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The president has approved that $150 million be taken from the Sovereign Wealth Account, in support of the Federal Account ...

The labour movement expressed displeasure that Nigeria was excluded from the list of benefitting countries announced by IMF.

The payment service providers were engaged by the federal government to make the cash transfers to the poor on its ...

Nigeria’s government had earlier requested financial assistance under the Fund’s Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI).

Mr Ghebreyesu said debt relief is essential for developing countries, to enable them to take care of their people and ...

With 59 cases, Lagos remains the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria, with Abuja trailing behind with 14 cases.

The World Bank says coronavirus relief package will cover the next 15 months.

The African finance ministers met on March 19 in a virtual conference to exchange ideas on the efforts of their ...

The governor says launch of coal city rice, seven other agric products underway.

The projects cuts across 22 centres in West and Central Africa.

The World Bank said the approved projects are to support Nigeria’s development priorities.

The 12 states missed out of the N1.37 billion for not meeting the eligibility criteria.

The central banks of Britain, the eurozone, Japan, Canada, Sweden and Switzerland announced a plan in January to share their ...

"Through our bank’s intervention, one of the companies we funded did the first major export of shea butter out of ...

Residents of Olorunda in Oyo State have never had electricity. There is also no school, hospital, potable water and others ...

World Bank said land administration problems must be checked in order to improve Nigeria's ease of doing business ranking.

The agency says the federal government is responsible for 80 per cent of the debt.

Nigeria emerged 131 out of 190 countries, up from 146th position last year.

"What this means is that if there were to be oil price fluctuations and production allocation from the centre were ...

The fund was derived from recovered Abacha loot and an International Development Association (IDA) credit.

Mr Buhari addressed the country's historically poor collection of records and statistics needed for national planning.

The World Bank says the region’s economy was expected to grow 2.6 per cent this year, from a 2.8 per ...

The World Bank is expected to release the full report later this month.

Mr Chaudhuri, a U.S. national who grew up in India, joined the World Bank in 2004 and has held several ...

World Bank Vice President said the loan would enable the Nigerian economy to be more competitive for the development of ...