Fraudster Demands $2mn from Ibru as EFCC Seals Atuche’s Assets Print
By Economic Confidential   
March 2010
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has told an FCT high court in Abuja how a fake official of the anti-graft agency who was recently arrested and arraigned approached a former CEO of Oceanic International Bank Plc, Mrs Cecilia Ibru to extort two million dollars ($2million) from her.

Ibru was sacked as the CEO of Oceanic bank last year while the EFCC arraigned her on a 25 count ...
 
NNPC Transformation Moving to Final Stage Print
By Economic Confidential   
March 2010
The second phase of the transformation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, was formally flagged off with the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Rilwanu Lukman, charging the management of NNPC to ensure that the agenda does not fail.

Dr Lukman gave the charge in a keynote addres...
 
Federation Account: How They Share N474bn in February 2010 Print
By Economic Confidential   
February 2010
Gross summary of Statutory Revenue and VAT Allocation

From the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in February 2010, the Economic Confidential magazine provides here the distribution of a total sum of N474 billion being the Statutory and VAT allocations shared to all tiers of government. From the total disbursement of nets after deductions, the highest recipients are from the oil producing states with Akwa Ibom receiving N12.4bn, Rivers N12.2bn, Delta N11bn, Bayelsa 5.3b The highest recipients from non-oil –producing states are Lagos N10.2bn and Kano N7.5bn.

 
Communal Clash in Niger Delta over Oil Wells and Farm Lands Print
By Economic Confidential   
March 2010
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Cross Rivers State Emergency Management Agency CSEMA have escaped death by the whiskers when they were attacked by some armed men numbering about 100 along the Adeng River in Ikpanya in Ibiono LGa of Akwa Ibom State.

The Officials w...
 
Jonathan May Sack Northern Military Generals Print
By Economic Confidential   
February 2010
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Any moment from now the acting President of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan may succumb to pressure into sacking some top military and intelligent officers from Northern Nigeria through a deliberate smear campaign on suspicious disloyalty. According to the finding of th...
 
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Fraudster Demands $2mn from Ibru as EFCC Seals Atuche’s Assets
article thumbnaiThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has told an FCT high court in Abuja how a fake official of the anti-graft agency who was recently arrested and arraigned approached a former CEO of Oceanic International Bank Plc, Mrs Cecilia Ibru to extort two million dollars ($2million) from her. Ibru was sacked as the CEO of Oceanic bank last year while the EFCC arraigned her on a 25 count...

Monetary & Tax Matters


03 2010
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA      PRESS RELEASE EXTENSION OF THE TERMINAL DATE FOR THE CIRCULATION OF N5, N10 AND N50 PAPER
02 2010
    Abuja  Justice Oseni Oyewo                    
02 2010
The Finance Minister, Dr. Mansur Muhtar has inaugurated eight tax administrative tribunals to handle tax dispute in the country. The tribunals are to be situated in the six geopolitical zones of the
02 2010
The Federal Ministry of Finance has expressed its full support for the ongoing banking sector reforms by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) towards ensuring stability in the sector
02 2010
The Board of Directors of Skye Bank Plc has appointed the Deputy Managing Director of the bank, Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti, as the Group Managing Director designate. He will succeed the incumbent Chief
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