Tag: World Bank
Why We Approached World Bank For Loan—Ogun Govt
The Ogun government on Monday explained why it approached the World Bank to secure a $350 million loan.
World Bank Provides Zambia $600m For Development Projects
The World Bank has provided 600 million dollars to Zambia to invest in various sectors of the economy as well…
World Bank to rank Nigerian states on Ease of Doing Business
Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will be ranked based on an assessment of the ease of…
FADAMA, World Bank to train 300 youths in Niger
The FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) Programme says it is collaborating with the World Bank in training 300 graduates in…
World Bank earmarks $620 million grant to tackle menace of out-of-school Children
The World Bank has disclosed that it has set aside the sum of $620 million as grant specifically meant to…
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…
Presidency hails World Bank report on Nigeria
The Presidency says the World Bank’s Doing Business R2017 Report, released on Tuesday is an indication that the government’s reform…
World Bank to partner Akwa Ibom on erosion project
The Akwa Ibom Government says it is partnering with the World Bank to execute erosion control project worth N52 billion…
World Bank earmarks $500m for basic education in Nigeria
The World Bank has set aside 500 million dollars as a grant to fund basic education in five states for…
4 World Bank officials drown in Ekiti dam
Four World Bank officials had been reportedly drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti…
World Bank supports agricultural sector with $50m
The World Bank has pledged to support Nigeria’s agricultural sector with 50 million dollars towards the restoration of agricultural livelihood…
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Why details of Abacha’s loot are being delayed- World Bank
The World Bank has again asked for more time to release details on the spending of recovered loot by late…
IDPs, vulnerable groups to benefit from World Bank $7m in Edo
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), less privileged and physically challenged are among the vulnerable groups expected to benefit from the World…
World Bank approves $575m support for Nigeria’s North East
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved 575 million dollars additional financing in International Development Association (IDA) credit…
World Bank commends Nigeria for implementing agric programme
World Bank supervision team has commended the implementation of West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) in Nigeria. The team gave…
Abacha Loot: World Bank to release spending
The World Bank is set to release more information on the spending of recovered loot by late General Sani Abacha…