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THE minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has received the executive director for Angola, Nigeria and South Africa (ANSA) Constituency at the World Bank, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, weekend for a strategic…

Borno State Government has finalized a 10-year scale up of all malaria interventions across the state through a soft credit support from the World Bank. Addressing a press conference on Sunday to mark the 2021 World Malaria…

The World Bank has predicted that the effects of COVID-19 pandemic could see further drastic deterioration in the standards of living of Nigerians and push a fresh 20 million citizens into poverty by 2022. Although the…

Nigeria recorded its worst decline in more than a decade with a 6.1 per cent contraction in Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of 2020, according to a World Bank report. ‎The latest edition of the World Bank’s…

The World Bank has extended its funding support for the implementation of the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) in Nigeria. The CSDP is a community-driven development project aimed at‎ improving access to services…

... We're not afraid of MoUs, governor insists On the back of successes recorded by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in the education sector, the World Bank has approved a $75 million facility to support the governor’s…

Following World Bank’s approval of $114.28m credit and grant for COVID-19 for Nigeria, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has asked the global financial institution to prevail on the federal and 36 state governors…

The World Bank Board of Directors on Friday approved a total of $114.28m for Nigeria. The amount is meant to help Nigeria prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 with a specific focus on state level responses. ‎The…

The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a total of $300 million in International Development Association (IDA) as credits and grants to support reforms that will help promote electricity trade in West Africa. The West…