WTO DG: Coast Clear For Okonjo-Iweala As South Korea Withdraws Candidate — Report
South Korea has decided to withdraw its candidate from the World Trade Organisation, WTO, director-general race, according to Washington Trade Daily.
Yoo Myung-hee is South Korea’s Trade Minister and its candidate for the...
Oil Price Rises By 2% After Falling To $36
The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, gained nearly two per cent on Monday, shaking off earlier losses, as the United States heads into a contentious presidential election.
Brent, against which Nigeria’s oil is priced, had fallen more...
Race to WTO Leadership Is Down To The Final Two Candidates
World Trade Organization members selected two final candidates -- Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee -- to advance to the final round in the race to lead the Geneva-based trade body, according...
Crude Oil Price Rises By 6% To $41
The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, surged by six per cent on Monday after doctors said the United States President Donald Trump could soon be discharged from the hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19.
The upturn...
Muhammadu Buhari, Donald Trump on phoneIn a surprise move and against American policy on arm procurement, the United States President Donald Trump has promised to sell weapons to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram terrorists.
The promise was made by Trump in a telephone conversation with...
Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, was at the weekend named among other world leaders such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, American President-elect, Donald Trump and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel as the most powerful persons in the world.
These personalities were...
