Bauchi: W'Bank Approves $2m Intervention to Tackle Ecological Problems The World Bank has approved $2 million to address environmental issues in Bauchi State under the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Aridlandscapes Project. Governor Bala Mohammed, revealed this on Wednesday at a opening ceremony of a four-day Stakeholders’ Engagement...

World Bank President to Step Down in June The World Bank's President, David Malpass, says he would resign from his position by the end of June. He said he would step down by June 30. This is about a year before his term would have ended. The...

World Bank, IMF Others Warn CBN Against Naira Swap Deadline The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have urged the the Central Bank of Nigeria to extend the currency swap time limit, noting that the short timeframe was causing hardships in the country. The advice...

Naira, Fuel Crises Could Disrupt Nigeria's Elections - World Bank The World Bank has reported that the incessant fuel scarcity and lack of access the new naira notes may influence uncertainty ahead of the February 25 and March 10 elections in the country. The Bank Country...

Kwara Govt Secures World Bank N887m Projects Fund   The Executive Secretary of Kwara’s Health Care Development Agency, Dr Nusirat Elelu, has said the state has secured World Bank’s funding to support infrastructure upgrade in at least one primary healthcare facility in each of the 193...

World Bank: 28.9million Nigerians, Others Depend on Food Assistance According to World Bank, twenty-eight million nine hundred thousand people living in Nigeria and other West and Central African countries depend on emergency food assistance for survival. This is despite an above-average yield in the 2022/23 agricultural...