Tag: World Bank
World Bank, EU empower youths on tomatoes farming
The State Employment and Expenditure For Results Project (SEEFOR), an intervention project of the World Bank and European Union (EU),…
$611m credit approved for out-of-school programme
The World Bank has approved a credit of 611 million dollars to support Nigeria in bringing back out-of-school children into…
Ill-prepared nations to battle pandemic diseases – World Bank
The World Bank said on Thursday that nations are failing to invest enough money to prevent the potential global spread…
FG collaborates with World Bank, AfDB to construct roads
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, is to construct 700 kilometres…
World Bank support to EFCC
The World Bank is to support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the areas of facilities and capacity…
World Bank to provide technical support to ICRC’s project
The World Bank says it will provide the required technical support to ensure the implementation of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory…
Developing countries hit by falling remittances – World Bank
The World Bank on Friday said people working away from home sent less money back to developing countries in 2016…
Kenya needs 2m homes to curb sprawling slums, World Bank says
Kenya needs to build two million affordable city homes to meet its housing deficit and stem the growth of its…
World Bank to combat hunger in Nigeria
World Bank Group President Jim Yong-Kim on Thursday said the bank was working toward raising 1.6 billion dollars to build…
World Bank, Sokoto government to rehabilitate dam, irrigation scheme
The World Bank and the Sokoto State Government are committing N9 billion to rehabilitate Lugu Dam and resuscitate Wurno Irrigation…
Nigeria seeks $2.3 billion loan from World Bank, China
Nigeria wants to borrow at least $1 billion from the World Bank and to sign within months for a $1.3…
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Nigeria will get out of recession in 2017- World Bank
After plunging into its worst recession in over two decades, the World Bank projects that Nigeria will get out of…
World Bank tasks Nigeria on malnutrition
Mr Luc Laviolette, Programme Leader, Human Development, World Bank, said one-third (about 33 percent) of children in Nigeria under five…
Lagos, World Bank partner on delivering affordable housing units
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government is partnering with the World Bank to deliver qualitative and affordable housing units to…
Ajimobi wants review of Oyo State partnership with World Bank
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has called for the restructuring of the state’s working relationship with the World Bank…