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Naira crisis: Banks shun CBN directive, collect old N1,000, N500

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  src='//acceptable.a-ads.com/2172479' style='border:0px; padding:0; width:100%; height:100%; overflow:hidden; background-color: transparent;'></iframe> Some Deposit Money Banks on Saturday opened their branches to customers for the purpose of collecting old N500 and N1,000 notes for deposit into their accounts. This was contrary to the claim by the Central Bank of Nigeria that it did not instruct the banks to continue to collect the old notes from depositors. On Friday, The PUNCH reported that the CBN had ordered banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from members of the public and pegged the maximum amount they could collect from individuals at N500,000. The CBN swiftly issued a counter statement signed by the Director, Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, saying it did not give such a directive. The banking regulator stated, “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been drawn to some fake and unauthorised messages quoting the ...
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Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, is dead at 43

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Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, is dead at 43 The actor died after a four-year fight with colon cancer. Mark Serrels headshot Oscar Gonzalez headshot Mark Serrels, Oscar Gonzalez Aug. 28, 2020 9:05 p.m. PT 9 LISTEN - 01:49 cb-2 Boseman passed away at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer. Chadwick Boseman died Friday at the age of 43, according to the Associated Press. The actor, who starred in Marvel's Black Panther and Netflix's Da 5 Bloods, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2016. pic.twitter.com/aZ2JzDf5ai — Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020 His publicist Nicki Fioravante informed AP that he died in his Los Angeles home alongside his wife and family. Boseman had never spoken publicly about his battle with cancer. "A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much," reads a statement from his family. "From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson'...
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2023 presidency: Dogara opens up on ‘plan’ to run with Tinubu

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 Former House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has spoken out on the speculations that he would run for the presidency in 2023 with former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, in 2023.   Tinubu is the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC).   In July, Dogara dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling APC.   On Sunday, his spokesman reacted to “stories and images are being circulated on social media.”   “Our initial decision was to ignore them since they are utterly baseless but it appears that the promoters of this fallacy are unrelenting in spreading the falsehood and have now succeeded in making it sound believable to the extent that even some conventional and ‘credible’ media platforms are beginning to take it up.   “In order to stop the further spread of this deliberate mischief whose objective is yet to be ascertained, the public is hereby advised to disregard and totally discountenance the purported sto...
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