World Bank announces appointment of new Country Director for Nigeria Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Oct 2, 2019 The World Bank has appointed Mr. Shubham Chaudhuri as the new Country Director for Nigeria, succeeding Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud who!-->…
Nigeria makes World Bank’s list for top-20 “improvers in doing business” Olusegun Kugbayi Sep 28, 2019 The World Bank Doing Business (DB) team has announced Nigeria as one of the top-20 improvers in doing business out of 190!-->…
Nigeria approaches World Bank for fresh $2.5bn loan Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Sep 20, 2019 Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has assured the Federal Government that!-->…
Business World Bank announces appointment of new president Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Apr 6, 2019 The Executive Directors of the World Bank on Friday unanimously selected David Malpass as President of the World Bank Group for!-->…
Kim’s Resignation: World Bank commences selection process for new… Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Jan 11, 2019 The World Bank on Thursday said it has commenced a process that will lead to the selection of a new president. The!-->!-->!-->…
BREAKING: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim resigns, appoints successor Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Jan 7, 2019 In a surprise move, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Monday announced that he will step down from his position on February 1!-->…
FG assures 36 states, FCT of easy access to World Bank’s $750m loan, grant Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Dec 15, 2018 The Federal Government has disclosed that 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, will soon access World…
World Bank projects slow GDP growth for Nigeria in 2018 Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Nov 29, 2018 The World Bank in its latest report released on Wednesday has projected a slow growth in Nigeria’s economy in 2018. According to…
We accept responsibility for misleading Nigeria to ignore education, health… Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Oct 11, 2018 The World Bank says it “has to take some responsibility’’ for advising Nigeria and other African countries to invest more in…
Nigeria ranks 152 out of 157 countries on World Bank’s Human Capital Index Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Oct 11, 2018 Nigeria has been ranked among the seven worst countries in the newly released World Bank’s Human Capital Index. In the index that…