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Editorial Suite

Odds against downstream deregulation - By Chijama Ogbu

 

Profile

Bar. Bello Mahmud: The New Registrar General for CAC

 

Cover

No 2nd Term for YarÁdua – Billionaire Debtors Vow

 

Facts and figures

Federation Account: How They Share N332bn in October

 

The Sharing of N27.8bn on Exchange Rate difference in October 2009

 

List of Federal Perm. Secs and their States - Non from Bayelsa

 

List of Major Debtors in Nigeria

 

Exclusive Interview

No more Needless Borrowing in Public Offices - Aliyu Yelwa, Boss of Fiscal  Commission

 

Monetary

CBN Supports Deregulation, Allows ETB to Rectify Lapses

 

Communiqué No. 66 of the Monetary Policy Committee Meeting

 

List of Major Debtors in Nigeria

 

National News

SMEDAN Advises Small Businesses on Good Idea

 

Odey Inaugurates Panel on IWMF in Niger Delta

 

Finally FG, States Share $2bn from Excess Crude Account

Honours for EFCC Boss in USA

 

State News

Kano Spends N1bn on Sports Development as Governor bagged ‘Sardauna’

 

IDB advances N3.15bn loan to KDSG as Governor Approves N18mn for Training 

 

 

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Some Past Headlines

Economic Personalities

*DR BRIGHT OKOGU: New Technocrat in Budget Office

*Warren Buffet: Humblest Billionaire

*Senator Daggash: Political Economist

*Prof. Isa Odidi: Global Entrepreneur in Pharmaceutical

* Shamsudeen Usman: The economic transformer steps in

* Carlos Slim The New Richest Man

*Lady Ifueko Omoigu of FIRS

*Bar. Jimoh Ibrahim and his NICON

*Oby Ekwesilize to World Bank

* As Ribadu's Tenure Ends in EFCC

*Akintunde: Outstanding Finance Reporter

 

Exclusive Interviews

*Secret of Revenue Generation – FIRS Boss

*We Are Free Of External Debt Burden – Dr Nwankwo, DG DMO

*Monetary Policy Strengthens Local Currency – President CIBN

*Failed Banks: Why We Chose New Option -NDIC Boss

*How We Manage Federation Account - AGF

* Our Population, Our Revenue- Interview with Chairman RMAFC

*How We Exit Large Chunk of our External Debts- DG, DMO

 

Editorial Suite

*We Are A Year Old

*As We Enter New Year

*Corruption of Missing Revenue

*The Logic Of Excess Crude Account

*The Passion of the Old Man

*First Edition

*Census Brouhaha

*Excess Crude and deafening Silence

*The Reward of Service

*Our External Debt and Elections

 

Cover

*Tracking the Revenue Allocations

*NAICOM Insists: NICON and Nigeria-Re Failed Technically

*Insurance Sector Palaver: The NICON factor

Oil Sector: The Story of Missing Billions

*Riddles Over Foreign Reserve & Excess Crude Account

* FAAC: States Versus FG

*Jumbo Salary for Public Officers

* PTDF: At last the Facts

*Palaver over Excess Crude Disbursement

*The Politics of External Debt

 

National

*FG, States, LGs Share N358b from Federation Account

*Boost in External Reserves and Cry over Excess Crudes

*NPC to Publish Final Result of Census

*BPE Generates N552b in 8years as Sheraton and SAHCOL to go in 2008

*FG Reviews Sales of NITEL and SAT3

*FG Awards N233bn Contract for Electricity

*NACOFED Advocates Repairs of Refineries

*IT’s Corruption Verdict: Improvement Yet in Dirty List

*Nigeria and Tempting Foreign

*Nine States Benefit from World Bank’s N1.07b projects Loans

*SMEDAN to establish industrial village in Bauchi

Dollar Payment to FG, States Uncertain – AGF

Nigeria’s Per Capita income Rises

ITF Seeks Government Support on Industrial centre

Investment Tribunal resolves 55 Cases Worth N50bn

FG Lost N57bn to Waivers and Concession

*FG to Attain Two-digit Growth Rate – Usman

*FG Verifies 71 Insurance Firms

* Senate May Consider HYPPADEC Bill

* NNPC Plans Second Pipeline

* DMO moves to reduce local debts

Senate Passes Fiscal Responsibility Bill

* Yar'Adua Disturbs Over Local Debt

*Finance and EFCC Review Projects

*PENCON Generates N90bn from Workers

*April Exit: Nigeria Offers $220 Per Oil Warrant

*External Reserves Hit $43.6Bn

*Customs Deploys Officers, Destroys Goods

*Nigeria Loses Billions of Naira to N/Delta Crises

*FIRS Demands Tax Clerance

*Obasanjo Establishes Nigeria Dev. Forum

*Govt Assures Chinese of Rail Project

*FG Spends N8.7 Between  1999 and 2006 & Other Stories

FG earns $2bn from oil Blocks

 

