Tag: IMF
IMF approves debt relief for 19 African countries(The List)
The International Monetary Fund on Monday announced immediate debt relief for 25 poor countries, to help them free up funds…
IMF chief: World faces worst economic crisis since Great Depression
The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted an economic crisis unlike any other in the past century and will require a massive…
Finance Minister Ahmed: Nigeria seeks $3.5b loan from IMF, AfDB
Nigeria’s finance minister Zainab Ahmed said the country has applied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Development Bank…
Chicken pox scare for delegates at IMF/World Bank Washington meeting
The International Monetary Fund has issued a chicken pox warning to all delegates who attended the recent IMF/World Bank Annual…
The DATA Manipulators
By Babafemi Ojudu It was a sore point he touched. President Muhammadu Buhari who is not known for diplomatese…
IMF board settles for Kristalina Georgieva as successor to Lagarde
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today selected Kristalina Georgieva, from Bulgaria, to serve as IMF Managing…
EU backs Georgieva as IMF’s new MD
EU ministers on Friday chose the Bulgarian number two of the World Bank Kristalina Georgieva as the bloc's candidate to…
Christine Largarde formally bows out of IMF
The International Monetary Fund has now formally accepted the resignation of its managing director, Christine Lagarde, who has been appointed…
Lagarde quits IMF for ECB presidency, Lipton steps in
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the appointment of David Lipton, first deputy Managing director…
IMF worries over rise in internally displaced persons in Nigeria
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is concerned with the rising numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria…
IMF tells Nigeria, others to end fuel subsidy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Nigeria and other countries still subsidising fuel for domestic consumption to stop doing…
Nigeria’s second worst country in the world in use of sovereign wealth funds – IMF
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Wednesday ranked Nigeria as the second worst country in the world in the use…
Storms clouds gathering for global economy, IMF warns
One of the International Monetary Fund’s top officials warned on Tuesday that `storm clouds’ were gathering over the global economy.
Nigeria’s economy to grow by 1.9% – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says Nigeria is expected to grow by 1.9 per cent in 2018, up from 0.8…
IMF board approves $56bn loan package for Argentina
The International Monetary Fund executive board on Friday approved a $56 billion loan package for Argentina to help stabilize the…