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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A past Abia State Governor and the Representative of Abia Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Theodore Orji has hailed the emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director-General, World Trade Organization, WTO. Senator Orji congratulated Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala whom he represents at the Senate, noting that the former Nigeria Finance Minister and […]
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Nigeria’s former Minister of finance, Dr Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the Director-General of the WTO. Her appointment was confirmed by WTO at a special meeting of the General Council, following a selection process that included eight candidates from around the world. The tweet read: “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria is appointed as the next WTO […]
Continue Reading“MISSING” N30 TRILLION: OKONJO-IWEALA REBUTS SERAP, TAKES LEGAL ACTIONOur attention has been drawn to media reports regarding a court judgment alleged to have been entered against the Federal Government of Nigeria and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in respect of an action by the Socio-Economic Rights Agenda (SERAP) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The High […]
Continue ReadingThe media has been rife with information Ngozi Okongo-Iweala’s revelation of how former President Goodluck Jonathan landed Nigeria in her current economic morass. The former finance minister of finance, has however, denied blaming the former president. “In my second time as a finance minister, from 2011 to 2015, we had the instrument, we had the means, […]
Continue ReadingThe International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed that it is considering petition submitted to it by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN over alleged crimes against humanity committed in the context of the arms procurement scandal. The ICC revealed this in a letter dated 1 February 2016 with reference: OTP-CR-32/16 and signed […]
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