COVID-19, Threat To 13 million Jobs In Nigeria – UN     The COVID-19 pandemic may lead to the loss of 13 million jobs in Nigeria, the World Food Programme of the United Nations declared on Wednesday. According to the agency, Nigeria needs urgent financial intervention to boost...

Lawmakers Demand Details Of Funds For COVID-19     The House of Representatives, yesterday, demanded from the Accountant-General of the federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, details of all the funds donated by the Federal Government to the states of the federation, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC,...

AFDB Injects $10bn To Cushion COVID-19 Impact On Agriculture     The African Development Bank (AFDB), has provided about $10billion to implement strategic roadmap of projects and programmes of immediate and longer term measures to tackle nutrition and food crisis situation in the Continent. This is part of...

COVID-19 Loans’ll Be Disbursed 48 Hours After Approval – CBN   The Central Bank of Nigeria has said all successful applicants that have submitted their account details for the COVID-19 Targeted Credit Facility should expect to be credited within 48 hours. The Director, Corporate Communications of CBN,...

COVID-19 Funds: CBN Disburses N107.45bn To Beneficiaries   At least N107.45 billion has been accessed by beneficiaries from the N1.15 trillion Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) COVID-19 pandemic intervention funds within the last 90 days, data by the apex bank has indicated. The data showed that close...

AfDB Supports Nigeria’s COVID-19 Response Program With $288m Loan   The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $288.5 million loan for Nigeria to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impact on people and businesses. The loan, according to the bank,...