{"id":18910,"date":"2023-02-18T17:58:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T17:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/18\/todays-headlines-500k-maximum-cbn-direct-banks-to-collect-old-n500-n100-noteortom-endorses-obi-as-rift-with-akume-deepens\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T17:58:50","slug":"todays-headlines-500k-maximum-cbn-direct-banks-to-collect-old-n500-n100-noteortom-endorses-obi-as-rift-with-akume-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/18\/todays-headlines-500k-maximum-cbn-direct-banks-to-collect-old-n500-n100-noteortom-endorses-obi-as-rift-with-akume-deepens\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Headlines: 500k Maximum; CBN Direct Banks To Collect Old N500, N100 Note,Ortom endorses Obi as rift with Akume deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2>500k Maximum; CBN Direct Banks To Collect Old N500, N100 Note.<\/h2>\n<p>Photo credit: The Cable<\/p>\n<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to collect the old N500 and N1,000 notes from members of the public.<\/p>\n<p>It, however, pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Osita Nwanisobi, director of the apex bank\u2019s corporate communications, confirmed the development to TheCable on Friday, saying \u201cIt\u2019s just for amounts N500,000 and below.<\/p>\n<p>Ortom endorses Obi as rift with Akume deepens.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/47f1309955ce4a2b8d7dd94baaa6756b\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: The Cable<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), ahead of the forthcoming election.<\/p>\n<p>Ortom, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), announced the endorsement on Thursday at a town hall meeting in Makurdi, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>The governor cited the failure of the PDP and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to cater to Nigerians as the reason for his supporting Obi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not about party. I am not in Labour Party, but I am working for Peter Obi. Peter Obi will make sure that we sleep with our two eyes closed. These unnecessary killings that are going on in our country will stop,\u201d Ortom said.<\/p>\n<h2>Don\u2019t Vote For Tinubu, Peter Obi They Are Running On \u2018Emi Lo Kan\u2019  \u2013 Dumebi Kachikwu.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0a08bcf93b7a4a8eaf4c865420977a93\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Independent Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu has hinted that the presidential candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his counterpart form the Labour Parry (LP) Peter Obi are running on the platform of \u2018Emi lo kan\u2019 and Nigerians should not vote for them as they will further ruin Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He added both candidates are running on this divisive and destructive platform of tribe, tongue and religion should never be supported to emerge as President of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<h2>New naira: El-Rufai\u2019s comment treasonable, says Datti Baba-Ahmed.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/f23359cca72b47c2846fbe658c4bf4da\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Punchng<\/p>\n<p>The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said comments made by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on the naira redesign policy following the nationwide broadcast of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd., are treasonable.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai in a state broadcast on Thursday faulted the President on his directive to re-introduce just the old N200 banknote as part of measures to curb the cash crunch in the country.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai, who said the old N1,000 and N500 are still legal tenders in his state, stated that the aim of the naira redesign is to scuttle the general elections in order to allow an interim government led by a retired army general.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking during a press conference in Abuja on Friday, according to Channels Television, the LP vice presidential candidate said the governor\u2019s comment, amounts to treason and wondered why the presidency is silent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/b31c3d50798e41388eeafea6f4826507\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Google<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Theoptimus06 (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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