News from States

*States in Secret Deal to Save Excess Crudes

*Governors insist: Stop Debt Relief Deductions

*FCTA Develops 330,000 Parking Spaces

*Benue Seeks Supports for Solid Minerals

*Shekarau unveils N170bn for dev plan

*Lagos to Issue N150bn Bonds on Foreign Investors

*Kwara govt to boost internal revenue

*FG Returns 46 Oil Wells to Abia

*Osun Equips HIV Positive Citizens

*Ondo To Spend N2.6b On Mechanized Farming

*A’Ibom Signs N43.5b Road Contracts

*Katsina Has N19 Billion In Its Account

*Kaduna to Fight Poverty through Community Banks

*Bayelsa Budget N1 Billion For Land Compensation

*Yobe To Clear Contract Liabilities

*LG in Gombe Spends N30m on Housing

Kano Gets N17.5bn in Three Months

Akwa Ibom Increases Salaries of workers

Ogun Awards Contracts Worth Over N1bn

Zamfara Awards N1.1bn for Water Projects

Ondo Approves N1.27bn for Water

Abuja to be Hub of Africa – Minister of FCT

Niger Expects $38m from Donor Agencies 

* Governors Warn Against Deduction from States’ Account

* Kano to Spend N173b for Development 

* Governor of Abia Releases N17m for Water Supply

* Bayelsa To Transform Slums On Waterfronts

* Lagos Seeks Private Sector Partnership

* Adamawa Plans Micro-Credit Scheme for Youths

* Anambra Contributes N93million to NHF

June News from States

*Adamawa, Taraba  Demand Refund Of $105m Fake Loans and other news

*States Raise N37.5b in Capital Market and other News

*Tinubu Appoints Igbo as Commissioner and other stories

*Niger-Delta States Benefit from PTDF Funds   and other Stories

 

Features/Essay

*RIBADU: The Battle of Spin Doctors

*Mark’s Senate: Six Months After

*Protecting Our Environment through E-Waste

*On Cross River State Budget  2008

*Rediscovering Water Supply in Kano         

*Still on Solid Waste Management and the Environment

*Pension Without Tension: Is It Possible?

*BPP: A New Anti-Corruption Agency?

*C4C: A Timely Change Agent

*UMYA: Something Like A Phenomenon

*Towards An Effective Pension Regime

*Economic Agenda: The Reality of Theories

*How not to Sell Refineries

*Non-oil Producing States and Growing Socio-Economic Crisis

*The Elimination In Reality TV Shows

*Corruption: Between Ribadu and Wolfowitz

*Yar'adua: Our Gain, Our Fear

*Those Tribal Marks on Naira Notes

*Between World Bank and Nigeria’s Reforms

*Still on Census Figures

*Reviewing Shekarau Administration

*Branding the Heart of Africa

*Report Refuses to Sway People

*NEITI: A Timely Watchdog Over Oil and Mining Sectors                                   

*Economy: As OBJ Hands Over

*The Politics of Power Generation

*NPC Rejoinder on Census Debate

An Assessment of *Reform Agenda from 1999-2007  by Prof. Aluko

*Strategic Information and Communication Management

 

Special Focus

*CISLAC Communique: Monitoring Extractive Industries

*Kwara State Budget 2008

*Kebbi State Budget 2008

PENCOM: Catering for Pension Rights of Nigerian Workers

Kano: Budget Address of Governor Ibrahim Shekarau

*The List of Licensed Pension Fund Administrators in Nigeria

* Q & A on Naira Re-Denomination

*EFCC Responds To Criticisms

*Policy Choices To Deliver NV2020

*The Road Map to Economic Reforms

*Finance Minister's Speech on Fitch Ratings

*Obasanjo’s Eight Years Performance

* Economic Priority of Governor Saraki

*The Performance of the Nigerian Economy Since 1999

*Jisalo Serves Abuja Municipal

 

Foreign and Multilateral

*Rich Nations Donate $42bn to Poorest Countries – World Bank

*African Diaspora Key to the Continent’s Development

*World Bank and UNODC to Pursue Stolen Asset Recovery

*World Bank, Others to Improve Investment Climate In Nigeria

*Nigeria and Other improved Rating

*World Bank Supports Communications  Programs

*Fitch Rates Nigeria High

*China defends oil trade with Africa

*China Reports Major Offshore Oil Find 

FG earns $2bn from oil Blocks

 

