Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

NGOZI Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigeria's finance minister, has expressed excitement over the backing she got from the United States to...

NGOZI Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and former minister for finance, could be on course to clinch the director-general position of...

NGOZI Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) preferred candidate for the office of director-general on Friday, identified the need...

DESPITE the stiff opposition from the United States, the African Union has reiterated its full support for Nigeria’s candidate,...

IN the coming weeks, the World Trade Organization faces an historic choice. For the first time in its 25-year history, a woman will be named Director-General. The finalists have been narrowed to two outstanding candidates—Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, and Yoo Myung-hee, the current Minister of Trade in South Korea.

THE Nigeria government has said it will continue to work with relevant stakeholders in the World Trade Organization to...