Tag: World Bank
CRPP condemns Edo PDP Chairman, senators for opposing N14.7bn World Bank loan
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The chairman of Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has been thoroughly…
Reps. to examine Edo State’s $75m credit request from World Bank
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday, raised a seven-man ad hoc committee to examine the…
World Bank Endorsement Vindicates Aregbesola
By Bisi Yusuff Looking at the events unfolding in the State of Osun, “Ipinle Omoluwabi,” especially in the past few…
Ex-DG of SEC, Arunma Oteh, appointed World Bank VP, Treasurer
Eromosele Ebhomele The former Director-General of the Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms. Arunma Oteh, has been appointed Vice…
Buhari lauds World Bank’s decision to use $2.1bn to rebuild Northeast
The World Bank has unfolded a package which would see it spending up to $2.1 billion in rebuilding the badly…
Buhari meets with Obama, World Bank, Bill Gates Foundation
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived Washington DC on four-day official visit to United States where he would discuss bilateral…
World Bank, IMF to improve tax system in developing countries
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have said they would establish an initiative to help developing countries…
Oil prices fall as World Bank cuts economic growth outlook
Crude oil futures fell on Thursday as the World Bank cut its global economic growth forecast, ending a two-day rally…
World Bank to support Nigeria’s power sector with N294bn
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on Monday said that the World Bank would support the Nigeria’s power sector with…
World Bank warns of calamity if Ebola lessons are ignored
Millions of lives could be lost in a global pandemic if the international community repeats its tardy response to West…
W.Bank engages 160 refuse disposal contractors in Delta
Benson Ojoko, the Coordinator of the World Bank’s State Employment and Expenditure for Result (SEEFOR) project in Delta, said it…
World Bank needs 5,000 more health workers to fight Ebola
World Bank President Jim Kim said on Tuesday in Addis Ababa that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa required additional…
We’re running Nigeria’s economy effectively – Okonjo-Iweala
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday assured the international community that the Federal Government had put necessary…
World Bank CFO gives up bonus after uproar
The World Bank’s top chief financial officer Bertrand Badre gave up a controversial $94,000 bonus after a staff uproar over…
World Bank Ranks Ogun State High
The constitutional role of the government in any society is to improve the welfare of its citizens at all levels…