Business & Monetary

*600 Community Banks Convert To Microfinance Bank

*CBN and NDIC Working to Protect Microfinance Banks

*Fatal Blow as CAC Strikes Out Dormant Companies

*Zenith Bank Targets N215 bn Gross Earning         

*Kapital Insurance to Increase Capital Base to N5bn

*PenCom Remits Benefits to 700,000 Retirees

*FG Records N171.6b Surplus – Niger Delta Crisis affects Revenue

*Banks’ Depositors yet to file their Claims

*NICON Present N147m Draft to Pensioners of NAN

*Unity Bank Secures N3.8bn Loan to Boost Trade

* CBN Establishes Committee on Excess Crude Account

* Unity Bank appoints five new directors     

* Zenith Bank’s balance sheet hits N1.2trn

*Obasanjo didn’t withdraw $29bn – CBN

*NDIC Recovers N8.6b From Banks’ Debtors

*Trade Alert: SEC, NSE Slash Fee by 40%

*Transcorp Appoints Tom Iseghohi GMD

*CBN To Invest $490 Million In AFC

*Controversy Trails Arabic on Naira Note

*Banks to Reduce Govt Shares

*CBN Probes 15 Banks over Forex

*Biz Leaders Concerns over  Anti-corruption Bill

Nigerians Abroad Remit $7.7 Billion in 2006 and Other News

 

Extra

FG Reinstates Another Permanent Secretary

FG Dissolves Jimoh Ibrahim's Led NICON and Nigeria-RE

No More Illegal Deduction- Minister of State

Nigerian Design Electric Car     

Finance Minister's Speech on Fitch Ratings

 

 

     

Facts and Figures

*FAAC: Federal Allocations to FG, States and LGCs in December 2007

*Federation Account Allocations from January to December 2007

40 Most Recapitalised Companies in Nigeria

*Facts On The New Postings In NNPC

*List Of The 71 Recapitalized Insurance Firms In Nigeria

*Corruption: Table on Clean and Dirty Nations

*Big Banks: Their CEOs, Branches and Foreign Partners

*List of Ministers, their states, ages and qualificationsn

*List of Chairmen of Senate Committees

*List of Banks: Recapitalized, Failed and Acquired

*New Remuneration for Legislators in Nigeria

*Population Figure 1991 & 2006

*External Debt Stock as at December 2006

*Revenue Formula since 1992

 

 

 

Federation Account

FAAC: Federation Allocation in November 2007

*FAAC: September Allocation to FG, States and LGs

*Federation Allocation in August and Additions From the Excess Crude

*Federation Allocations in July 2007

* Federation Allocation in June 2007

*Federation Allocation in May 2007

* Federation Allocation in April 2007

* Federation Allocation in Feb.. 2007

*Federation Allocation in Jan. 2007

 

 

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SPECIAL FOCUS

List of Major Debtors in Nigeria

 

List of Bad Debtors in Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN)

 

NEMA@10: The Story So Far

 

Questions and Answers on the Examinations of the 14 Banks by CBN

 

FEATURES

Africa's Foreign Reserves: In Reserve For Who?By Chika Ezeanya

 

Churches and Mosques Should Pay taxes - Mcdonald Koiki

 

Deregulating Robbery in Nigeria By Kola Ibrahim

 

Understanding Monetary Policy By Abubakar Jimoh

 

The Making of Ideal Economic Policies By: Salim Salihu Muhammed

 

The Putrid Mess Also in CBN By Les Leba

 

Still on Early Warning Alert System in Nigeria By Yushau A. Shuaib

 

District 9 and the Can of Wild Paradox by Segun Imohiosen

 

Nigeria: Time to Check to the Drift By Dansulieman Mohammed

 

Golden Casket: Between Gani Fawehinmi and Wacko Jacko- By Yushau A. Shuaib

 

NIGERIA@49: Tracing the Economic Intervention- By Abubakar Jimoh

 

NASENI: Striving to end Nigeria’s reliance on foreign good – By Umar Kari

 

Macroeconomic Framework for an Independent Economic Recovery- Salihu Muhammad

 

When Sony Undermines Campaigns of Akunyili and Aoandoka- By McDonald koiki

 

Archetypal Resurgence: The Lamido Sanusi Revolution- By Segun Imohiose

 

Banks and Money Laundering- By Les Leba

 

Oronsaye’s Civil Service reform- By hussaini Sani kagara

 

New Policy in the Civil Service: Hypocrisy at Work? –By Tope Ajakaiye

More Features

 

TAX MATTERS

* Church and Mosque Not Exempted from Tax - FIRS

… Use of Consultants for Tax Collection is an Aberration

*Finance Minister Advocates Partnership on Tax Issues

*FIRS Reopens PAN, Vows to Prosecute Defaulters

*How We Generate N808bn in Tax Revenue Within Six Months- FIRS Boss

*FIRS Generates Taxpayers Numbers for Bank Customers

*Historical Milestone as Online Tax Payment Begins

*FIRS Seals Two Oil Companies Over $610m Tax Arrears

*Firms Owed Govt N260b in Taxes

*Tax Identification Number to Reduce Tax Evasion- FIRS Boss

*Revenue Agencies to Make Full Disclosure- Finance Minister

*FIRS Delists 2 Banks over Non-Remittance of Tax