Tag: World Bank
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…
World Bank to provide 2,000 jobs in Delta
Benson Ojoko, the Coordinator, World Bank’s State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) in Delta, said the project would employ…
Fayemi rates self high as World Bank inaugurates scheme
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Friday said his administration had repositioned the state and put it in the limelight…
Amosun expresses delight at World Bank report on Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun has expressed happiness over the World Bank Group report titled “Doing Business in…
World Bank approves $500m for SME in Nigeria
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved 500-million-dollar credit for Medium and Small Scale Enterprises in…
World Bank adds $170 mn to fight Ebola
The World Bank boosted its aid to the campaign against the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa on Thursday, adding…
Chinese firm to establish cassava processing industry
The Coordinator of Fadama 111 Project in Cross River, Mr Bassey Elemi, has said that a Chinese firm will establish…
12 states to receive $350m to boost water supply – World Bank
At least 12 states in the country are to receive a $350 million (about N56 billion) World Bank support to…
The Fate Of Indigent OAU Students
Since last month, Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, was shut following a protest by students…
We did not steal World Bank N13.5bn loan – Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday explained that his government did not steal Education loan it got from…
World Bank sees ‘flat’ growth for developing countries
The World Bank lowered its 2014 growth forecasts for the global economy Tuesday, but said advanced economies’ rebound from a…
EU, World Bank donates N48bn for youth employment in 4 states
The European Union and World Bank contributed 300 million dollars (N48 billion) grant for the implementation of “State Employment and…
Escape To Europe: Human Security Angle
By Femi G. Oguntoyinbo Africa, especially sub-Saharan Africa, seems to be the centre of world attention when it comes to…
World Bank gives Bauchi $50m education grant
The Bauchi State Government said it accessed 50 million dollars (N8.5 billion) grant from the World bank for the improvement…
Nigerian Rebasing And The Making Of A Phantom Economy
By Peter Claver Oparah And so storm tossed and weather beaten Nigerians woke up on Saturday, 5 April to hear…
Delusion Of Grandeur
By Bayo Onanuga Nigeria recently announced itself on the world stage as Africa’s biggest economy, eclipsing South Africa, which has…
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…