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Regina Daniels Appears in Wheelchair as She Reveals Months of Severe Pain and Health Struggles

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Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has opened up about a difficult period in her life after appearing in a wheelchair while celebrating her 25th birthday. The actress revealed that she had been experiencing severe pain and difficulty walking for several months, a situation that affected her independence and kept her away from the public eye. Regina shared the emotional revelation in a birthday video posted on Instagram on October 10, 2026. Rather than simply celebrating another year of life, the actress used the occasion to explain her prolonged absence from social media and give fans an insight into the health challenges she has been facing. Her revelation has attracted attention from fans and entertainment followers, many of whom have expressed concern about her well-being and hope for her recovery . Regina Daniels Explains Why She Is Using a Wheelchair In her birthday video, Regina acknowledged that many people might be surprised to see her seated in a wheelchair. She explain...
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Cash Swap: CBN Bars Abuja, Lagos POS Operators

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The Apex Monetary Authourity also known as the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN)  has excluded mobile money/Point of Sales agents in Abuja and Lagos from its newly launched cash swap programme.

In a document released to selected agents on Monday January 23, the CBN provided some guidelines for the cash swap programme.

The development came as the January 31 deadline for the phasing out of the old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes approaches.

According to the document, only five banks have been approved to engage in the programme.

They include Access Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, and First City Monument Bank.

It read in part, “Not all agents can participate. This is open to only selected agents profiled by the super agent/MMO/bank and submitted to the Central Bank of Nigeria and participating banks (Access, Zenith, UBA, First, FCMB).”

On the number of states selected for the programme, it read, “Selected agents in all the 36 states (except Lagos state and FCT, Abuja). Lagos and Abuja agents are excluded from this.”

According to The PUNCH, the agents are restricted from using the new notes for their regular transactions, only for the programme.

On where the agents can get the new notes, the document added, “from one of these designated banks (Zenith, First Bank, Access, UBA, FCMB). However, you must have a bank account with that bank and your operators (super agent/MMO/bank) will have pre-registered you with the bank where you have an account.”

It added, “you must go to the bank you have informed operator (super agent/MMO/bank) of. That is where your agent details will be submitted to for verification when you get there to collect the new notes.”

Also, each agent’s name, BVN number, and operator’s name are required before the new notes will be released.

The document added that the bank would also verify the agent’s picture and finger print.

The document also noted that an agent is expected to have a record of the customer’s Know-Your-Customer information, which includes name, phone number, bank, account number and amount.

It was also noted that why there is no restriction on how much a customer can deposit, only N10,000 can be released per customer under the cash swap programme.

The CBN also urged the agents to open a bank account or wallet for customers with bank accounts.

 An agent can only get up to N500,000 new notes weekly for the programme.

Also, each agent is expected to record all transactions performed with the new notes and submit the record to the operator (super agent/MMO/bank).



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