COVID-19: NSIA, Global Citizen Set Up Solidarity Fund   The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and Global Citizen, an international advocacy organisation, have set up a solidarity fund designed to provide additional support for Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund is aimed at...

CBN’s N50bn COVID-19 Fund Disbursement Begins Thursday   Barring any last-minute change in plans, the disbursement of the first tranche of the Central Bank of Nigeria N50bn targeted credit facility would begin on Thursday. The fund, which is being managed by the NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has received...

Panel To Monitor COVID-19 Fund Usage - FG   The Federal Government will soon constitute a special committee to monitor the disbursement of donations made by individuals, corporate organisations and public sector players towards addressing the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs...

PTDF Deny Link With Petroleum Development Fund   The Petroleum Technology Development Fund has said it has no link with the Petroleum Development Fund. PTDF is an agency of the Federal Government under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources. It also warned interested scholars who usually applied for...

FG Seeks One-year Extension Of World Bank’s $160m Job Creation Fund Following its inability to disburse $160m job creation funding provided by the World Bank, the Federal Government has sought for 12 months extension to enable it to fully implement the project known as Growth...

Jaiz To Begin Disbursement Of $20m SMEs Fund The Managing Director, Jaiz Bank Plc,Hassan Usman has said the bank would soon begin the disbursement of the $20m facility for operators in the Small and Medium Enterprises sector of the economy. He said this on Thursday in...