A Nigerian human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has called on the Nigerian government should reduce its reliance on the economic predictions and policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and join the economic bloc Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS).
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The Federal Government and the World Bank are targeting three billion dollars to fund additional 120,000km fibre optic cables to leap frog broadband infrastructure and connectivity in Nigeria.
According to ASHENEWS, the World Bank has identified Sokoto and six other states in the Northwest and Northeast regions of Nigeria as potential areas that may experience food crisis. The reason behind this is the high level of insecurity and armed conflicts that have led to a decrease in the standard of living across these regions.
Taraba state government with support from the World Bank, on Thursday inaugurated a livestock productivity resilience project for 41,000 households to enhance their livelihoods.
Federal Government has unveiled plan to upscale its World Bank-partnered project, the Nigeria for Women Project (NFWP) to target more rural communities for economic empowerment.
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has expressed his administration’s readiness to partner with the World Bank to scale…
The Borno Government and the World Bank has trained 270 stakeholders drawn from the 27 Local Government Areas on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).
The World Bank, on Wednesday, expressed its vision to channel its intervention “Global South” countries to economic inclusion of women and children in the global economy.
The senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Jimoh Ibrahim will, from October 9 to 15, attend the ancillary meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Marrakech, Morocco.
The World Bank says rising instability, weak growth in the region’s largest economies, and lingering uncertainty in the global economy are dragging down growth prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).