WHO appoints Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala as COVID-19 Special Envoy
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday named former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. She…
IMF approves immediate debt relief for 25 countries
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Executive Board has approved immediate debt service relief to 25 of its member countries under the IMF’s revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT). Ms…
Nigeria’s frm finance minister, Okonjo-Iweala makes IMF’s list of External Advisory GroupÂ
Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has named a former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as part of its External Advisory…
Coronavirus: Prioritise spending in health, IMF, WHO urge leadersÂ
The IMF and the World Health Organisation on Friday urged leaders of developing countries to prioritise paying medical staff, buying protective gear and other health expenditures in their response to…
Never in the history of IMF have we witnessed world economy come to a standstill
More than 90 countries have asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding as the coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic crisis, IMFÂ chief Kristalina Georgieva said on…
COVID-19: World Bank approves initial $1.9 bn in emergency fundsÂ
The World Bank on Thursday said it had approved an initial $1.9 billion in emergency funds for coronavirus response operations in 25 developing countries, with more than half the aid…
IMF has enough resources to deal with coronavirus crisis – Officials
The coronavirus pandemic is putting increasing strains on emerging market economies, but the International Monetary Fund has sufficient resources to meet their needs for now, IMF officials said on Wednesday….
G20 leaders to pump $5 trn into global economy in fight against coronavirus
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies pledged on Thursday to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to limit job and income losses from the coronavirus and…
Generator ban Bill: Nigerians should not be punished for ineffectiveness, policy inconsistencies of successive govts – NECA
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) on Thursday said the Senate bill banning importation of generators would be inimical to the quality of lives of Nigerians and national development…
Nigeria records highest quarterly GDP growth since 2016 recession, grows by 2.27% -NBS
The nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has recorded a growth of 2.55 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2019, the highest since the recession in…