AGS Daily Juice
FG issues reviewed protocol for international passengers from UK and South Africa
AGS Community News
The AGS Tribe APP is live
We finally unveiled our mystery product - The AGS Tribe APP built especially for you. The AGS Tribe App is live and ready to serve you. Download the App now to get access to tons of opportunities - grants, loans, scholarships, jobs, etc. Get the Gold membership and enjoy tons of discounts off our many partner stores! It’s very emotional for us to see this dream come alive; we are certain it will be a game-changer for today’s woman. Learn more
Business
FG issues reviewed protocol for international passengers from UK and South Africa
The Federal Government, through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19, has reviewed the quarantine protocol for all passengers originating from the United Kingdom and South Africa with effect from December 28, 2020. This follows the recent spike in cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria and the reported a highly transmissible new variant of the virus in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Read more
Naira gains significantly at black market as demand for dollars drop
Forex turnover dropped by 16%, as the Naira’s exchange rate at the NAFEX window remained stable against the dollar to close at N392/$1 during intra-day trading on Thursday, December 24. Also, the Naira appreciated significantly against the dollar – closing at N465/$1 at the parallel market on Thursday, December 24, 2020 – as demand for foreign exchange drops. Read more
Bank of Industry seals landmark $1 billion syndicated term loan
The Bank of Industry has announced the successful conclusion of a landmark $1 billion loan syndication transaction, in a bid to improve its capacity to support MSMEs. This is according to a verified post on the website of the Bank of Industry, seen by Nairametrics. Read more
CBN: Naira recovery against dollar to begin February 2021
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the naira will begin recovery against the dollar and other global currencies from February 2021. This was contained in the latest CBN Business Expectation Survey released by its Statistics Department. The survey respondent firms, however, envisage higher interest rates from January, March till June 2021. Read more
20 doctors’ death: NMA submits proposal to FG Jan, seeks prevention training
The Nigerian Medical Association on Sunday said it was disturbed by the death of medical doctors as a result of COVID-19, saying it would in January write the Federal Government on the need to train health workers in infection prevention. The NMA President, Professor Innocent Ujah, stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Makurdi, while reacting to the death of 20 medical doctors within one week as a result of COVID-19. Read more
Airlines will pay $3,500/passenger for COVID-19 guidelines’ violators
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has vowed to fine airlines $3,500 for each passenger that refuses to adhere to the new travel protocols announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Read more
Social
Ronaldo beats Messi to Player of the Century
Dubai’s Globe Soccer Awards have officially crowned Cristiano Ronaldo as the Player of the Century, with the Juventus forward beating Lionel Messi to the honour. Ronaldo has secured the award with 33% of the vote, whilst Barcelona great Messi had 20%. Just six players ended up with a vote of 2% or more, in chronological order they were; Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah, Messi, Ronaldinho, Robert Lewandowski and Zinedine Zidane. Read more
Rita Dominic shows off her man Fidelis Anosike on Instagram
Okay, guys, it looks like Rita Dominic has for the first time revealed the identity of her partner. The movie star took to her Instagram page on Saturday, December 26, 2020, where she showed off her man, Fidelis Anosike. Read more
Nigerian Rapper, Biglo Dies From Kidney Disease
Nigerian rapper, Biglo, has died after battling with kidney disease. The development was confirmed to Punch, by his colleague, Jazzman Olofin, adding that the rapper died on Christmas day. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
“Find your own truth and get in your own lane. You can't drive for others. Change starts within you. Love and find peace within yourself before you try to spread love to the rest of the world.” - Ussama faiz
About AGS Tribe
The AGS Tribe is a Pan African community built to inspire, connect and build the capacity of young entrepreneurs and professionals. The main purpose of the AGS Tribe is to build a community of strong leaders (Entrepreneurs or Professionals) who will create more job opportunities that will ultimately reduce unemployment in Africa.
The Platform has 3 focus areas which are:
Promoting youth entrepreneurship as a tool to reduce youth unemployment and promote economic growth
Women Empowerment through our AGS Impact Fund and AGS Enterprise Challenge
Capacity building for entrepreneurs and nonprofits
Click on this link https://www.agstribe.org/community/to join our community of entrepreneurs and young professionals.