Nigeria risks ‘economic meltdown’ by 2015?

Jan. 6 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's Coordinating Minister for Economy and Minister of Finance Nigerians Abroad Live (NAL) newswire How rich is Nigeria, the world’s eighth biggest exporter of crude oil? Well, not as rich as many would have thought including...

Okonjo-Iweala officially joins Team Goodluck

Aug. 17 | By NAL Staff writer Former World Bank director, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iwaela on Wednesday was sworn in as Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy. It is a triple A ministerial portfolio that shows the very important role that...

High cost of government is worrisome, Okonjo-Iweala says

Jul. 6 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP Reuters - World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala laid out her vision for the Nigerian economy on Wednesday, pledging she would create jobs and ensure the country “lives within...

Fashola flags off Rail Mass Transit Project

Jul. 26 | Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, on Monday, flagged off the World Bank-assisted Lagos State Rail Mass Transit project at the Orile tanker terminal on Lagos-Badagry Expressway, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The project, which is being...

Agencies intensify efforts to ‘export’ Nigerian entertainment industry

May. 10 | By Daniel Gumm, allAfrica.com A collaboration that will ensure that the Nigerian entertainment industry is taken to the international market on Tuesday, started in Lagos with the World Bank setting aside a whopping $20 million to the project. The Nigerian...