Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is her second term in office. Her present stint will end on 31 August 2025. She was first elected as the WTO DG on…

World Trade Organization (WTO) has said Nigeria is the number one importer of commercial services in Africa. This is contained in WTO’s data on the ‘Leading Exporters and Importers of Commercial services excluding intra-EU Trade 2020’,…

Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has lost her 91-year-old father, Prof. Chukuka Okonjo. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, who made the disclosure in a statement on Monday, added that Mr Okonjo died in Lagos…

Director General of World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has arrived the State House, Abuja for a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The WTO Chief Executive Officer, who assumed office on March 1, 2021, is…

New head of World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on United Kingdom to donate vaccines to developing countries now rather than waiting until it has a surplus. Okonjo-Iweala said it was "in the interest" of wealthy…

World Trade Organization looks set to appoint Nigeria’s former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its first female and first African leader on Monday, after nearly six months without a leader. WTO has called for a special…

South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee has withdrawn her bid to become World Trade Organisation’s next director-general. The latest development leaves former Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the only remaining…

World Trade Organisation has postponed a meeting where members are expected to pick a new Director-General after the United States blocked the favoured candidate, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from being selected. WTO’s 164 member states had…

United States has reportedly opposed the appointment of Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the new Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by consensus, despite cross-regional support for her.…

Former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged the first African and first female Director General of World Trade Organization in 25-year history of the global trade body. Okonjo-Iweala, who is the former managing director…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named among the five candidates that will proceed to the next stage in the race for the position of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation. The selection process saw three candidates miss out…