US President Donald Trump has nominated a former Wall Street banker to head the World Bank. Trump on Wednesday picked David Malpass, an outspoken World Bank critic in what is ...
The World Bank Group has released details of how its new president would emerge following following the announcement of the current President, Jim Yong Kim, that he will be stepping ...
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on Monday announced that he will be stepping down from his position after more than six years in office. “It has been a ...
Central African Republic landed a windfall on Tuesday, at least on paper, when Russian state bank VTB reported it had lent the country 12 billion dollars. However, the bank then ...
Tanzania’s second-biggest donor Denmark said it would withhold 10 million dollars worth of aid funds, citing concerns over human rights abuses and “unacceptable homophobic comments’’ made by a government official. ...
Nigeria has dropped by one step on the World Bank Ease of Doing Business index. The country now ranks 146 out of 190 countries as against 145 last year. New ...
Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) DG and World Bank Vice President, Ms Arunma Oteh, will leave her position at the World Bank to join Oxford University, Reuters reports. Ms ...
The World Bank has expressed worry at Nigeria's low investment in health and education, describing the outcomes as poor. This comes as the country was ranked 152 out of 157 countries ...
The World Bank on Thursday announced the approval of $2.1bn loan for seven projects to be executed in Nigeria. World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Rachid Benmessaoud, who issued a ...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has described the three senators representing the state in the National Assembly as useless and ignorant. The governor made the comment on Friday, five weeks ...
The World Bank representative in Nigeria, Mr. Tunde Adekola, has commended the Oyo State Government on the 2016/2017 Annual School Census report. The World Bank representative gave the recommendation on ...
The World Bank has disagreed with the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on the need for the Federal Government to borrow more in order to develop the nation’s infrastructure ...
President Muhammadu Buhari has put up an explanation for the comment recently attributed to the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim. Kim, speaking at a press conference in ...
The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s ...
Although Nigeria’s total current debt is relatively low compared to its Gross Domestic Product, interest rate payment is not sustainable by current revenues, the World Bank has said. Senior Economist ...
