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Bill Gates, Dangote in Sokoto, Sign MoU with Six Northern Govs on Extension of Immunisation

March 22, 2018/Thisday Mohammed Aminu The Co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six northern governors on the extension of routine immunisation in the region with a call on them to review their campaigns to ensure the eradication of […]

IMF Executive Board Discusses Program Design in Currency Unions

March 16, 2018/IMF On February 21, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed general guidance on the design of Fund-supported programs with members of the existing four currency unions—the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, the European Monetary Union, and the […]

Nigeria: Out of Recession and Looking Beyond Oil

March 15, 2018/IMF Nigeria’s economy is exiting a painful recession, but policy implementation needs to move quickly and comprehensively to facilitate economic recovery and help the country reap its longer-term potential, says the IMF in its latest economic health check of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest economy. Growth in Nigeria recovered to […]