The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has admonished African leaders to look past the era of waiting to receive aid from developed nations and instead be creative with the domestic resources available in the continent. United States President Donald Trump recently announced the suspension of United…
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has issued a warning to Simon Ekpa, a contentious Biafran activist, to stop using her name to promote falsehoods. In a now-deleted post on X, Ekpa claimed that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had agreed to provide a loan of…
A campaign poster for former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s 2027 presidential bid has surfaced on social media. The poster featured El-Rufai as the presidential candidate and former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as his running mate. The appearance of the poster has sparked a wave of reactions online, with many users expressing doubt about the…
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged politicians in Nigeria to stop weaponising insecurity against their opposition in office. She spoke before a room filled with lawyers at the Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar…
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has been listed on Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women list. According to the list, Okonjo Iweala who is the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is the highest ranked African female thereby making her the most powerful woman in Africa Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is ranked 87th spot, surpassing South African businesswoman…
