The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved a 50% tariff increase for telecom operators, raising the cost of data and airtime for Nigerian subscribers. The adjustment, effective immediately, aims to address operational cost challenges faced by...
In a landmark move to safeguard the interests of telecommunications consumers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster regulatory collaboration....
By Sahelian Times
The World Bank on Tuesday released its November 2021 Nigeria Development Update, which showed — among other things — that eight million...
By Ismail Auwal
Nigeria got approval on Friday for $400 million in World Bank financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccinations, the bank said in...
By Salim Yunusa
The Nigerian Government and the World Bank have discussed further reforms to remove fuel and electricity subsidies in the country.
It will be...
By Salim Yunusa
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse as Executive Director on the Board of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)...
By Ismail Auwal
Funds donated to schools in Kano State by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), an initiative of World Bank and other International...
By Ismail Auwal
The World Bank has projected that 20-million more Nigerians will become poor by the year 2020.
Figures from the 2019 Poverty and Inequality...
-By Ismail Auwal
Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank’s country director for Nigeria, has said the country’s per capita income could fall to its lowest since 1980.
The...
