Business

Okonjo-Iweala backs Africa tourism, creative economy expo in Abuja

Msugh Ityokura 10 August 2025 0

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has backed the upcoming Africa Tourism and Creative Economy Expo (AFTCEE) scheduled for November in Abuja. She urged African nations to seize the opportunity offered by the event to harness their cultural and creative

News

Nigeria’s membership of WTO, bane to local market, domestic production – Don

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 2 December 2023 0

Prof. Joshua Olatoke SAN of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Ilorin, has blamed Nigeria’s membership to World Trade Organisation (WTO) as causing unrestrained imports at expense of local market and domestic production. Olatoke stated this in Ilorin during his paper presentation at the 247th Inaugural Lecture of University of Ilorin,

Business News

BREAKING: EU drags Nigeria to WTO

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2021 0

Nigeria has been reported to the World Trade Organization by the European Union (WTO). Nigeria’s dairy policy was the topic of the complaint. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization, made the announcement during a visit to the Central Bank of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday (CBN). The European Union has complained […]

Opinion

Opinion: WTO Leadership Tussle: The Rules versus the Deals

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2020 0

The American obstacle to the emergence of Nigeria and Africa’s candidate, (WTO) Okonjo-Iweala is a reflection of what has come to be the stumbling block of growth in global trade and its inevitable negative impact on the welfare of nations as predicated on the gains from subdued high tariff regimes. The World Trade Organisation has […]

News

WTO: Buhari meets Okonjo-Iweala in Aso Rock

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2020 0

President Muhammadu Buhari and a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are currently meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Okonjo-Iweala was led to the meeting with the President by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubair Dada; and the Minister of State, Industry Trade and Investment, […]

News World

BREAKING: Okonjo-Iweala makes WTO’s final 5 candidates [Full list]

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2020 0

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, has made the final shortlist of candidates for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Daily Times gathered. The WTO members, however, evicted three candidates from the race to be the next DG of the body on Friday. The Geneva-based WTO said Egypt’s Hamid Mamdouh, […]

Business News

Okonjo-Iweala obtains American citizenship as WTO election draws close

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2020 0

Harvard-educated, Former Minister of Finance and longtime World Bank economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has obtained United States citizenship. Daily Times gathered that it could boost her election for the much-coveted seat of the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). According to her spokesperson, Okonjo-Iweala had obtained American citizenship in 2019 after

Africa News

Forum canvasses support for Okonjo-Iweala over nomination as WTO’s D-G

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2020 0

Pan African Business Forum (PABF) has declared its support for Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigerian Finance Minister as Director-General for the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Daily Times gathered. Dr Ladislas Agbesi, the Beninoise and Ghanaian President of PABF, made this known in a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. He commended […]

Foreign

WTO chief Azevedo resigns early ahead of trade body reform process

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2020 0

Roberto Azevedo will step down as director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the end of August, he announced on Thursday, leaving at a time of deep crisis at the Geneva-based body. “It is a personal decision – a family decision – and I am convinced that this decision serves the best interests […]