Tag: World Bank
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…
Bharti Airtel Appoints Ezekwesili As Director
Former World Bank Vice President For Africa, Ms Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili has been appointed director in Bharti Airtel following restructuring…
World Bank Gives FG $180m For ICT Training
The Federal Government and the World Bank have earmarked $180 million for the training of graduates of tertiary institutions in…
Falana Blames World Bank For Nigeria’s Corruption
Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused the World Bank of being responsible for the endemic corruption in Nigeria. Falana, who…
World Bank: 6 charged in Nigeria for embezzlement
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Felix Maduegbuna, Stephen Fakrogha and Mbakwha Cooperative Society on one hand;…
Ezekwesili Promotes Reading Culture
In a bid to promote reading culture, former Minister of Education and former Vice President of The World Bank, Dr.…
World Bank projects little global economic growth
The World Bank on Tuesday projected “weak growth” for the global economy this year under pressure from Europe’s debt crisis…
Nestle Shareholders Approve N7bn Dividends
The shareholders of Nestle Nigeria Plc have approve a total dividend of N7bn, amounting to N11.05 kobo per share for…
Lagos Shops For N31 Billion From World Bank
The Lagos State Government is on the verge of accessing a N31.4 billion ($200 million) World Bank intervention loan for…
Declare War On Power, Oba Of Benin Tells Jonathan
In order for foreign investors to take Nigeria seriously, President Goodluck Jonathan have been advised to make power generation a…
World Bank Job: Lawyers Commend Okonjo-Iweala
Some lawyers in Lagos have described Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s failure to win the World Bank presidency as a sign of…
Kim gets World Bank Job, Okonjo Iweala Loses out
The World Bank’s directors met Monday to decide who will be the powerful institution’s next chief. Just as has been…
World Bank Post Not Decided On Merit —Okonjo-Iweala
The Nigerian candidate to head the World Bank said on Monday that the appointment was not being decided on merit…
Edo gets $75m aid from World Bank
World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $75 million concessional credit to the Edo State Government for its…
Brazil: BRICS to back consensus candidate for World Bank
The BRICS emerging economic giants will join together to back a single candidate to lead the World Bank, Brazil’s finance…
Okonjo Iweala’s rival gets Japan’s nod
Japan’s government on Sunday threw its backing behind Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee to be the next World Bank…
Okonjo-Iweala opens campaign for World Bank job
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s finance minister and super minister, who has the endorsement of her country, South Africa and Angola for…
Okonjo Iweala, 2 others confirmed for WB race
The World Bank announced Friday three candidates to succeed outgoing president Robert Zoellick, one nominated by the United States and…
Okonjo Iweala, others Tipped for World Bank Presidency
Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is among the candidates being proposed to take over the presidency of the World Bank,…
World Bank to pick new chief April
The World Bank said Friday it would select a new president to succeed Robert Zoellick by April 20, the start…
LCDA Partners World Bank On Infrastructure Dev
The Chairman, Orile-Agege Council Development Area, Taofeek Abiodun Adaranijo, is partnering the World Bank for effective development of the council…
World Bank Approves $82m For Kainji Dam
The Chief Executive Officer of Kainji Hydro Electricity PLC, Reuben Akinwumi, says the World Bank has approved a $82 million…
World Bank Lauds Progress On Power Sector
The World Bank says it is satisfied with the progress recorded in Nigeria’s power sector, six months after the launch…