Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said she hoped the Israel-Hamas conflict could be ended quickly, warning it would have a "really big impact" on already weak global trade flows if it widened throughout the region.…

Ifeanyi Okowa, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) vice presidential candidate, has received the national honorary title of Commander of the Order of Niger (CON). President Muhammadu Buhari conferred the national honour on Okowa on…

Chairman, United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu will moderate at convention to celebrate Africa at the Bank's third annual Africa Conversations. This year edition will feature President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame; Director-General of the…

Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday, listed conditions that could make Nigeria benefit from the global body. She gave the conditions when she visited the President, Major General Muhammadu…

Vice President Kamala Harris and the head of the World Trade Organization agreed on Thursday about the need to reform the global trade body and pledged to work together to boost momentum for the global economy, the White House said.…

The coronavirus pandemic, log-jammed trade talks and a long-delayed meeting of member states are just a few of the crises awaiting Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as she takes the helm of the World Trade Organization next month. The WTO needs a kiss…

After nearly six months without a captain, the World Trade Organization looks set to appoint Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its first female and first African leader next week. The global trade body announced Tuesday that it would hold…

Nigeria's former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been elected as the first female Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Okonjo-Iweala was declared winner after polling 104 votes out of the 164 members…

President Muhammadu Buhari and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Finance Minister, have congratulated Akinwunmi Adesina on his re-election for a second term in office as the president of African Development Bank. President Buhari,…

The African Union has denied endorsing any candidate for the office of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Egypt’s candidate for the office Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh had earlier told members of the WTO that he…