Tuesday, January 26, 2010

[News Update] New Bank MDs, Ibru's Assets and MDGs' Billions on Projects Revealed

 

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Zenith Names Godwin Emefiele as MD/CEO Designate: The Board of Zenith Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Godwin Emefiele as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer designate of the Bank. The appointment, which is subject to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) confirmation, takes effect from August 1, 2010. This is coming few days after the Board of United Bank for Africa Plc appointed Mr. Phillips Oduoza, Deputy Managing Director overseeing its operations in the South as CEO designate of UBA... Read

 

Nigeria MDGs: How We Channel Billions of Naira on 8 Goals: In this an exclusive interview with Economic Confidential, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Mrs. Amina Mohammed Az-Zubair talks about the MDG projects in Nigeria, her relation with federal legislators, states and the amount of fund expended on the programme. She also gives reason for rejecting some appointment including ministerial positions for her passion. Born of a Nigerian father from Gombe State and a British mother from Wales, sh... Read 

 

Details of Cecilia Ibru's N400bn Assets: Before she was sacked from office as the Managing Director of Oceanic Bank Plc by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mrs. Cecilia Ibru was referred to as the First Lady of Banking in Nigeria and regarded as one of the most influential and powerful businesswomen in Africa. But only very few would agree that she had assets and shares worth over N400billion.... Read

 

Farida Waziri dares Fraudsters and Economic Criminals in 2010…As EFCC Arraigns 5 suspects over Visa Scam: Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri has reiterated her resolve to step on more toes and crush more legs this year just as the agency arraigns 5 suspects over UK Visa scam. ... Read 

 

BPE Extends Deadline for Proposals on NITEL/MTEL: The deadline for the submission of technical and financial proposals for the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications Plc (NITEL) and its mobile arm, M-tel, has been extended from Friday, January 22, 2010 to Friday, February 5, 2010. ... Read

 

China Grants Nigeria $500M Loan for Kano-Lagos Railway:A special delegation from the Chinese government led by Deputy Chief Inspector of China EXIM Bank - Mr Yi Zong Hua, has promised that the team will work assiduously with its Nigerian counterpart towards ensuring that the Concessional loan to the tune of $500 million loan is drawdown to enable Kano-Lagos Railway project to take-off by February 2010.... Read

 

Oil Communities to Own Petroleum Assets: Federal government has taken a bold step towards involving the oil producing communities in the ownership structure of Nigeria's petroleum assets. A Presidential Committee On he Modalities for the Involvement of Host Communities in the Ownership of Petroleum Assets in Nigeria has been inaugurated to work out the modalities…... Read

 

DMO Resumes Monthly Auctions, Offers N75bn FGN Bonds: The Debt Management Office (DMO) has resumed its monthly bond auctions, offering a total of N75billion FGN bonds, made up of N20billion for the 3-year tenor, N25billion for the 10-year tenor and N30billion for the 20-year tenors.   A statement issued over the weekend by the DMO stated that the variety of the tenors on offer, namely 3, 10 and 20 years, was to give investors the opportunity to choose the bond(s) most suitable to their needs and investment objectives. ... Read

 

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

[News Update] 10 Year Tenure: Banks' CEOs to Go... as Dangote Pays $1.27bn to 10 Banks

 

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10 Year Tenure: Banks' MDs to Go in July 2010 -CBN… Banks to Negotiate Sales with Foreign Investors: The Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria has finally fixed a maximum tenure of ten years for Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of banks in Nigeria. This new decision came as CBN hands off the negotiation and sales of the eight rescued banks to the banks management and boards who could negotiate, where desirable, with new foreign investors. …Read

 

Dangote Liquidates $1.27bn Loans in 10 banks: The President Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has liquidated a $1.27 billion loan facility he took on behalf of his organisation from a consortium of 10 Nigerian banks in May 2008 to finance its cement division's expansion projects five years ahead of schedule. The banks involved in the loan syndication were Access Bank, Afribank, Bank PHB, FCMB, Fidelity Bank, First Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Stanbic IBTC, United Bank for Africa, and Zenith Bank. …Read

 

Oil Communities to Own Petroleum Assets: The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H. Odein Ajumogobia has lauded the federal government for taking a bold step towards involving the oil producing communities in the ownership structure of Nigeria's petroleum assets. He stated this at the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee On he Modalities for the Involvement of Host Communities in the Ownership Of Petroleum Assets In Nigeria. …Read

 

