Tag: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Kwankwaso teaches Okonjo-Iweala how to balance budget
Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala said Nigeria will be spending 78 per cent of its income on recurrent…
House of Reps’ 50 Knotty Questions For Okonjo-Iweala
On Thursday, the Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, appeared before the House of Representatives Finance Committee, headed by Dr.Abdulmumin…
US shutdown will affect Nigeria, says Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Thursday that the present shutdown in America, over budget row, might…
Okonjo-Iweala’s Dad Fight Over Throne
The battle between Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, father of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, and a royal family over the…
Nigeria’s Alarming Debt Profile
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, and coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, revealed a few days ago that Nigeria’s debt…
Education Policy And ASUU Strike
There seems to be no end to the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. And the major…
Troops Recapture Boko Haram Strongholds
Nigeria’s military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized…
Okonjo-Iweala denies blocking oil subsidy payments
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted media reports which alleged that her ministry was blocking verified payments…
Okonjo: Army Release 63 Suspects
The 63 suspects arrested last Saturday at Osanogoho, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, in connection with the…
Okonjo-Iweala: My mom’s abductors wanted me to resign
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said Monday that the kidnappers who held her mother hostage for five days…
Nigeria: Kamene Okonjo freed
Professor Kamene Okonjo, mother of Nigeria’s finance minister, has been freed by her abductors. The retired 82 year old professor…
Jonathan, National Assembly leaders in nocturnal meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday night met with the leadership of the National Assembly behind closed doors at the Aso…
Frantic Search For Okonjo-Iweala’s Mum
The police in Delta State have launched a frantic search for Professor Kamene Okonjo, the 82-year old mother of the…
Daunting Cargo Task
Port users express worries over night cargo clearance Almost a year after the commencement of a 24-hour operation at the…
Nigeria off budget target
With three months left for the expiration of 2012, and another budget proposal due in less than two weeks, Nigeria…
Nigeria exposes 25 oil companies and their loots
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Bureau Chief The Nigerian government under blackmail and pressure by oil importers and unions went for broke Wednesday,…
We Need Speedy Implementation Of the Budget
Last week’s appearance of the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, before the Senate…
Okonjo-Iweala named in UN social panel
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday named Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a queen, a former president, a Nobel Peace…
Budget: Reps warn Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala against breaches
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja The House of Representatives today took a hard stance on the inability of the executive to implement the…
N17 billion paid for oil subsidy in 2012
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala said on Thursday that the Federal Government had released N17 billion as part of the…
Nigeria’s rising debt worries opposition party
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the country’s rising external debt, saying it negates everything the Federal Government…
Kim gets World Bank Job, Okonjo Iweala Loses out
The World Bank’s directors met Monday to decide who will be the powerful institution’s next chief. Just as has been…
World Bank Post Not Decided On Merit —Okonjo-Iweala
The Nigerian candidate to head the World Bank said on Monday that the appointment was not being decided on merit…
Ex-World Bank Execs endorse Okonjo-Iweala
A group of former World Bank officials on Wednesday endorsed Africa’s candidate, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to lead the…
World Bank: Nigeria lobbies diplomats for Okonjo-Iweala
The Nigerian Government on Monday in Abuja intensified lobbying for the World Bank Presidency candidature of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala with…
Okonjo Iweala’s rival gets Japan’s nod
Japan’s government on Sunday threw its backing behind Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee to be the next World Bank…
Okonjo-Iweala opens campaign for World Bank job
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s finance minister and super minister, who has the endorsement of her country, South Africa and Angola for…
Okonjo Iweala, 2 others confirmed for WB race
The World Bank announced Friday three candidates to succeed outgoing president Robert Zoellick, one nominated by the United States and…
Okonjo-Iweala Assures On Sports Budget For 2012
Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Nigerian economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured sports loving Nigerians that the government…
Subsidy Insight:How Okonjo-Iweala Misled Jonathan with Figures
Okonjo Iweala’s Anti-subsidy movie Bayo Onanuga On the eve of Nigeria’s general strike to protest the removal of petrol subsidy…