Sterling Bank Plc has announced the launch of its new loan product,    ‘‘I Go Trade”. The bank said the move is to further bridge the gap in financial inclusion and deliver customer-centric solutions for its diversified customer base. A statement from the bank also said that the product will provide artisans and other small business […]

Tech ME has partnered with World Connect to deliver digital skills training to 45 disadvantaged women that have been mostly affected by COVID-19 and its effect on their economy. “Women ICTpreneurs Nigeria” that had 45 disadvantaged women were the recent beneficiaries of the project. The recipients were taught modern skills in web development and graphic […]

Ecobank Nigeria has said that it is creating a special platform to celebrate Nigerian youths as part of activities to commemorate International Youth Day which holds annually on 12th August. Head, Direct  Banking, Adetola Oshomah, said the bank, as part of its Mobile Xpress (MX) Online Series, will host a symposium with the theme: “Finding your […]

Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, Mr. Adeleke Adeyinka Bode, has taken over as the new AIG in charge of the Nigeria Police Command, Zone 9, Umuahia, comprising, Abia, Imo and Ebonyi States.

…As NPC begins automation of birth registration centres in 774 LGAs  …Targets 25m children in 5 years By Emmanuel Elebeke The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF, said, yesterday, that only 50 per cent of births in Nigeria were registered. Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF, Ibrahim Sesay, who disclosed this at a briefing to mark […]

      By Nkiruka Nnorom EFG Hermes, a Lagos based financial services company, has cited the nation’s   inability to build a buffer of foreign reserves despite the rise in the international prices of crude oil, as a deterring factor for   foreign portfolio investment (FPIs) inflow into the country.   Kato Mukuru, Managing Director/Head of Frontier […]

Nigeria will today receive 176,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines, according to the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of National Primary Health care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib.

By Elizabeth Adegbesan   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stipulated N10 billion  as minimum capital base   for Credit Guarantee Companies (CGC). The CGC firms constitute a new subsector within the financial sector, with the task of   guaranteeing loans to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The CBN yesterday announced the introduction of the new subsector […]

Over a hundred commanders of Boko Haram, who last weekend surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) of the Nigerian Army, have asked Nigerians to forgive them.

By Elizabeth Adegbesan Government revenue from Value Added Tax, VAT,   rose by 3.0 per cent, quarter-on-quarter, QoQ,   to N512.25 billion in the second quarter of the year, Q1’21,   from   N496.39 billion in Q1’21. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its report on the Sectoral Distribution of VAT for Q2’21. The report shows that  […]