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Copyrights Body Woos NAFDAC, Seeks More Funds

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) is intensifying efforts to rid Nigeria of pirated materials as its Director General, Adebambo Adewopo on Monday asked for better funding of the Commission...
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AU Group  Proposes Bank for African Currency by 2010 

African Union (AU) Group of Eminent Persons (GEP) on reparations, has concluded plans to float a bank for all African currency by the year 2010, saying it will boost investment and trade in the continent...
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Shell, Ijaw Communities Settle Rift...
Shell plans to resume next week its long abandoned operations in the Warri area, the spin off of a peace meeting it had at the weekend...


FG To Sell Ayip-Eku Oil Palm Company...
In furtherance of Federal Government’s privatisation programme, the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has invited prospective Core Group and Strategic investors to express interest in the acquisition of 60 per cent shares and management control...


NSE Boss Urges Dominion Trust to Package SMEs for Listing...
The President of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oba Otudeko, has challenged Dominion Trust Limited to facilitate the packaging of Small Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to enable them qualify for listing on the Exchange...


UN Favours Nigeria in One Billion Tree Planting Campaign...
A campaign to plant one billion new trees globally has been launched by the United Nations (UN), with Nigeria as a likely benefactor...


Dollar Loses Ground Against Euro...
The dollar has plunged to its lowest level against the euro since April 2005 amid concerns for the US economy...


NITEL Up-grade May Disrupt Services...
The Nigerian Telecommunication (NITEL) Plc has commenced up-grade of the SAT-3 cable system as part of its efforts to provide better service and improve its network availability. This, it said may disrupt services...


Columnist Weekly
Philip Emeagwali

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

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