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WorldStage Newsonline— The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the development of critical infrastructure and housing mandate that will enhance economic prosperity and wealth creation.
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WorldStage Newsonline– Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has described Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman of the Dangote Foundation as committed and valued philanthropic and development partners, while thanking them for “uniquely deploying huge resources and innovation through social enterprise to solving some of the most challenging issues of human development that we face today.”
Read MoreWorldStage Newsonline— The Debt Management Office (DMO) said the Federal Government allotted N64.06 billion bonds in its March auction, as against the N70 billion earlier planned.
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WorldStage Newsonline— Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State is holding talks with the Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship Committee in Tokyo on how to improve transportation in the state.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today committed to expand support for initiatives in South Africa that help address persistent challenges in job creation, especially for young people and women. In a speech to government officials and business leaders in Johannesburg, IFC CEO Philippe Le Houérou said IFC is ready to deliver expertise and new ideas that support policies aimed at addressing record high levels of poverty and inequality in the country.
Read MoreNigeria’s economic poor performance has been linked to lack of essential worldview, particularly, lack of economic philosophy.
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WorldStage Newsonline– Ogun State has moved from 35th place on Nigeria’s subnational Doing Business Index to the fifth place since 2011 and has announced the aspiration to move to the 1st.
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WorldStage Newsonline– Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun on Wednesday confirmed that the Federal Government had saved N68 billion on personnel cost in 2017 with the aggregate savings since 2007 to date put at N288 billion.
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Nigeria’s Vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has further gave on insight into the reason behind the country’s recursive growth, saying it “is not just a matter of our relying heavily on a single commodity, it is the fact that the proceeds of that single commodity were regularly hijacked consistently by a few.”
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Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State on Tuesday confirmed that his state attracted 148 new industries that invested between a minimum of $200 million and in excess of $2 billion in the past seven years.
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