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Court rules on Emefiele's unlawful detention Thursday
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Court rules on Emefiele’s unlawful detention Thursday

    The outcome of the fundamental human rights lawsuit filed by Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria who was detained and suspended, will be determined on Thursday (Today). The lawsuit filed by Emefiele seeks to challenge his arrest and subsequent detention by the Department of State Services. AMBusiness reported […]

JUST IN: Emefiele orders banks to dispense old naira notes - Soludo
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Tinubu breaks silence on Emefiele’s suspension

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has broken his silence on the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.   He made this disclosure during an interactive session with Nigerians resident in France and neighbouring European countries.   Tinubu said the nation’s financial system under the suspended CBN governor was rotten.   According to […]

Stock market soars after Emefiele's suspension - Report
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Stock market soars after Emefiele’s suspension – Report

The Nigerian stock market reached unprecedented heights on Tuesday, catapulting to its highest level since July 2008. This surge comes on the heels of the suspension of Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as investors are placing their bets on a potential currency devaluation. The main index of the Nigerian Exchange soared above 57,437 points, in […]

Shonubi takes over as acting CBN gov
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Shonubi takes over as acting CBN gov

  Kazeem Owoseni   Following the suspension of the embattled Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, by the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, has been directed to take over from the governor. President Tinubu had on Friday, directed that Emefiele should hand over the affairs of the CBN to the […]

Old naira: Feb 10 deadline stands, says Emefiele
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Emefiele: Good riddance to Nigeria’s worst CBN gov, says Onanuga

The Directory of Media and Publicity, Tinubu/Shettima campaign, Bayo Onanuga, has described the suspension of the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as good riddance.   PUNCH Metro had reported on Friday night that the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, suspended Emefiele, amid an ongoing investigation of his office and planned reforms in the financial […]

JUST IN: Emefiele orders banks to dispense old naira notes - Soludo
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BREAKING: DSS arrests Emefiele

The suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has been arrested by the Department of State Services, according to Daily Post.   PUNCH Metro had reported that Emefiele was earlier suspended on Friday by President Bola Tinubu.   Tinubu also appointed Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as the acting Governor of Central Bank of […]

Focus on agriculture in fight against poverty - Agric expert tells Tinubu
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Tinubu vows to review Emefiele’s naira redesign policy

By Wilson Adekumola   The newly inaugurated President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised Nigerians that he would review the naira redesign policy of his predecessor.   Tinubu made this promise in his inaugural address delivered at the Eagle Square, Abuja.   He also said both new and old currency notes would be treated as legal […]

Emefiele orders banks to dispense old naira notes - Soludo
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How I visited Dangote refinery more than any other – Emefiele

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that during the construction of the Dangote refinery, he visited the site the most.   Emefiele said this during his address at the inauguration of the refinery on Monday, at the Dangote Refinery Complex in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.   Dangote Refinery complex is established […]

JUST IN: Emefiele orders banks to dispense old naira notes - Soludo
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Naira crisis: Emefiele’s crime more than electoral fraud, says Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has knocked the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over the hardship that the new naira redesign policy and recent naira notes crisis plunged the entire country into.   Soyinka said this during an interview on Channels TV on Monday, stating that Emefiele’s crime was against humanity and even more than […]

Naira redesign: Emefiele apologies for failed cashless policy
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Naira redesign: Emefiele apologies for failed cashless policy

    The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has apologized for the failed electronic banking transactions which many Nigerians have been subjected to in recent months. According to Channels, Emefiele during a two-day monetary policy committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, promised Nigerians that the issues regarding electronic transactions will soon […]