Naira Abysmal Appreciation By Adefolarin A. Olamilekan       These are not the good times for the Nigerian Naira currency. The Nigerian economy, its Central Bank, the custodian of its monetary policy, which many of her citizens expects to engineer sound monetary policy that would have safeguard the...

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...

WTO: Fed Govt Moves To Counter US Position On Okonjo-Iweala       As the world awaits the outcome of the final consensus decision on the next World Trade Organisation, WTO, there are indications that Nigerian government may have started diplomatic actions to head-off opposition from the United...

Breaking: Okonjo-Iweala Emerges WTO DG       Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s ex-finance minister and nominee for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, has emerged winner of the highly competitive race. The former minister According to TheCable, polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to...

WTO: European Parliament Backs Okonjo-Iweala       The European Parliament (EP) has endorsed Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The parliament said it screened the two remaining candidates in the WTO DG race, Okonjo-Iweala and Ms. Yoo...

WTO: Okonjo-Iweala on the cusps of history Who becomes the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a matter of weeks? It will surely be either Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee. Members of WTO have since picked the two celebrated women...