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Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto The World Bank has granted Sokoto State Government $22 million for its commitment to the implementation of the State’s Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme. A breakdown of the grant shows that the state got $5 million in November for approving COVID-19 budget while it got the balance of $17.4 million for its 2019 fiscal performance two weeks ago. According to a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Gover...

Share The World Bank has granted Sokoto State government $15 million for its commitment to the implementation of the States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) program. The state government clinched the grant after its astronomical score in the SFTAS ranking from 2/5 in 2019 to 14/15 in 2020, which puts it among the top three states in the country to achieve such ranking. A statement signed by the special adviser on media and publicity to the governor, Muhammad Bello,...

Foreign-funded institutions generally acknowledge that China has opened up its financial market wider. But why is there still a gap between China's policy efforts and foreign financial institutions' sense of gain? Perhaps because of the difficulties and challenges faced by these institutions in doing business in China.

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- When Chinas decades-long opening-up met a pandemic on a scale unseen

How this individual appears to have been sidelined amid a push by president and analyzed for ukraine to launch investigations that could potentially help the president politically. >> reading through the transcripts, we have in the last couple of day, all key. right? opening up, making it the testimony public next wednesday, and you also are reporting that now they, being the house dems, are expediting the process and hope to have it wrapped by christmas? >> reporter: yes. aswer that within the ...

Be fair to say not really okay, as in really being a struggle? >> yes. >> reporter: her husband, prince harry, opening up, too. candidly addressing rumors of a rift with his brother, prince william. >> stuff happens, but look, were brothers. well always be brothers, and were certainly on different paths at the moment, but i will always be there for him and as i know, he will always be there for me. i love him dearly and the majority of stuff is created out of nothing. but you know, as i said, as...

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Hes opening up -- what is bannon going to say? i was making it up. presumably he had a reason to say those things. mueller gets more in the way of leads, conversations. did you ever discuss this with donald junior. did he tell you what he was doing in russia? i assume he was going to call bannon anyway so i dont want to exaggerate this but it makes it more -- it will be interesting when bannon testifies before robert mueller and the grand jury. >> again, you really have to wonder what steve bann...

It. >> would think hes a possibility. she wouldnt rule it out. she wouldnt give a yes or no answer either way, i think youre seeing a lot more of them, its easy to focus on the fact they are the old guard speak in terms of age, theyre the ones able to tap into this anxiety, some of the best messengers in terms of practicing. >> i think someone needs to be able to sell. >> -- john delaney, the congressman, hes opening up -- some guys running already, i think the left is up front right now. >> i t...

Senate office building. its where they have to go so she gets them. thank you, kasie. >> reporter: it is. >> back to health care. i want to talk about not just the politics but the actual policy were talking about. sean spicer was asked, will peoples deductibles go down. will americans see their deductibles drop. this was his answer just now at the briefing. >> are you promising people their deductibles will come down under this plan? >> everything we have been led to believe about how this is -...