The new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on members of the organisation to “do things differently” to achieve reforms necessary to keep the global trade body relevant. Addressing the...
The new Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, started work this morning at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. She takes over the World Trade Organization today amid high expectations of a...
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday, spoke about her plans for the World Trade Organisation, which includes working with other members of the organisation in reforming and rebranding the global trade body. In her acceptance speech after the...
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) will hold a special meeting on 15 February at 15:00 Geneva time to consider the appointment of the next Director-General, it said in a statement posted on its website on...
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,...
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...
The Federal Government has launched the Commodity and Export Department Young Professionals Programme (CED-YP) to enable young Nigerian professionals to build and network skills needed for public administration expertise. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi...
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been announced as the recipient of the 2020 African of the Year award. She is the leading candidate for the position of Managing Director of the World...
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’...