From Uche Usim, Abuja The Nigerian Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has so farfacilitated over N148 billion in finance and investments for agriculture and agribusiness in the country since its inception in 2016.  Its Managing Director, Mr Abdulhameed Aliyu, made the disclosure in Abuja at an interactive …

The Managing Director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu, has said that Nigeria needs appropriate policies that will attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country. Chukwu, in his presentation at a virtual workshop organised by the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria(CAMCAN) with the theme, “Addressing Nigeria’s Fiscal …

Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) kick started the new trading week on a positive note as buying interest in highly capitalized stocks saw the All Share Index (ASI) rising by 0.33 per cent. The bears had gained footing in the domestic bourse in four trading …

From Uche Usim, Abuja Jaiz Bank Plc is seeking to boost access to financing for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), through the newly-introduced Hajj Savings Scheme it is running in collaboration with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) States’ Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards.   The Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad …

Ecobank Nigeria, a wholly owned subsidiary of leading pan-African banking giant, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’), , announced that it has successfully priced its USD 300 million bond issuance maturing in February 2026, with settlement of the bond to take place on 16 February 2021. The fixed-rate, US dollar-denominated bond, with …

As a total sucker for anything skimming-related, I was interested to hear from a reader working security for a retail chain in the United States who recently found Bluetooth-enabled skimming devices placed over top of payment card terminals at several stores. Interestingly, these skimmers interfered with the terminal’s ability to …

The number of people being targeted by fake relationship-seekers has spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More

The US Cyber Command has released a series of ten Valentine’s Day “Cryptography Challenge Puzzles.” Slashdot thread. Reddit thread. (And here’s the archived link, in case Cyber Command takes the page down.) Read More

A 33-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly hacking into his former employer’s computer system to plant ransomware.Read More

A researcher has uncovered disturbing security holes in a widely-used CCTV service designed to let parents remotely watch their children playing at nursery. Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.Read More