which it issued its own currency. The pound was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. The Nigerian pound, at parity with sterling with free convertibility...

by the Nigerian pound) British West African pound in British Cameroon replaced by the CFA franc in 1961 in Gambia, replaced by the Gambian pound in 1968...

replacing the Nigerian pound at a rate of £1 = ₦2. The coins of the new currency were the first coins issued by an independent Nigeria, as all circulating...

between Nigeria and Cameroon. The central bank of Biafra was one of the first institutions created. It was then decided to maintain the Nigerian pound. The...

India, until the 1960s and 1970s, with Nigeria being the last to abandon it in the form of the Nigerian pound on 1 January 1973. Historically, similar...

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tons of Nigerian bank notes were transported in an effort to acquire foreign exchange. The currency of Biafra had been the Nigerian pound until the...

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Nigerians began to form a variety of associations, such as professional and business associations, like the Nigerian Union of Teachers; the Nigerian Law...

of new Nigerian notes and coins and redeemed all of the British West African pounds that were circulating in Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria is known...