The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says insecurity Nigeria is being weaponised for political reasons. Okonjo-Iweala spoke on Sunday at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos state. The WTO director-general said there would not be any development in the country […]
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The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is set to celebrate this year’s Africa Day in commemoration of African unity with the third edition of its annual UBA Africa Conversations, headlined by Africa’s international leaders that include the President of Rwanda, H.E Mr Paul Kagame; Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation(WTO); Dr Tedros […]
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Nigeria’s first female minister of finance and the prime candidate for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2020. She joins a list of eminent Africans to have received the award. Recall that In 2019, Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African […]
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Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, two-time minister of finance, has revealed why she did not resign from Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, despite calls for her to resign. Speaking about her recent book — Fighting Corruption is Dangerous — at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Okonjo-Iweala said resigning was the easiest way out, and she was […]
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Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has lambasted former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her revelations that he tried to dissuade her from joining the Goodluck Jonathan administration in order to undermine it. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala had in a new book titled ‘fighting corruption is dangerous’ revealed that Mr. Duke visited her in […]
Continue ReadingFormer minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has distanced herself for the campaign poster making round on social media. The poster purports that Okonjo-Iweala will be contesting the presidency with former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who is said to run for president. However, in a swift move, the former minister has denied endorsing anyone for president in 2019. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s former minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was on Thursday honored with the Global Fairness Award in Washington DC, United States. The award was presented to her by the Global Fairness Initiative in recognition of her contribution to sustainable development through serving others and her consistent focus on implementing development programs that benefit the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed a member of the international advisory panel of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).Mr Song Liyan, AIIB Senior Communication Officer, in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday, announced that Okonjo-Iweala would join 10 other key persons on the panel. “The Panel provides impartial, objective […]
Continue ReadingFollowing Femi Falana’s petition to the International Criminal Court, ICC, requesting investigation of those involved in arms deal, a former minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described as malicious attempts by Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), to link her with the $2.1 billion arms scandal. Recall that Falana is asking for the prosecution of all those involved […]
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By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala I received the news of the passing of Ambassador Ade Adefuye with great sadness. He and my husband developed a warm friendship in Washington. He was a very dedicated and hardworking man who represented the country with sterling patriotism and passion. Ambassador Adefuye was much respected in the diplomatic community for his […]
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