Nirsal Micro Finance Bank (NMFB), a CBN-dedicated bank for disbursement of government loans, has assured small business owners and individuals who accepted the loan offer of the government would receive a credit alert. The bank made the assurance on its Facebook page while reacting to the delay in the disbursement of loan applications and assured … Read more
Nigeria is filled with investment opportunities, but the major challenge facing millions of people at home is finance while hundreds of Nigerians abroad are at crossroads over how and where to invest their monies. Apart from the issue of trust and the fear of falling victim to some dubious friends and family members back home, … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) isn’t showing signs of weakness in its determination to sanitise the forex market following its August stoppage of dollars to the operators of Bureax De Change And after directing commercial banks to take over the sales of forex to Nigerians who need them for PTA, BTA, medicals, and school … Read more
What is Annual Return Filing? An annual return is a yearly update of a registered company or business in the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) database, indicating that the business is still active, operating, and in compliance with the law. Filing annual returns in Nigeria is not about declaring a company’s profits, nor is it a … Read more
The most-watched reality Tv show is getting hotter as millions of followers of the show can now cast their votes to save their favourite from possible eviction. Unlike the previous edition where votes were through SMS (when voters had to incur SMS charges) the voting in the Big Brother Naija 2021 is online and through … Read more
The recent N250,000,000,000 Gas Intervention Fund by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is one of the several financing programmes for a quick economic recovery. The essence of the gas fund is to support the propagation of gas while creating massive jobs for millions of unemployed Nigerians through access to financing. Nigeria’s government is implementing … Read more
It’s no longer news that all the financial institutions in Nigeria have set up teller points for foreign exchange sales in furtherance of guidelines handed down by the Central Bank of Nigeria to them (CBN) to sanitise the forex market. One of the actions of the apex bank on July 27, 2021, was that it … Read more
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can never forget the economic effect of the covid-19 pandemic on their businesses. But the business policies of Nigeria’s apex bank are most likely to put smiles on the faces of such business owners going by the latest 27-page guidelines handed down by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) … Read more
It’s exciting to know that financial institutions in Nigeria are deepening their interest in supporting micro-traders through soft loans. The latest on the list credit facility available for small business owners is ‘I Go Trade’ which was launched by Sterling Bank, where SMEs and artisans can access up to N300, 000 It is a new … Read more
Who received the N75Bn CBN loan? That is one of the questions on the lips of millions of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who applied but were not selected for the National Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) loan. The NYIF loan is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports in collaboration with the Central … Read more
Access Bank recently says it has over 70,000 as agents spread across Nigeria, disclosing that its aim is to reach unbanked and under-banked millions of Nigerians in communities and cities. What are the requirements to become Access Closa Agent in your community? Do I need millions of naira to register as POS agent? For Small … Read more
On May 27, 1967, the military regime of Yakubu Gowon carved 12 states out of the four regions. On February 3, 1976, seven states were added, bringing the states in Nigeria to 19. Takeaway: And in 1987 Katsina and Akwa Ibom states were created and by 1991, 9 more states were created while total number of states … Read more
No democratic government has created any state in Nigeria from 1967 to date. All the present 36 states were created by military governments. But in August 8, 2021, the Senate Committee on Constitution Review proposed that 23 more states be created in addition to the existing ones. The history of state creations in Nigeria dates … Read more
Have you ever wondered where Bureau De Change operators in Nigeria obtain the large volumes of foreign currency they handle and sell to their customers every day? At inception, their primary source of foreign currency was the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, today they have more than 10 sources from which they acquire forex. Their strategic … Read more
In the 1990s, business owners had their tables filled up with files and record books. Those have become archaic in today’s world. Files and other important documents can be stored in the cloud and such files can be accessed anywhere on a device. The beauty of this is that there are firms that offer free … Read more