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Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF)

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

Federal Inland revenue Service (FIRS)

Debt Management Office (DMO)

National pencom Commission (PENCON)

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)

Nigeria National petroleum Corporation(NNPC)

Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)

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*Home

*Mission

 

EDITOR'S SUITE

Nigeria is a Roasted Yam…

 

PROFILE

Dr. Mansur Muhtar: Another First Class Finance Minister

 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Over $100bn for Infrastructure Developments in Nigeria- DG ICRC

 

 

FACTS AND FIGURES

FEDERATION ACCOUNT:

A Detail Allocation of N495bn in December 2008

-   Statutory N389bn, Excess Crude N106bn

 

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Bush: Farewell to legacy of ‘sorrow, tears and blood’

 

STATES

Kano proposes N109bn for 2009

 

Budget Proposals of Anambra, Gombe, Bayelsa, and Kwara

 

Approved Budgets of Abia, Osun, Enugu, Ondo, Lagos

 

Yobe needs N3.7bn to check flooding, environmental degradation

 

Ekiti Head of Service assures of job security

 

 

NATIONAL

Finally EFCC Declares El-rufai Wanted

 

How National Awardee Defrauds Nigerians of N700m

 

Niger Bridge Won't Collapse-NEMA

 

 

ARCHIVES

Personalities/Interviews

Editorial Suite/Cover

Facts and Figures

National& States News

Mult/Business & Monetary

Features/Essays

Special Focus

 

February 2008 Edition

March 2008 Edition

April 2008 Edition

May 2008 Edition

June 2008 Edition

July 2008 Edition

August 2008 Edition

September 2008 Edition

October 2008 Edition

November 2008 Edition

December 2008 Edition

 
 

Economic Confidential, February 2008

FEBRUARY 2008 EDITION

 

ECONOMIC PERSONALITY:

*Dankwambo: Chartered Accountant of the Federation

 

COVER:

How Nigeria Generated $2bn from Signature Bonus in 8 Years

 

FACTS/FIGURES:

*Accruals in Respect of Signature Bonus from 1999 – June 2007

*2007 Monthly Revenue Collections and Transfer to Excess Crude Accounts

*Federation Account: January Allocation 2008

 

MONETARY:

*Banks’ deposits hit N5trillion

*NDIC ResolvesN72.5bn Liabilities of Failed Banks

 

BUSINESS

*Utilise Excess Crude for Industrilisation- Senator Adedibu

*Nigeria Recorded $33bn DFI in 8yrs, Says NIPC

*Visafone: 13 Banks to Raise $200m for Ovia’s Mobile Firm

 

NATIONAL

*Nigeria Earned N1.38 Trillion from Excess Crude in 2007

*States May Receive Dollarized Revenue From Federation Account

*NNPC Expects $5bn investments in gas sector

 

STATES:

*Kano Spent N1.5bn on Environment

*Ondo State receives $69million from Federation Account

*Anambra govt receives N1.8bn grant from MDG

*Kebbi to partner with IFAD on food production

 

MULTILATERAL:

*World Bank to Assist Niger-Delta

*Oxfam Berates EU on ACP Countries 

 

FEATURES

*CLIMATE CHANGE: An Environmental Imbalance

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         

*Strategic Information and Communication Management

*Policy Choices To Deliver NV2020

*The Road Map to Economic Reforms

*Finance Minister's Speech on Fitch Ratings

 

SPECIAL FOCUS

Interface on NEITI Act Implementation in Nigeria

*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

 

   

SPECIAL FOCUS

Kano’s Budget of Sustainable Economic Growth and Development II

 

Guiding Principles for Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in Nigeria

 

No Chevron Tax Money was Diverted – FIRS

 

The Making of Nigeria’s Budget 2009

 

Key Macroeconomic Developments in Nigeria

 

Ilorin Aviation School and Economic Development

 

Implementation Efforts and Challenges of the Contributory Pension Scheme in Nigeria

 

FEATURES/OPINION
Tackling Unemployment through Infrastructure Concession in Nigeria

 

Setting New Agenda for Science and Technology

 

Information Management: Between Odey and Akunyili

 

Nigeria's department of homeland and economic security

 

Thoughts on Affordable and Social Housing in Nigeria

 

Lessons from NigComSat and our technology policy

 

Budget 2009: Dead on Arrival

 

EFCC on Revenge Mission?

 

Nigeria in the Storm of Development

 

Hurray! The Coins Are Back, But…

 

Who’s the world’s economist of the millennium?

 

Transportation: Seven Points of Interest

 

Plateau State: When an Election becomes nuisance

 

After Nuhu Ribadu What Next?

 

More Features

 

MORE FACTS

*Federal Allocation: How They Share N892bn in May 2008

 

*Table of Budget 2008 for NASS

 

*Breakdown of Disbursement of $2billion to FG, States and LGCs

 

*Accruals in Respect of Signature Bonus from 1999 – June 2007

 

*2007 Monthly Revenue Collections and Transfer to Excess Crude Accounts