Vivvo CMS 4.0 BusinessDay... the voice of business http://www.businessdayonline.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. BusinessDay... the voice of business http://www.businessdayonline.com/files.php?file= http://www.businessdayonline.com/ Levi Mwanawasa, 1948 - 2008 http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/15301.html Editorial Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 The death in a military hospital in Paris, France, of President Levi Mwanawasa of Zambia brought to an end a momentous legal and political career. NITEL must not die http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/15228.html Editorial Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 For several years, the government tried unsuccessfully to privatise the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, Mtel. Growing insecurity http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/15178.html Editorial Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 Late Abayomi Ogundeji, a member of the editorial board of ThisDay Newspapers, was shot dead in Lagos at about 10.30 pm on Sunday, August 16, 2008. Rescuing the manufacturing sector http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/15129.html Editorial Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 The report that capacity utilisation in Nigeria's manufacturing sector has dropped to 38 percent calls for serious concern from all those involved. Murtala Mohammed Airport: The way forward http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/15016.html Editorial Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 The recent crisis between the Nigerian government and Virgin Nigeria has not left the government unscathed. Resettling Bakassi indigenes http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/14926.html Editorial Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 When the International Court of Justice at The Hague gave its judgment in October 2002 ceding the then disputed Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun, the world waited to see what Nigeria's response would be. The petroleum subsidy question http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/14875.html Editorial Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 The question of petroleum subsidy in Nigeria is as old as the introduction of subsidy itself. Recently, government revealed that its subsidies on petroleum products have reached N450 billion in annual terms, from about N70 billion in 2003. Nigerian government and the governed http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/14815.html Editorial Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 The Nigerian State consists of three tiers of government. For very obvious reasons, we have the Federal Government, the governments in all the states of the federation and the local governments. Unfinished business of port concessioning http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/14753.html Editorial Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 This month three years ago, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) was stripped of terminal operation functions after being the sole service provider at the ports since it was established in 1955. Averting collapse of Niger Bridge http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/editorial/14631.html Editorial Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0500 The repair work being carried out on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has reinforced the urgency of fixing the nation's bridges especially the major ones that have significant socio-economic importance. BusinessDay... the voice of business