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April 22
Africa: World Bank, AfDB, Others Launch New Co-Financing Platform
A coalition of ten Multilateral Development Banks (DMBs) has launched a new co-financing platform that will enable them to channel additional capital for development scale and… Read more »
April 18
Africa: World Bank, AfDB to Offer Electricity to 300 Million Africans
The World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are partnering to provide electricity access to at least 300 million people in Africa by 2030. Read more »
April 04
Nigeria: Tinubu to Gavi CEO - Nigerian Manufacturers Capable, Ready to Produce Vaccines
President Bola Tinubu has called on Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to collaborate with potential Nigerian vaccine manufacturers to ensure equitable access to life-saving vaccines for… Read more »
February 29
Nigeria: WFP Tackles Nigeria's Northeast Food Crisis With Ukraine's Wheat Donation
The United Nations World Food Programme on Thursday welcomed a generous donation of 25,000 tons of wheat from the Government of Ukraine that will help provide emergency food… Read more »
February 23
Africa: After the AU Summit, Africa Continues Its Drift
IF a family meets in a room, members give themselves pecks, exchange polite greetings, make flowery speeches and emerge laughing for group photographs, it is likely they have not… Read more »
February 14
Nigeria: Reject IMF's Recommendation On Fuel, Electricity Subsidy, Prp Tells FG
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has advised the Federal Government to reject the advice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to phase out petrol and electricity subsidies. Read more »
February 10
West Africa: Nigeria Committed to Regional Security Cooperation With Ecowas Countries - Defence Minister
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, says Nigeria is committed to regional security cooperation with other ECOWAS countries. Read more »
February 05
Nigeria: Severe Hunger in Nigeria
WITH about 36.9 million hectares of arable land, representing 40.48 per cent of the country's total land area as at 2021, and 70 per cent of youth population (151 million youths),… Read more »
January 04
Africa: AU Appeals for Calm in Ethiopia-Somalia Row
The African Union on Thursday joined the United States in appealing for calm in the Horn of Africa after regional tensions soared following a contested deal between Ethiopia and… Read more »
December 23, 2023
Central Africa: Unicef Seeks $2bn Humanitarian Assistance for West, Central Africa
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday appealed for nearly 2 billion dollars to provide lifesaving assistance to more than 24 million boys and girls across West and Central… Read more »
December 16, 2023
Nigeria: UN, Nigeria Reinstate Commitment to Solving Irregular Migration, Others
Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to joining the United Nations and other world leaders in finding tangible solutions to irregular migration, world refugee situations. Read more »
December 07, 2023
West Africa: Coups Fuelling Insecurity in West Africa - ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States has said the military coups in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger were fuelling insecurity in the region. Read more »
October 09, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Dr Osahon Enabulele Completes Tenure As WMA President
Nigerian Dr. Osahon Enabulele Weekend handed over the leadership of the World Medical Association, WMA, to Dr. Lujain Al-Qodmani of Kuwait, after completing one year in office… Read more »
September 20, 2023
Rwanda: Unesco Adds Rwanda Genocide Memorials to World Heritage List
Four memorials to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of more than 800,000 people, mainly Tutsi, were added to UNESCO's World Heritage list on Wednesday, the UN cultural body said. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Speech At 78th UN General Assembly
1 STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL… Read more »
August 25, 2023
Africa: Africa and the Opportunities of Brics
Nearly a decade and half, the BRICS platform has become a consequential and formidable multilateral international mechanism, shaping the emerging trend of inclusive global… Read more »
Africa: In a Tumultuous Week - Building Brics, Brick By Brick, By Owei Lakemfa
THIS week has been one of the most tumultuous with the plucking of Wagner chiefs from the sky, France's renewed bid to invade Niger and fires thrashing North America, to the… Read more »
July 13, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Writes Senate, Seeks Additional U.S.$800 Million Loan From World Bank
...As Senate begins Screening of Service Chiefs at the Hallowed Chamber Read more »
July 15, 2023
Nigeria: President Tinubu to Attend AU Meeting in Kenya Today
President Bola Tinubu is expected to travel to Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday July 15, to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU),… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Nigeria: How World Bank Sent Letter for Zainab Ahmed in October 2022
More facts have emerged on the nomination of ex-Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, as World Bank Alternate Executive Director; the Bank's request for the nomination was send… Read more »
Nigeria: Ex-Minister of Finance Lands World Bank Job
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has landed a World Bank job as an Alternate Executive Director. Read more »
May 10, 2023
Nigeria: How Nigeria, Others Can Escape Global Funding Squeeze - IMF
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has outlined some major steps it expected Nigeria and other sub-Sahara African countries should take to avoid an economic meltdown that could… Read more »
February 22, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Inflation Index Outdated - IMF
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has said the index weights and basket deployed by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, for the monthly consumer price index were extremely… Read more »
February 09, 2023
Nigeria: Naira Scarcity - IMF Advises CBN to Extend Deadline
The IMF has urged the CBN to extend the deadline for use of the old notes given the disruptions in trading activities occasioned by the scarcity of the new notes. Read more »
November 20, 2022
Nigeria: UN Announces U.S.$10.5 Million New Funding for Flood Response in Nigeria
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has announced $10.5 million dollars in new funding for the flood response in Nigeria. Read more »
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