Old Naira Notes Validity: Supreme court restrains CBN from implementing Feb. 10 deadline The Supreme Court of Nigeria has restrained the federal government from implementing the February 10 Deadline for the old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes to stop being legal tenders. In a motion ex-parte submitted on February 3rd by their attorney, AbdulHakeem Mustapha (SAN), three northern states—Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara—asked the supreme court to halt the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) naira redesign policy. An interim injunction restraining the federal government, Central Bank of Nigeria, commercial banks, and other...