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By Martin Paul, Abuja Worried by the phenomenon of Out-Of-School Children (OOSC) in the country, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in partnership with the World Bank, is organizing a 2-day clinic for state Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) in the North West geo-political zone.

More than 10,000 small-scale farmers from Kogi are to benefit from a ,$200million grant under the World Bank-assisted Agro Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Support (APPEALS) project.

From Udo Onyeka, Lagos Nigeria’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth will expand by 2.2 per cent in 2019, the World Bank said in its annual Global Economic Prospects published yesterday. This slightly upgrades the country’s projected growth rate from 2.1 per cent in June 2018.

Ms. Arunma Oteh, a former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) DG and current World Bank vice president, will leave her position at the Bank to join Oxford University as an academic scholar.

In a major announcement at the One Planet Summit, the World Bank Group has committed $1 billion for a new global program to accelerate investments in battery storage for energy systems in developing and middle-income countries. The program is expected to help these countries ramp up their use of renewables …

 By Tony Obiechina  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is underwriting a $300 million world bank loan for the Nigerian Housing Finance Programme (NHFP). CBN Director, Other Financial Institutions Supervision Department, Mrs Tokunbo Martins disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while addressing journalists on the sidelines of conference on seeking solution to …