawke’s Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle brought widespread flooding and landslides to the northern part of the country. Gabrielle, which reached New Zealand on Sunday before making its way down the east coast of the North Island, cut off entire towns, washed away farms, bridges and livestock, and inundated homes, stranding people on rooftops and displaced thousands from their homes. It was weakening and moving away on Wednesday. “We thankfully are through the worst of the storm but we’re not out of danger yet,” Minister…