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New World Bank chief to focus on ‘market-based’ growth
April 17, 2012 Comment Off 36 Views
Dr Kim was nominated for the top post by US President Barack Obama The World's Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, has said that capitalist "market-based growth is a priority for every single
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World’s top Wheelchair Rugby teams arrive in London for Olympic Park test event
April 17, 2012 Comment Off 24 ViewsFour of the world’s best Wheelchair Rugby teams have arrived in London to compete in the International Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament this week, a test event for the Paralympic Games and
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Nigeria World Bank candidate salutes Kim, calls for change
April 16, 2012 Comment Off 35 ViewsThe Nigerian challenger to head the World Bank congratulated Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim on his appointment to the post on Monday, but called for changes to the US-dominated selection
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Rags-to-riches Nigerian governor faces UK jail term
April 16, 2012 Comment Off 146 Views
A British prosecutor on Monday charted the extraordinary rise of James Ibori from a petty thief in London to a powerful governor in Nigeria, describing a web of bogus firms he used to buy
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Kim Beats Okonjo-Iweala to World Bank Job
April 16, 2012 Comment Off 75 ViewsDespite her spirited efforts to land the World Bank top job, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has lost out to US nominee, Jim Yong
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‘Only 36% of adults have access to formal banking’
April 15, 2012 Comment Off 78 ViewsThe Executive Director, Citiserve Limited, a subsidiary of VIGEO Holdings, Mrs Lola Ogunbambi, whose company was licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as a Payment Terminal Service Provider
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World Bank juggles politics and merit in race to name leader
April 15, 2012 Comment Off 68 ViewsThe Colombian was echoing the charge of critics that the race is no choice at all because an American has always occupied the top job at the bank. It is one side of a convention that has seen a
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French group Total shuts down gas plant
April 15, 2012 Comment Off 52 ViewsFrench energy group Total has shut down a gas plant in southern Nigeria because of a techical fault during a drilling operation at an oil facility, the company said on its website. "On April 3rd,
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Electricity Workers Give Reasons for Strike
April 15, 2012 Comment Off 67 ViewsWorkers unions in the nation's electricity sector yesterday in Abuja accused the Federal Government of failing to fully implement agreements reached by both sides during past negotiations. This
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