New Naira: Banks, Customers Pressure CBN To Shift Jan 31 Deadline
THE Central Bank of Nigeria may be under pressure to extend the deadline for old naira notes to cease being legal tender as bankers and customers push for the extension. The old notes are expected to be out of circulation by January 31 yet there is…
Cash limits: Customers Protest As Banks Begin Enforcement
Over 20 Deposit Money Banks on Monday began the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new cash withdrawal limit policy across the country with bank customers expressing anger over the new rule. The Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, had on…
Catholic Priest, Mbaka Returns To Adoration Ministry Eight Months After Suspension
THE priest and spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, has returned from the monastery after eight months of suspension. Hobnob News reviewed a video circulating online of a crowd welcoming Mbaka at the Akanu Ibiam…
BREAKING: Former Pope Benedict XVI Dies At 95
Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII…
CBN Monitors 6,047 BVNs Over Suspected Fraudulent Transactions
AT least 6,047 Bank Verification Numbers of bank customers have been placed under the Central Bank of Nigeria watch list for fraudulent transactions, Hobnob News has learnt. This was contained in the CBN Financial Stability June 2022 report published in…
Shun Social Vices To Achieve Your Dream – – Islamic Scholars Task Youths
The founder of Mujaddiduun Islamic Institute for Quranic Memorisation, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Inisa, Odo-Otin Local Government of Osun state, Uztaz Abeeb Shittu, has tasked Nigerian youths to be God-fearing and refrain from social vices to achieve…
2023: Vote Credible Leaders – Kumuyi Charges Nigerians
THE Convener, Global Crusade with Kumuyi, GCK and General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has charged electorates in the country to vote for credible leaders in the 2023 general elections. Pastor Kumuyi stated this…
JUST IN: Buhari Transmits N819.5bn Supplementary Budget, Blames Floods
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has transmitted a supplementary 2023 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, read out the content of the cover letter on the bill to…
Banks Reduce New Naira Notes Per Cash Withdrawal
Banks have reduced the volume of new naira notes they dispense to customers per cash withdrawal by about 50 per cent leading to increased anxiety over the January 31st deadline when the old notes will cease to be legal tender. Meanwhile, the Central…
Bullion Van’ Politicians After CBN – Atiku-Okowa Campaign Council
THE Atiku-Okowa presidential campaign council has said ambitious politicians that run activities with bullion vans are the ones after the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The media space has recently been awashed by the report on how…