The Nigerian Federal Government is negotiating with the World Bank to conclude the procedures for securing loans surpassing $1 billion. Naija News gathered that these funds...
A new World Bank report has left Nigeria out as it listed Argentina, Egypt, Zimbabwe and Palestine among the top 10 Nations with the worst food...
Right lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), has advised President Bola Tinubu to reject the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and of the World Bank, arguing...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, met with a delegation from the World Bank at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Naija News reports that the delegation...
Due to high levels of instability and military conflicts that have lowered living conditions throughout the northern region, the World Bank has warned that seven states in...
Nigeria’s GDP is expected to increase by 3.7% in 2025, according to World Bank predictions. The largest economy in Africa is expected to grow by 3.3%,...
The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has said that Nigeria is in talks with the World Bank for up to $1.5 billion in funding to alleviate...
The World Bank has disclosed that only 0.1% of poor and vulnerable Nigerians expected to benefit from the federal government’s N25,000 cash palliative have gotten the...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Sunny Onuesoke has urged the federal government to ignore the demand by World Bank...
A new World Bank report has revealed that Nigeria and other low and middle-income countries paid a record $443.5 billion to service their external public and...
The former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has slammed the World Bank over its suggestion to the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government. Naija News recalls that...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NCL) has cautioned the Federal Government against raising petrol prices to N750/litre, as advised by the World Bank. NLC’s Head of Information,...
The Federal Government has countered the World Bank’s claim, asserting the end of petrol subsidies as a firm policy decision. Information Minister, Mohammed Idris highlighted President...
The World Bank’s Nigeria Development Update (NDU) report, released in Abuja today, revealed that over 104 million Nigerians currently reside below the poverty line following President...
World Bank has warned the President Bola Tinubu-led government not to bring back fuel subsidy as pressure continues to mount over the hardship suffered by Nigerians...
A new World Bank report suggests that the President Bola Tinubu-led government and Nigerian National Petroleum Commissions Limited (NNCPL) are not transparent with the amount made...
By the end of the decade, the World Bank will allocate $5 billion to provide 100 million Africans with “reliable, affordable, renewable electricity”, the development lender’s...
A new World Bank report has suggested that many Nigerian women were suffering from health complications caused by prolonged exposure to firewood. In the report seen...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President, Mr Ajay Banga, to promptly, transparently and effectively conduct investigation into spending of...
World Bank has blamed the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world in 2019 for the increase of extreme poverty across the world. In a...