Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun is spearheading the country’s delegation to the 2025 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., where he will drive discussions on economic reform, international partnership, and financial sustainability. 

The Honourable Minister’s schedule for the week underscores Nigeria’s strategic push for economic reform, international partnership, and financial sustainability. Among his key engagements are bilateral meetings with senior officials from the IMF, World Bank, and International Finance Corporation (IFC), as well as participation in roundtables focused on climate finance, energy transition, and debt restructuring.

Following the significant progress made in stabilising Nigeria’s economy over the past year, the government is now targeting rapid, inclusive growth with a clear emphasis on job creation. HM Edun is using the global platform to advocate for Nigeria’s renewed economic agenda — centred on fiscal consolidation, expanding social protection, and unlocking private sector investment across key sectors.

 In his capacity as Coordinating Minister of the Economy, HM Edun continues to champion reforms that will deliver long-term economic resilience aimed at lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty, while also ensuring that development is both equitable and sustainable. The Nigerian delegation includes senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning; the Central Bank of Nigeria; and Nigeria’s multilateral finance agencies.

The Spring Meetings provide a timely platform for strategic discussions and partnerships that will unlock the country’s growth potential with dialogue expected to yield significant outcomes that will shape Nigeria’s economic trajectory and inform future policy directions.

Chairman, Nigeria Institute of Building (NIOB) Lagos State Chapter, Builder Thomas Adeoye, h makes  a passionate appeal to the federal government to enact the building code into law. This move, he believes, will bring about much-needed uniformity in building practices across the country, ultimately reducing the risk of building collapse and promoting public safety

The appeal was made during the commemoration of the 8th Builders’ Day, held in collaboration with the Chairman of Ejigbo LCDA.

The 8th builders day celebration with the theme “Builders’ Role in Effective Building Control and Regulatory Compliance for Sustainable Construction,” Is aimed to raise awareness about the importance of safe building practices and reducing building collapse in the country.

Builder Thomas Adeoye commended the Lagos State Government for establishing the Certified Accreditors Program (CAP) while emphasizing   the need for a collaborative effort to address the issue of building collapse.

He cited ignorance among suppliers of building materials, constructors, and professionals as a significant contributor to the problem.

” A lot of people out of ignorance dont really understand what is happening and it starts from everywhere, from the people that sells buildings materials, to the people that construct and the professionals, that’s the reason why we picked a marketplace because we need to enlighten the traders because building materials is part of what we use in construction. we’ve come to enlighten then on engaging the suppliers of building materials instead of buying inferior product ” He said 

The event featured dignitaries from the institute, including Past Chairman Builder Sunday Wusu and Builder Salisu Harfiz while the Chairman of Ejigbo LCDA was represented by the council manager.

NIOB Public Relations Officer, Akingbade Adebola Israel, states  that the Lagos State government is training professionals from different jurisdictions to monitor building and infrastructure across the state.

” Today’s is builders day and we are using this to mark what happened in Lagos Island about four years ago where school children died in a building collapse. Anyone can be a victim of building collapse because you’re not part of the construction, but when you’re renting a place you don’t know how it’s been built and we want to stop that”  He said

The 8th Builders’ Day celebration serves as a call to action for stakeholders in the building industry to prioritize safe and sustainable building practices, ensuring the protection of lives and property.

One of Nigeria’s most successful Amateur and Professional Wrestler, Morris Atula says the time for Nigerians to fully celebrate sporting success has come. 

The former Nigeria, Commonwealth and World Wrestling Champion made the declaration as he paid a courtesy visit to Director General (DG) of the National Sports Commission (NSC) during the week. 

Both prominent Nigerians were in ecstatic mood including combat sports demonstration at the office located inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

Atula who relocated to Nigeria last Sunday after four decades in Europe visited Olapade with his wife and daughter. 

The ever lively Atula congratulated Olapade over his appointment as DG of the NSC while also hailing appointment of Malam Shehu Dikko as Chairman of NSC.

“I can’t stop thanking president Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing Technocrats like Malam Shehu Dikko and Bukola Olapade to administer Nigerian sports , the signs of better days for Nigerian sports are getting clearer with positive policies and programmes being rolled out by the duo. I’m looking forward to contributing my quota, particularly in reviving, Nigerian wrestling. I’m praying stakeholders to fully back my target of being the next president of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation. I have a master plan that would make Nigeria become the best wrestling nation in the world. It’s about adequate training, talent discovery/nurturing and regular competitions all over the 36 states of the nation, not forgetting the FCT of Abuja.

Technocrats and veterans would play key roles in the revival of wrestling in Nigeria”, said Atula with a whiff of optimism. 

Olapade expressed happiness over Atula’s visit to his office and readiness to be part of effort to revive Nigerian Sports