071206 | Why Nigeria Pushes for Lower Oil Prices - Daukoru, Govt to Implement N364m Fabrication Programme in Oil, Gas Sector, Oil Revenue Management: Soludo Seeks Amendment of Constitution, Philip Emeagwali Article

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40 Firms To Invest In Nigerian Maritime Industry

7th DEC 2006

Forty companies have signified their interest to invest in the nation’s maritime industry, following a presentation by the Director General of the National Maritime Administration and Safety Agency...
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WEST AFRICAN BANKERS ELECT ELUMELU AS PRESIDENT
7th DEC 2006

Coming barely a month after he was named the African Business Leader of the year 2006, the Group Managing Director of United Bank for Africa Plc Mr. Tony Elumelu has added another feather to his cap...
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Oil Revenue Management: Soludo Seeks Amendment of Constitution...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, on Saturday, called for the amendment of relevant sections of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution, particularly Section 162, in order to effectively manage the nation’s earnings from oil and ensure macroeconomic stability in the economy...
4th DEC 2006

Electricity Consumer Bill Coming — NERC Boss...
Dr. Ransome Owan, chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) spoke on moves being made to improve power supply nationwide and the coming consumer bill of right...
4th DEC 2006

Customs Generates N89.2 Billion in Apapa...
The Apapa Area 1 Customs Command has generated N89.92 billion as revenue in the first 10 months of 2006, the Controller, Mr. Rasheed Taiwo, has said...
4th DEC 2006

Ecobank Earns GCR Top Ratings...
The improved performance of Ecobank Nigeria Plc in the 2006 financial year has earned it an "A+" long term and "A1" short term ratings from Global Credit Rating Company (GCR), an internationally acclaimed rating agency...
1st DEC 2006

NDIC Assigns 2000 Debt Recovery Briefs To Solicitors...
Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it had assigned over 2000 debt recovery briefs to solicitors in respect of the banks that were undergoing liquidation...
1st DEC 2006

Columnist Weekly

How Do
We Reverse
the Brain Drain?

Follow the thoughts of one of Africa’s greatest brains who was voted history's greatest scientist (#1) of African descent — and the 35th greatest African of all time — in a survey for the September 2004 issue of the London-based New African magazine. He won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, the Nobel Prize of supercomputing and in 2000 was extolled by Bill Clinton as “one of the great minds of the Information Age.”

How Do We Reverse the Brain Drain?
- By Philip Emeagwali

For 10 million African-born emigrants, the word “home” is synonymous with the United States, Britain or other country outside of Africa. Personally, I have lived continuously in the United States for the past 30 years. My last visit to Africa was 17 years ago...
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PHCN & Online Electricity Payment System
By Chyke 9 OCT 2006

This is a great achievement for the country. My only concern here is the motivation for this implementation...
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