Reviews country programme portfolio at state level

THE World Bank has broadened its areas of support in Nigeria. Statistics from the world body at the weekend indicated that the bank’s engagement had also shifted from being federal government...

OVER one million Nigerians are to benefit from the African Health Markets for Equity (AHME) project, an initiative of the World Bank that aims to provide affordable healthcare to rural dwellers.

World Bank officials said at the launch of the...

THE 236 councilors in Ogun State, recently, endorsed Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s candidature for the 2015 governorship election.

The councilors who spoke in Abeokuta under the aegis of Ogun State Local Government Legislative Forum (OSLGLF)...

EKITI State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, has commended the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti for giving the students of the institution entrepreneurship trainings that would make its graduates self-reliant and employers of labour after...

TO address unemployment and poverty among youths, women and rural dwellers in Borno, the state government has engaged 64,400 youths in the massive construction of houses, landscaping and mass transit business, while nine skills acquisition centres...

MANAGING Director of TPT International, Charles Igbinidu, has been appointed into the Global Advisory Council of the 2013 World Brand Congress.

The World Brand Congress is usually the single largest rendezvous of best brains behind some of the...

With the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals approaching, Aurelio Parisotto, ILO senior economist, explains why jobs and livelihoods should be at the centre of a post-2015 development agenda.

AS we approach the 2015 deadline for the...

PRESIDENT General of the Maritime Union Workers of Nigeria (MWUN), Emmanuel Nted, at a rally in Lagos last week, spoke with reporters on the plight of the maritime in Nigeria, calling for more pro-active measures to end violation of laws by...

THE Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria said that the suspension placed on the College of Health Sciences at Igbinedion University, Okada in Edo State stayed because the college was still unable to meet the required standards.

The...

TO enhance the capacity of relevant institutions, improved data management and paved way for the adoption of

National Migration Policy, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has commenced an intensive training.

At a workshop...

ASSOCIATION of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) and some staff of Ecobank Plc who were recently disengaged from the bank are now threatening litigation and protest, if their severance packages are not paid in...

THE Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has urged the Academic Staff of College of Education, Katsina-Ala to work hard and show understanding over issues concerning their welfare.

Suswam, who gave the charge at the 15th convocation ceremony...

THE Federal Government has inaugurated the Board members of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC).

While the board members of the FRC is chaired by the immediate past President of the Association...

THE Nigerian Institute of Training and Development (NITAD) has inducted new members into its fold with a charge that they uphold the ethics of the profession and make meaningful contribution to the growth of the nation’s economy.

In his lecture...