…Launches Renewed Hope Initiative For Less Privileged The First Lady of Nigeria and National Chairman of Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday, empowered 250 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Ekiti State with a N50,000,000 grant to boost their economic independence and improve their livelihoods. Each of the PWDs was presented with N200,000 in cash at the event, held at the Lady Jibowu Hall, Government House, Ado-Ekiti. Speaking at the event, Senator Oluremi...

Nigeria has been omitted from the International Monetary Fund’s list of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, according to the latest Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa launched during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C. In the release, the IMF named Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda as the continent’s most rapidly expanding economies. The report states that the region has shown resilience to “a series of major shocks over the past several years,” and that...