Tag: World Bank
GDP Rebasing Public Relations Gimmick —APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an orchestrated distraction and a mindless public relations gimmick the ongoing hullabaloo…
GDP Rebasing: Raise Per Capita Income, World Bank Tells FG
The World Bank has urged the Federal Government to strive to raise its citizens’ per capita income to justify the…
World Bank offers $3billion aid to Ukraine
The World Bank said Monday it is prepared to offer $3 billion in aid to Ukraine this year to support…
Anti-gay law: Uganda accuses World Bank of blackmail
Uganda accused the World Bank of blackmail Friday after the lender stalled a $90-million loan over the east African nation’s…
World Bank says no money for nuclear power
The World Bank and United Nations on Wednesday appealed for billions of dollars to provide electricity for the poorest nations…
UNIJOS wins $8m grant from World Bank
A Nigerian university in the city of Jos has received an eight million dollar grant from the World Bank to…
Nigeria faults World Bank chief on ‘100 Million Destitute’ claim
Nigeria’s federal government has described recent statement by World Bank Country Director, Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly that 100 million Nigerians are living…
World Bank: 400 million children live in extreme poverty
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE/Agency Report The World Bank has said that though the number of people living in extreme poverty around the…
Gully Erosion: Edo To Borrow $100m From Wold Bank
Worried by the huge financial strength needed to tackle the menace of gully erosion in the state, Edo State government…
Nigeria, second worst in electricity—World Bank Report
A report released by the World Bank and some foreign organisations has shown Nigeria taking the ignominious position of the…
World Bank sets 2030 date for end of poverty
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The World Bank gathered the might of the international community Saturday behind its audacious plan to eradicate…
Rice Production: Lagos To Get N31.6bn World Bank Loan
The World Bank intends to provide a credit of N31.6 billion ($200 million) to Lagos State to boost rice production,…
Lagos Must Tackle Transport Problem, Says World Bank
By Eromosele Ebhomele As the World Bank expresses fears that the number of vehicles on roads around the world would…
IMF, World Bank warn on West Africa’s food emergency
The IMF and World Bank on Saturday raised the alarm on the “humanitarian emergency” in West Africa’s Sahel region, where…
African women spend billions of hours in search of water
An average of 2.6 billion hours is lost yearly in sub- Sahara Africa by women in search of water, Ms…