Naira Redesign

March 13, (THEWILL) - Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to obey the Supreme Court ruling on the old Naira notes to ameliorate the suffering occasioned by...

March 12, (THEWILL) - For the past one month, Nigerians had been thrown into restlessness, following the introduction of the cashless policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. To many, it is an unprecedented policy that...

March 11, (THEWILL) - In the choice of a fitting title for this piece, the late Professor Tai Solarin, one of Nigeria’s foremost educators and social activists, readily came to mind. May the labour of our heroes' past not...

March 11, (THEWILL) - Bayelsa State Government has said it understands the pains of residents of the state following the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) naira redesign policy, urging residents to be calm and not engage...

March 10, (THEWILL) - The relative peace that Bayelsa state has been reputed to be enjoying has been jolted, as palpable tension in Akenfa community, a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, over the continued rejection of the...

March 09, (THEWILL) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been advised to implement adequate national technology backbone and other fundamental measures to alleviate the adverse impact of the Naira redesign policy on Nigerians, and expedite the transition...

Myriads of lessons have been learnt from the cash swap and currency redesign experiment in Nigeria in the past few months. As much as a currency redesign should be a routine function of the Central Bank in any country,...

March 05, (THEWILL) - The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose plans his administration is taking to obey the recent Supreme Court order on the naira redesign. The demand followed the judgement...

February 28, (THEWILL) - Before delving into the nitty gritty of today’s engagement, I would like to encourage readers with an excerpt from a piece written and published in the Daily Times newspaper on January 1, 1964, by one...

Nigeria, with its burgeoning population of over 200 million people is at a critical juncture in its political history. As Africa’s largest democracy, its political decisions can have ripple effects throughout the continent. This and other domestic concerns, including...