PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, met and discussed ways to […]
RTag: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Commonwealth Trade ministers meet to foster cooperation for resilient, inclusive, green and digital economies
THE 2023 Commonwealth Trade Ministers meeting, CTMM, has opened at Marlborough House in London. The meeting, being held on the 5th […]
ECOWAS Ministers of Trade and Industry adopt key regional trade instruments and reaffirm their commitment to multilateral trading system
THE ECOWAS Commission organized the 3rd Joint Meeting of the ECOWAS Ministers of Trade and Industry, ECOMOTI in Abidjan, Côte […]
APC National woman leader advocates more women in FEC
MRS Betta Edu, the National Women Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has called for inclusion of more women […]
I am committed to gender balance, broad inclusion of women, youths – Obi
MR Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour party, says he will be committed to high gender balance and […]
WTO warns ‘darkened’ trade outlook can deteriorate further
THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Wednesday forecast a slowdown of global trade growth in 2023. WTO’ s Director-General Ngozi […]
FG: We’ve not released list of national honours’ nominees
THE purported list of nominees for national honours being circulated by some online media organisations is fake, according to the […]
Global Leaders Welcome President Kenyatta as Global Champion for the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program
PROFESSOR Patrick Verkooijen, Global Center on Adaptation,chief executive officer, CEO, has welcomed President Uhuru Kenyatta as the Global Champion for the […]
Exclusive Interview with Prof Anya O. Anya
Prof Anya x-rays Nigeria’s economy, worsening security challenges & concludes the nation is at war PROF. Anya O. Anya, octogenarian and […]
Political touts, charlatans are Nigeria’s problems – Prof Anya
By Anthony Isibor. PROF Anya O. Anya has lamented that the absence of quality and responsible leadership have been the […]
CSR-in-Action sheds light on plight of Extractive Communities’ Women with documentary
AFRICA’S foremost sustainability consulting and advocacy outfit, CSR-in-Action, is set to premiere its expository docudrama, ‘Earth Women’, as part of […]
Okonjo-Iweala speaks on challenges facing Africa’s trade investment
By Kennedy Nnamani NGOZI Okonjo-Iweala, the director general of World Trade Organization, WTO, has presented some of the major challenges […]
UK’s Department for International Trade holds African investment conference
By Kennedy Nnamani THE Department for International Trade, DIT, of the United Kingdoms on Wednesday, January 20, hosted the second […]
The COP26 Africa Needs
By Akinwunmi Adesina, Ngozi okonjo-Iweala, Vera songwe, Ibrahim Mayaki AS world leaders head to Glasgow for the United Nations Climate […]
A year in saddle, Gambari remains consistently apolitical
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Former External Affairs Minister, Professor Ibrahim Gambari stepped in the saddle as Chief of Staff, CoS, to […]
Buhari meets with Okonjo-Iweala
NIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, March 15, held a meeting with Ngozi Oknojo-Iweala, new director general of the World […]
Obi congratulates Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as WTO DG
PETER Obi, vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 elections, has eulogised Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly-elected […]
WTO DG: Why US supports Myung-hee not Okonjo-Iweala
THE excitement following the emergence if Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance in Nigeria, as the new director-general, DG, of […]
WTO accepts Okonjo-Iweala’s nomination for DG job
NIGERIA has scaled the first hurdle in the bid to clinch the position of the director general of the World […]
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $1.6 billion to Gavi, Vaccine Alliance, to protect the next generation with lifesaving vaccines
THE Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, June 4, announced a five-year, $1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to […]
EFCC Probes CJN, Okonjo-Iweala, Fayemi, Fayose, Others
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; Governor Ayodele Fayose of […]
Standard Chartered Hires Okonjo-Iweala as Non Executive Director
NGOZI Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, has been named an independent non- …
Buhari’s Controversial War on Corruption
President Muhammadu Buhari’s war on corruption as commendable as it is, is also receiving knocks from those who feel that his government is selective in tackling the monster more on the pages of newspapers …
Mixed Legacies of Jonathan Ministers
As long as their tenure lasted they were the backbone of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration; their successes and their failures are what Nigerians are left with as they the new administration of General Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect takes over on May 29, to improve on
Governors, Okonjo-Iweala Fight over $20bn
The Nigerian Governors Forum and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala are engaged in a war of words over the alleged $20 billion that accrue to the Excess Crude Account …
Nigeria to Import 1.3 Million MT Rice in 2015
Nigeria is to import 1.3 million metric tonnes of rice in 2015 …
Looming Crisis over Unpaid Salaries
As the new central government comes in on May 29, one of the crisis that is likely to get its attention is unpaid salaries and pensions which has been causing agitations in many states of the federation …
Row over Fuel Subsidy
Nigerians are still suffering from scarcity of fuel as the federal government and the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria bicker over fuel subsidy …
FG Moves MDAs’ Accounts to CBN
THE federal government has said that it had successfully moved all the capital accounts of its ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance, who confirmed the development in a statement made available on Tuesday, …
First Bank Educates Youths on Financial Literacy
THE First Bank of Nigeria Limited has reiterated its commitment to drive financial literacy among the youth and unbanked segment of the economy. Speaking at the CBN Financial Literacy Day event in Ado-Ekiti recently, Gbenga Shobo, executive director, Lagos and West for First Bank, said the bank was …
Chibok Community Visits Okonjo-Iweala
Representatives of the Chibok community has expressed their thanks to the federal government for rebuilding the Chibok Seconday School which was destroyed by Boko Haram while eagerly awaiting the return of their kidnapped girls …
Rating Agencies’ Positive Outlook on Nigeria’s Economy
Fitch and Moody’s ratings for Nigeria remain at BB- with stable outlook, as Standard and Poor’s downgrades rating by one notch because of oil price fall …
Fuel Scarcity Petering Out
For about a week, Nigerians across the country experienced fuel shortage which caused long queues at filling stations, but just as promised by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, coordinating minister of economy, the situation appears to be getting better as the week progresses …
Senate Sets Benchmark for 2015 Budget
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has set the price of $52 per barrel of crude oil as the benchmark for revenue for the 2015 budget …
Group Wants Sanusi to Apologise to Jonathan
Sequel to the release of PricewaterhouseCoopers audit report which cleared the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation of allegations of not remitting funds to federation account, the Move-on Nigeria, a civil society group is asking Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Emir of Kano, who raised the alarm to apologise to …