The World Bank has approved a new $700 million loan for Nigeria to improve the education and empowerment of adolescent girls, according to a statement published on its website on Friday. The new loan will provide additional funding for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, which is an ongoing initiative.The statement read, “The World Bank has approved an additional $700 million for Nigeria to expand the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment programme, whose objective is to increase secondary education opportunities for girls in targeted states.”The additional funding will expand project activities from the current seven states […]