After Universities, Pay Rise for Polytechnics and COE: The Federal Government has re-affirmed its promise to amicably resolve the demand for pay rise by Unions in Polytechnics and Colleges of Education sub-sector without discrimination. This is as it assures that the same principles used in fixing the new pay package for University Unions will be adopted. …Read

 

Infrastructure Concession to Create More Employment – VP Jonathan: The key element of Federal Government's concession of infrastructure is to create employment to the teeming youth in the country. VP Jonathan while receiving 2009 Report on the activities of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission said "that government is not only interested in managing its assets well but the main issue of the concession is to create employment opportunities for Nigerians". …Read

 

Federation Account: Beneficiaries Received N4.17tr and $5.5bn in 2009: The sum of N4.174 trillion and $5.5 billion were distributed from the Federation Account and Foreign Excess Crude Account respectively among the three tiers of government in 2009. Last year's release from the Federation Account was the highest injection into the system within a fiscal year in the last 10 years. …Read

 

Policing Our Budgets: However, let me remind Nigerians not to get too distracted by Farouk Abdulmutallab's incident and President Yar'Adua's sickness. Let us keep one eye on the yearly budgets which various states in Nigeria are announcing. Ebonyi State announced a budget proposal of N72.6 billion; Ogun State announced a budget of N100.7 billion. Kano proposed N110bn for their budget, Kaduna proposed N196.7bn for 2010 budget, Yobe planned N62.42b for 2010 budget, and Anambra proposed N67 billion for 2010 budget…Read

 

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Monday, January 11, 2010

[News Update] President Yar'Adua is Alive and Talking

 

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President Yar'Adua is Alive: Against the background of rumours on the purported death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Saudia Arabia where he had gone for treatment, his spokesperson and Senior Special Adviser on Communication, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi has denied the speculations saying that the president is alive and has been talking to some people…Read

 

How we Intercept Scam Mails worth Billions of Naira- NIPOST Boss: The Postmaster General of Nigerian Postal Service, Mr. Ibrahim Mori Baba has disclosed the efforts of his agency to tackle the menace of fraudsters who use postal/courier services to execute their nefarious activities. He also tells the Economic Confidential the NIPOST's commitment to regain public confidence on postal service… Read

 

CBN Appoints New Executive Directors For Three Banks: The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the appointment of new Executive Directors for Bank PHB, Spring Bank Plc and Equitorial Trust Bank Limited respectively. The announcement which was made by the spokesperson of the bank, Mr. Mohammed Abdullahi said the appointment followed the removal of the CEO's of the affected banks and their replacement with new ones. .. Read

 

 

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Monday, January 04, 2010

[News Update] N346bn Scandal: Details of Akingbola Worldwide Assets to be Frozen... And Still on Mutallab of Nigeria

 

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N346bn Scandal: Details of Akingbola's Worldwide Assets to be Frozen…Include Properties in Lagos, Ghana, Dubai, London and various shares: After paying over £9.8million Pound Sterling to his English solicitors, the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr, Erastus Akingbola is in fresh financial dilemma as a Federal High Court granted a Mareva injunction on his worldwide assets for total offences amounting to the tune of N346 billion and over 1 million GBP Sterling…Read and see some of the assets

 

In Defence of Abdul Mutallab of Nigeria – A Response to MEND: One of the organisations that shamelessly coloured the incident with sectional and religious undertone was the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), whose official statement on the suspect was to urge governments around the world to pay more attention to northern Nigeria, claiming that the region is a threat to world peace and "fertile ground" for international terrorism. They also provoke ember of hatred by insinuating that…Read

 

Jimoh Ibrahim to Acquire Oil Licence and University in Sao Tome: The Chairman of NICON and Global fleet Group of Companies, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim has indicated the interest of his organisation to acquire Oil and Gas Licence and establish a private University in the Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. He also announced the commencement of NICON Insurance operation in its new branch in that country… Read

 

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Kano Proposes N110bn for Budget 2010

Kaduna Proposes N196.7bn for 2010 Budget

Yobe Proposes N62.42b for 2010 Budget

Osun Assembly Approves 2010 Budget

Anambra Proposes N67 Billion for 2010 Budget

 

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Erastus Akingbola: A Drowning Man?

In Defence of the Vice-President, in the Failure of the President Doing the Right Thing

Addressing Distress in the Banking sector

Micro Financing in Nigeria: A Dire Need for "Sanusitization"

Introducing Home Makers

 

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