China has imposed taxes on imports of European brandy in a move that France has said is retaliation for recent big tariffs the EU announced on Chinese electric vehicles. The European Commission said it would challenge China’s tax at the…
FG’s lack of sensible policies affecting states – Sanusi
Former Emir of Kano and ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II, has been appointed by Gov. Alex Otti to co-chair the Abia State Global Economic Advisory Council. Other co-chairs of the 19-member council include…
Are BRICS and G20 liabilities or assets? — Magnus Onyibe
As some commentators recently noted, one of the strategic plans of BRICS, a group of nations that have come together with the aim of serving as a counterforce to the United Nations, UN and its subsidiaries known as Bretton Woods…
My nasty experience with vicious fuel subsidy cabal, by Okonjo-Iweala
This isn’t the first time the idea of petrol subsidy removal would be mooted. The Jonathan administration under which the incumbent Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, served as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister…
Okonjo Iweala, Adesina, Mohammed, Barkindo lead list of Top 10 Nigerians on World Stage
The Top10 magazine, Nigeria’s foremost publication that celebrates excellence, has honoured top 10 Nigerian international figures shaping developments at continental and global levels with a special edition. In the latest international edition of the magazine titled “Top 10 Nigerians on…
We’re happy you made it and know you will represent us well, Buhari tells Okonjo-Iweala
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday hosted in audience Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly appointed Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), telling her that despite the robust support Nigeria gave to her candidacy for the position, “You also earned it. We…
Trump’s aberrations, Biden’s normalisation and Okonjo-Iweala’s ascension – Magnus Onyibe
When my opinion piece titled “Coup in the Capitol Hill and the Divided States of America”, which was focused on the insurrection by extremists who stormed the Capitol on 6 January this year was first published in the mass media…
Obi hails Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as WTO DG, describes her as a shining star
Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has eulogised the newly-elected Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, describing her emergence as historic. By her election Monday, Okonjo-Iweala becomes…
First woman, first African: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala set to be named WTO boss
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala looks set to be confirmed Monday as the first woman and first African leader of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, a near-paralysed institution desperately needing a kick-start. The WTO has called a special general council meeting at…
Buhari meets ex-Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okonjo-Iweala is running to…