COP28 Nigeria delegates list: Separating facts from fiction
Dec. 3, 2023 By Temitope Ajayi The number of delegates from Nigeria attending the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai otherwise called COP28 has generated a lot of controversies and strong…
Interruption of grain trade from Ukraine: poor people, poor countries hardest hit – WTOÂ
July 18, 2023 The Director of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Okonjo Iweala has condemned the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the interruption of the grain trade…
Africa has technology, potential to eradicate hunger- AdesinaÂ
June 6, 2023 African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, says Africa has the necessary partnerships and technologies to eradicate hunger. In a statement issued by the bank, Adesina…
Iweala, Soludo best appointments in my administration – Obasanjo
March 25, 2023 by Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said his appointment of Dr Ngozi-Okonjo Iweala as Minister of Finance and Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as Governor…
WHO, WIPO, WTO launch trilateral COVID-19 technical assistance platform
April 13, 2022 The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO launched on 11 April 2022 their new Trilateral COVID-19 Technical Assistance Platform. In…
WTO chief welcomes COVID shot patent plan, drugmakers balk
March 17, 2022 The World Trade Organization (WTO) praised a provisional deal to waive patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines after more than a year of deadlock, though drugmakers said the…
Nigeria continues to be strong voice on global stage – Amb. Muhammad-Bande
Sept. 20, 2021 Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande says Nigeria is a strong voice on the global stage and has been a pre-eminent regional voice for…
South Africa, Senegal, Rwanda, Nigeria considered as vaccine production hubs – WTO boss
June 21, 2021 Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to help create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda, with Nigeria under consideration,…
Increase debt suspension arrangements to offer low-income, middle-income countries fiscal space – Heads of state
Several heads of state and government, the United Nations and heads of multilateral development finance institutions on Monday called for expansion of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative, under which low-income…
WTO’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on a 4-day working visit, to hold talks with President Buhari, stakeholders on economy
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation (WTO), on Saturday, arrived in Nigeria on a 4-day official visit aimed at enhancing trade and improving the Nigerian economy. Okonjo-Iweala, who assumed…