Monday, 22 November 2010

Finally, Atiku is the Consensus Aspirant as Hackers Attacks NITDA Website

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Finally, Atiku is Consensus Presidential Aspirant
Finally the Northern Wise-men for the selection of the consensus Presidential aspirant from the region have chosen former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the consensus presidential aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party to slug it out with President Goodluck Jonathan for the primary election. Other aspirants for the consensus congratulate him. Read: http://www.economicconfidential.com/x/index.php/national-news/547-finally-atiku-is-consensus-presidential-aspirant

Internet Hackers Attacks NITDA Website for Months
Internet Hackers have continued to attack the website of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) which is the clearing house for IT projects in the public sector in Nigeria. The hackers who have debases several pages of the official website of NITDA with offensive materials, according to the finding of the Economic Confidential magazine, the agency is yet to rectify and address the problems even when it has ICT professionals in its workforce as of this morning. Read: http://www.economicconfidential.com/x/index.php/national-news/546-internet-hackers-attacks-nitda-website-for-months

EFCC Raises Alarm Over Fresh Blackmail Plot
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described as cheap blackmail and an act of desperation by disgruntled elements a widely circulated statement credited to the anti-graft agency in which spurious and ridiculous allegations were made against the Attorney General of the Federation , Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN as well as the EFCC Chairman, Mrs Farida Waziri. Read: http://www.economicconfidential.com/x/index.php/national-news/544-efcc-raises-alarm-over-fresh-blackmail-plot

American Legislators Commends CBN's Banking Reforms
They say:"We were fascinated by the CBN Governor, and impressed by the tough, decisive and transparent actions that he and his colleagues had taken in Nigeria in a way that many Americans wish had also been done here with the leaders of financial institutions that benefitted from tax-payer funded bail-outs."Read: http://www.economicconfidential.com/x/index.php/monetary/542-amercican-legislators-commends-cbns-banking-reforms

Amos Adamu's Travails: the Consequences of Greed and Corruption
On Saturday 16 October 2010, Complete Sports magazine did a poll to its readers titled: "Is Dr. Amos Adamu A Curse Or A Blessing To Nigerian Football?" I took my time to trawl through all the comments and feedback left by Nigerians. The result? The overwhelming majority of respondents concluded that, Dr Amos Adamu, erstwhile (now suspended) Nigerian representative on the Board of FIFA, world football's ruling body, was not only a curse to Nigerian football, but was also a disaster waiting to happen. Read: http://www.economicconfidential.com/x/index.php/features/545-amos-adamus-travails-the-consequences-of-greed-and-corruption


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Sunday, 14 November 2010

Accountants from Nigerians Spend N430mn for Malaysia Summit

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Malaysia Jamboree: 900 Accountants from Nigeria Spends N430mn in a Week
At the recent World Congress of Accountants (WCOA) which took place in Kuala Lumpur Conference Centre, Malaysia over 900 Nigerian Accountants attended the congress that attracted about 6,500 delegates from 157 members and associates of IFAC in about 123 countries. Read: 

Face to Face with Alamieyeseigha
It is an experience this writer will not forget in a hurry. It is such an experience that makes one to wonder about life, its pleasure, its vanity and what forms inner contentment and fulfilment. It was on a trip to Bayelsa state. Read:

Drum of Third World War Beats Louder
Two men to decide the fate of the embattled mankind in a matter of weeks are Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. The issue at stake is Iran's determination to achieve deliverable nuclear weapons, which has the inherent potential to spark off the dreaded Third World War. This is presumably so with the Israeli readiness to attack Iran as early as this November 2010. Read:

FIRS Tasks Tax Payers on their rights for better services
Taxpayers have been advised to come together, form associations and pressure groups to address common issues, press for their rights and channel their demands to the government and obtain better services. The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui Okauru, said this would encourage a two-way communication between the government and taxpayers. Read:


AMCON Board Authorises Purchase of Non-performing Loans
The Board of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) concluded its first board meeting today in Abuja, during which it reiterated its mission to acquire non-performing loans across the banking industry, recapitalise the rescued banks and manage the acquired assets. Read:

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Monday, 8 November 2010

Rich and Poor States: How They Share N1tr in Six Months

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Rich and Poor States: How States Shared N1 trillion Between January to June 2010
The 36 states in Nigeria shared a total sum of One trillion between January and June 2010. In a summary of federal allocations to the states obtained by the Economic Confidential, the online intelligence magazine, within the period South-South states that are mostly oil-producing received the highest total allocation of N386.8billion followed by North-West N162.5billion and South-West N160.7billion. Other regions like North-East got N119.7 billion, North-Central N117.2billion and South-East received N99.4 billion. The full detail of the disbursements and the ranking of rich and poor states is in a table provided by the economic Confidential where for instance Akwa Ibom state alone received a total sum of N104 billion while its neighbour, Cross River only got N18 billion in the six month of the year. Read more and table:

How We Manage Ecological Funds- Odusote
The head of the National Ecological Fund Office is Mrs. Ibukun Abimbola Odusote who is a Permanent Secretary, granted an interview to the Economic Confidential on how her agency manages Ecological Funds. Read more:

Aliyu K. Belgore: An Accomplished Banker for AMCON
In Nigeria the name Belgore is synonymous to law at highest level, but unlike other popular Belgores from the Ilorin Emirate who are lawyers, magistrates and judges, Aliyu Kola Belgore is a thorough bred and an accomplished banker of repute. He was recently confirmed by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the Chairman of the Board of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Read more:

Intellipharmaceutics: A Nigerian owned Company at NASDAQ
This is cheering news to Nigerians as Dr. Isa Odidi and his wife, Dr. Amina Odidi based in Canada were recently honoured by NASDAQ. They were invited by a stock exchange based in the United States of America (NASDAQ) to ring the opening bell before trading began in New York City. They are top pharmaceutical scientists and prolific inventors in Canada whose pharmaceutical company Intellipharmaceutics, has become a success story. Read more:

Nigeria Tasks Commonwealth Citizens On Taxes
At a meeting of 46-member countries of Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA), President Goodluck Jonathan tasked citizens of commonwealth countries including Nigerians to pay their taxes so as to have moral justification to hold governments accountable on implementation of development programmes. Read more:


Features
The following features can be accessed from the Homepage: www.economicconfidential.com:

Wanted: change driver, not jingoist by Chijama Ogbu
Pension: A Retirement Income Strategy by Salim Salihu Muhammed
Renaissance Professionals: A Post Mortem by Suraj Oyewale
Cybernetic Solutions to Economic Problem by Oluwaseyi Akanni Olumuyiwa
Sani-Sidi and the Way Forward in NEMA by Manzo Ezekiel
Memories of Colonial Africa: A Nigeria Without Oil by Philip Emeagwali
Mittee Report as Key to Security and development by Law Mefor
Expo 2010 and Greater Port Harcourt Mega city by Prince Nwaokugha Ikeokwu
Tackling Zamfara Lead Poisoning Threat by Bashir Bichi
Poor Northerners! by Aliyu Tilde
An evil that created economic imbalances by Gbenga Okubadejo
Government and Social Responsibility Service by Toyeen Ojo
Book Review: My Country My Home by Abubakar Jimoh

 
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