Tag: World Bank
World Bank Suspends Financing to Uganda in Response to Controversial Anti-LGBTQ Law
In a significant stance against discrimination and human rights violations, the World Bank has announced the suspension of new financing ...
I’m Working Day and Night to Solve Our Challenges – Tinubu Assures Nigerians in Eid al-Adha Message; Lagos State Govt Approves Collection of Vehicle Ownership Verification Fee | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss I’m ...
Golden Eaglets Eliminated from U17 AFCON, Miss World Cup Qualification; Budget Office, World Bank Disapprove of Buhari’s Borrowing Spree | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss Golden Eaglets Eliminated from ...
President Buhari’s Last-Minute $800 Million Loan Request Sparks Concerns and Economic Debate
With just 18 days remaining until President Muhammadu Buhari hands over the reins of power to President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ...
We’re awaiting authorisation from Sudanese govt for evacuation – FG; Nigeria’s debt to World Bank reaches N6tn | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss We’re awaiting authorisation from ...
ASUU suspends strike after eight months; Court discharges, acquits Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism charges | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
ASUU suspends strike after eight months Court discharges, acquits Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism charges Nigeria faces ban for pulling out ...
Profile of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Nominee for YNaija Person of the Year 2021
When you speak about inspiration to women, it doesn’t get any higher than what Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala represents. A volley ...
‘I don get alert’: Yet another loan as World Bank approves Nigeria’s $1.5 bn request | The #YNaijaCover
It is no secret, Nigeria and its leaders have grown a penchant for borrowing. The nation’s debt profile keeps increasing ...
Africa is proud of Okonjo-Iweala and Harris but is the society ready for what their careers demand?
When women break free of gender and social restrictions to attain lofty positions in their careers, they easily become societal ...
Is Sowore truly against Okonjo-Iweala’s aspiration to be WTO Director-General?
“Okonjo-Iweala obtained American citizenship in 2019, her spokeswoman told Bloomberg News, after spending most of her career at the World ...
5 Things that Should Matter Today: Anthony Joshua set to pocket $85million from his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jnr
The purses for Saturday night’s world heavyweight championship rematch between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jnr in Saudi Arabia have ...
The #NextLevel on Power is Buhari’s promise to improve electricity
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is providing clean uninterrupted off-grid embedded solar power to 16 key economic clusters/markets around Nigeria through ...
NGF ranks Edo as best reform-driven state
According to a representative of the World Bank, Umar Hamza, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum has ranked the Edo State Government as ...
The YNaija Cover this evening – the 31st of October
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: Kachikwu says Nigeria will soon begin tracking its crude ...
World Bank rates Nigeria high on “Doing Business” and Osinbajo can’t hold his joy
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the World Bank’s latest “Doing Business” report that saw Nigeria moving up ...
Farooq Kperogi: World Bank, Buhari, and Presidential Subnationalism
by Farooq A. Kperogi World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, in a news conference on October 12, reported President ...
Opinion: Against the architecture of foreign aid
by James Inedu George The architecture of AID, from foreign NGOs and a host of international donors, was intended to ...
Farooq Kperogi: Nigerians are right to be suspicious of Buhari
by Farooq Kperogi I finally got a chance to read the text of the interview in which World Bank president ...
The YNaija Cover this morning – the 16th of October
“We have been having successive accidental leaders since 1999” – Na’Abba President Buhari might just make someone’s dreams come ...
We have investments scattered across Nigeria – World Bank
World Bank Group says it has an investment portfolio of about $8.5 billion scattered across states and regions in Nigeria. ...
The Thread: This is why the South-East treatment differs from the North
Co-founder of Transparency Intl, Oby Ezekwesili yesterday defended Buhari’s decision to tell the World Bank to focus on the North ...
“Nigeria is now more divided than ever before” | Fayose attacks Buhari over World Bank request
The governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose says President Muhammadu Buhari is the “number one promoter of disunity in Nigeria”. He ...
3 governors from the South were present during Buhari’s request to the World Bank – Shettima
The governor of Borno, Kashim Shettima said five Governors, three of them representing the Southsouth, Southeast and Southwest and the ...
The YNaija Cover this evening – the 13th of October
Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on YNaija: “Let ethnic warriors sheathe their swords” | Presidency ...
“Let ethnic warriors sheathe their swords” | Presidency clarifies Buhari’s World Bank request
The Presidency has Friday, clarified what President Muhammadu Buhari aims to achieve when he asked the World Bank to focus ...
The YNaija Tracklist: Buhari told us to focus on Northern Nigeria – World Bank | Stop Saraki, Senate from investigating me | IGP tells court | More stories
From the papers this morning – a tracklist. How much EFCC has recovered through whistleblowers – Magu – YNaija PDP ...
Buhari told us to focus on Northern Nigeria – World Bank
President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim on Thursday said the bank’s concentration on Northern Nigeria was as a ...
[The Activism Blog] World Bank releases N30m to Kaduna schools
In its bid to improve teaching and learning facilities at a UBE Primary School with 22,240 pupils in Rigasa, a ...
33,000 teachers took a primary 4 test in Kaduna and this happened
About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers have reportedly failed the primary four test administered to test their competence by the ...
Nigeria will record an inflow of $22bn from foreign remittances in 2017 – World Bank
The World Bank says Nigeria will record an inflow of $22 billion from foreign remittances in 2017 – an increase ...
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- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
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- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy