Felicitations dropped like confetti yesterday as President Buhari, Ministers, National Assembly leaders, Governors, OPEC and politicians sent congratulatory messages on the confirmation of former Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as Director-General of...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, says she was surprised that the administration of President Donald Trump could stand in her way of leading the World Trade Organisation (WTO). At a press briefing, the new...
President Buhari has welcomed the pronouncement of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, signifying withdrawal of the country’s objection to the emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General of World Trade Organization,...
History-maker Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed appreciation to the United States, President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians for the support she has enjoyed thus far in her bid to become director general of the World Trade Organisation...
The US has suggested that the process to find a new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) needs to be reopened, in what would be an unprecedented move. Donald Trump's trade chief Robert Lighthizer told...
Former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines as from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021. She is currently the African...
The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov. 9 to decide on the appointment of Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the body’s next director general after the United States rejected her as a candidate. But...
The European Parliament has endorsed Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The EU said it is convinced that the Nigerian candidate has the ‘energy’...
The World Trade Organisation WTO General Council Chairman David Walker is expected to announce to its delegates today that WTO members have selected Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee as the two final...