The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has waived the requirement for the provision of guarantors by households and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) applying for its N50 billion COVID-19 Targeted Credit Facility. The N50 billion package was a provision by the bank for small businesses affected by coronavirus to stay in business and not lay…
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded its highest COVID-19 cases in the country The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed 663 cases. The agency made this officially known in a post on its official Twitter page. Lagos State recorded 170, while Ogun State followed with 108 cases. With the development, Nigeria’s total now stands at 13,464….
Imran Aliyu Abdulhameed, son of the embattled Managing Director, Aliyu Abdulhameed, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) was jailed in United Arab Emirates(UAE) for laundering money by the government of Ras AL Khaimah, in case number 2018/4796, SaharaReporters can exclusively confirm. Imran was imprisoned in August 2018 at Ras Al Khaimah Central…
The Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has directed the commencement of on-demand virtual examination for students. Consequently, students are requested to note the following: The URL for access to virtual examination on-demand application process is : https://dea.nou.edu.ng. Postgraduate students could take their examinations provided they apply for it by midnight…
The National Youth Service Corps has embarked on measures that would enable safe and smooth running of its operations after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. The NYSC said the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Orientation Course was suspended one week into the exercise as a proactive measure to avert…
Following the presentation of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) upgrade bundle to help family units and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. All effective Household and SME candidates who have presented their record subtleties for the CBN N50bn COVID-19 Targeted Credit Facility ought to anticipate that their records should be…
The mother of late Nigerian football legend Sam Okwaraji, Janet is dead at 83 years old. Janeth Okwaraji’s passing was affirmed Monday by her eldest child, Patrick. Patrick said Nigeria’s Sport Minister Sunday Dare and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have been informed of Janet’s death. Janet Okwaraji was a resigned teacher and proprietress. Patrick…
A 27-year-elderly person distinguished distinctly as “Sooraj” has been captured for supposedly killing his significant other by giving a cobra free access to her room after first failing to kill her with a viper. Sooraj, who worked in a private bank, purchased the snake to murder his better half, Uthra. A 27-year-old man identified only…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 3,136 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa on the Okene-Lokoja Expressway in Kogi. NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr Jonah Achema, who unveiled this in an announcement on Monday in Abuja said that the illegal substance was passed on in a 30T HOWO truck making a beeline for…
The Governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu, has tried positive for coronavirus, Vanguard reports. Ikpeazu had gone into confinement before his outcome returned positive, and had guided the appointee representative to follow up on his behalf. Disclosing this in an announcement got by TheCable, on Monday, John Okiyi Kalu, the states magistrate for data said…