The Islamic Development Bank, IDB, is to invest $98 million (N19.5bn) in Bilingual Education Project in nine Nigerian states. The President of the group, Ahmad Ali, made the disclosure, Saturday, when he led other executives of the bank to host the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, at the organisation’s headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Kano…
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