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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

 

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Odey Inaugurates Panel on IWMF in Niger Delta

 

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

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Economic Confidential, January 10, 2009

FACTS AND FIGURES

 

At the Nigerian Stock Exchange

 

Nigerian Banks' Performance 2008 / First Week of January 2009

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The table below is prepared by Professor Mobolaji E. Aluko, a Guest Columnist with the Economic Confidential.

 

Start 2008 Stock Price Rank

 

Company

1/1/2008

Stock Price

Naira

12/31/2008

Stock Price

Naira

 End of 2008 Stock Price Rank

 

1/9/2009

Stock Price

Naira

Price

Ratio

Begin/

End 2008

Price

Ratio

End 2008/

Today

Comment

on

Year 2008

% stock change

1

UBA

49.10

13.15

6

12.87

3.73

1.02

 -73.2%

2

Zenith Bank

46.09

22.00

2

18.78

2.10

0.764

 -52.4%

3

First Bank

45.31

21.11

3

18.90

2.15

1.12

 -53.5%

4

UBN

43.05

15.20

4

14.73

2.83

1.03

 -64.7%

5

Intercontinental

39.06

12.94

7

10.45

3.02

1.24

 -66.9%

6

Oceanic Bank

39.05

12.05

9

9.91

3.24

1.22

 -69.1%

7

Guaranty Trust Bank

36.00

12.90

8

11.84

2.79

1.09

 -64.2%

8

Afribank

30.49

9.61

12

7.30

3.17

1.32

 -68.5%

9

Platinum-Habib Bank

25.51

10.24

11

8.03

2.49

1.28

 -59.8%

10

Access Bank

24.00

7.07

15

7.19

3.39

0.98

 -70.5%

11

IBTC

20.02

10.90

10

8.67

1.83

1.26

 -45.4%

12

Diamond Bank

20.00

7.46

14

6.50

2.68

1.15

 -62.7%

13

FCMB

19.50

6.00

16

5.30

3.25

1.13

 -69.2%

14

SkyeBank

17.19

8.59

13

7.25

2.00

1.18

 -50.0%

15

Wemabank

15.00

14.29

5

14.29

1.05

1.00

Trading suspended 10/10/2008

   

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

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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