The 2012 edition of World Development Indicators (WDI), was released yesterday which included updated data on global development, the quality of people’s lives, the environment, the...
In their bid to have increased voice in the affairs of IMF and the World Bank, emerging economies minister of finance yesterday said they are ready...
By Omoh Gabriel World Bank Vice President for Africa Dr Oby Ezekwesili yesterday in Washington at the ongoing IMF/World Bank Spring meetings , urged African Leaders...
rose by 3.63 per cent on the month of April to $36.05 billion the highest in more than one year; Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, data...
The World Bank on Monday chose Korean-born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president, maintaining Washington’s grip on the job and leaving developing...
Shell Plc has said that oil spills at its facilities in Nigeria soared last year, as it faces lawsuits in the UK regarding earlier spills. Shell...
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) says Nigeria’s creative industry is capable of contributing more than N1 trillion annually to the nation’s economy. The Director-General of the...
OPEC left its forecast for world oil demand growth in 2012 unchanged for a second month, saying there were signs that a slowdown in global economic...
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South Africa’s Defence Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu on Wednesday said more than 1,000 people were taken hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean in 2010. Sisulu, who...
The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday increased by N27 billion in spite of the major losses incurred by blue chip equities....
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The Nigerian Government has said that it would continue to fight and protect Nigerian traveling publics from the exploitation of foreign airlines operating in the country....
Nigeria’s inter-bank lending rates fell this week to an average of 14.41 per cent, down from 15.33 per cent last week, as matured Treasury bill funds...
India, China, Nigeria, Indonesia and the United States are projected to lead the world’s growth in urban populations during the next four decades, sparking challenges in...