•Okonjo-Iweala and Mo Abudu Two prominent Nigerians, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mo Abudu, have secured places on Forbes’ 2025 ranking of the 100 World’s Most Powerful Women, underscoring their expanding global influence in trade, governance and media. The annual list, released yesterday via the magazine’s website, spotlights women shaping decisio...
•Tinubu and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the federal government for ignoring the core message in recent comments by the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the state of the Nigerian economy, choosing instead to celebrate the headlines. While acknowle...
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has asked African leaders to look inward for funding opportunities for the continent. “Access to aid, I think we can begin to think of it as a thing of the past,” the former Nigerian finance minister said at the headquarters of the African […]
•Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has advocated a decentralised approach to electricity supply in Nigeria. She spoke on the critical role of Artificial Intelligence in socio-economic development at the 10th convocation ceremony of the African University of Science and Tec...
•Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, is set to honour the President of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Sharif Al-Hussain with honorary degrees. This decision followed the consideration and endorsement of the recommendation by the Honorary Degrees Committee at the Univ...
•Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala World Trade Organisation chief, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed today for a second term, in the shadow of the coming return of Donald Trump and his disdain for international trade rules. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to head the WTO, was the only candidate in the race, and […]...
•Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the sole candidate for the role of director-general at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO said the former Nigerian finance minister agreed to a second term for the organisation’s top job. “Nominations for Director-General closed; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala confirmed as sole...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The first woman and first African to head the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will seek a second four-year term when her mandate expires next August, her spokesman said today. “We can confirm that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has officially announced her intention to seek a second term as Director-General of...
•Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has observed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate on average has been steadily declining since 2014, signalling a downturn in the economic well-being of the average Nigerian. Okonjo-Iweala, speaking at the annual general ...
•Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Fifty-eight of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have voiced support for a proposal from the African Group backing incumbent Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to serve a second term. The 58 member countries of the trade association made this known at a July 22 meeting of the [&hel...
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