Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday to head the leading international trade body as it seeks to to resolve disagreements over how it decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs.
Okonjo-Iweala, 66, was appointed director-general of the … Read the rest
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
In the coming days, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will be having a sure foothold on the director-general position of the World Trade Organisation. Okojo-Iweala, a nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari, has … Read the rest
By Olumide Ijose
On November 15, 1884, the Berlin Conference kicked off and by its conclusion on February 26, 1885, Africa had structurally been positioned for long-term economic exploitation by outsiders, slow growth and endless wars.
Western European nations … Read the rest
Jerry Rawlings
Ghana’s longest serving leader, Jerry Rawlings, passed away on Thursday November 12, aged 73. He had been a fixture in Ghana’s politics for four decades. Jerry John Rawlings was born on June 22, 1947 in Accra, the son of a … Read the rest
Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad has been banned for five years by Fifa for breaching various codes of ethics.
The 60-year-old, a vice-president of world governing body Fifa, has been found to have breached codes relating to duty … Read the rest
It is now more than six months since Nigeria reported its index case of Corona Virus. On March 23, the country closed its airports to all international flights and commercial operations, for a month, in the first instance, with the … Read the rest
Sola-Yomi-Ajayi
Sola Yomi-Ajayi, the CEO of the United Bank for Africa (UBA)’s operations in the United States, has been appointed to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM) Committee on Sub-Saharan Africa for 2020/2021.
UBA’s Group Chairman, Tony O. … Read the rest
Chadwick Boseman
Ngozi-Okonjo-Iweala
The announcement of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Nigeria’s nominated candidate for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organization, which would now be vacant by September 1, 2020, and not 2021, following the incumbent’s decision to take … Read the rest
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