Tag: World Bank
World Bank Reports 7% Poverty Reduction in Nigeria since 2020
The World Bank has estimated that improved access to internet coverage over three years led to a seven per cent reduction in extreme poverty...
World Bank approves $750m facility to expand clean energy access
The World Bank has given the green light to the Nigeria Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) project with a substantial International Development...
Labour Union Slams World Bank’s Proposal to Raise Petrol Price, Calls...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to dismiss a suggestion from the World Bank to price petrol at N750 per...
Fire guts World Bank project office in Yobe
Fire guts World Bank project office in Yobe
The Damaturu, Yobe State coordination office of the Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, (MCRP), a World Bank assisted...
N87trn debt: SERAP asks World Bank to suspend loans to Nigeria’s...
N87trn debt: SERAP asks World Bank to suspend loans to Nigeria’s 36 states
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has written to the World...
Suspend loans to states, SERAP urges World Bank
Citing claims of misappropriation of public monies, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has requested the World Bank to stop lending to Nigeria's 36...
AfDB to disburse $618m to Nigeria for digital, creative enterprises
African Development Bank, AfDB, has finalised arrangements to disburse 618 million dollars to Nigeria under the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprise, i-DICE, programme.
AfDB’s...
China’s slowing economy to affect Nigeria – IMF
China’s declining growth is set to affect Nigeria’s economic fortune, the International Monetary Fund has disclosed.
IMF noted that because China has forged deep economic...
FEC approves $1.5bn, $80m World Bank, AfDB Loans
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting on Monday...
Ministry of Education, World Bank to train 50,000 youths on digital...
Ministry of Education,World Bank to train 50,000 youths on digital skills
The World Bank and the Federal Ministry of Education have said their target is...