Sponsors

(1) Federal Ministry of Finance

(2) Federal Housing Authority

(3) Abuja Sheraton Hotel & Towers

(4) Nigerian Ports Authority

(5) Yankari National Park

List of Exportable Solid Minerals

• Gold: estimated reserve of two million tons. Concentration of alluvial gold in some areas is estimated at two to three kilograms of gold in a plot of 200 feet square by ten feet deep.
• Tantalite: about one ton of tantalite is exported by air from Kano each month. Most extracted from bush mines.
• Tin: reserves have been almost exhausted and higher extraction cost has reduced production but remaining reserves estimated to be extensive.
• Columbite
• Lead/Zinc: estimated 10 million tons of lead/zinc veins spread over eight states. Proven reserves in three prospects in East-Central area are 5 million tons.
• Bentonite and Baryte: estimated reserves of 7.5 million tons of baryte and 700 million tons of bentonite.
• Bitumen: occurrence estimated at 42 billion tons, almost twice the existing reserves of crude petroleum.
• Coal: there are nearly 3 billion tons indicated reserves in 17 identified coal fields and over 600 million tons of proven reserves.
• Rock salt: national demand for table salt, caustic salt, chlorine, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide exceeds one million tons. Total reserve of 1.5 million tons has been estimated but studies are still under way.
• Gemstones
• Sapphire
• Ruby
• Aquamarine
• Emerald
• Tourmaline
• Topaz
• Garnet
• Amethyst
• Zircon
• Flourspar
• Timaline
• Bentonite and Baryte: used as main consittuents of the mud used to drill all types of oil wells. Over 7.5 million tons of baryte identified in two states. Large bentonite reserves of 700 million tons.
• Kaolin: estimated reserve of 3 billion tons of good kaolinitic clays has been identified.
• Iron ore: over 3 billion metric tons of iron ore deposits.
• Talc: over 40 million tons of deposits.
• Gypsum: about 1 billion tons of deposits spread all over the country.
• Marble stone
• Galena
• Banxite

Table of Contents

(1) It's a new dawn over Nigeria

(2) New era in foreign policy

(3) It's a new dawn (Inauguration speech)

(4) Quick Facts

(5) Short Profile

(6) Forging a new future

(7) My brother's keeper

(8) Weeding out corruption

(9) Guidelines for probe into abandoned projects

(10) Cleaning up corruption, one case at a time

(11) Obasanjo reads his cabinet the riot act

(12) Highlights of proposed anti corruption bill

(13) Fighting the burden of drug trafficking

(14) The murkier side of Nigeria's economy

(15) Press breathes sigh of relief

(16) Pressing for accountability

(17) This time is different

(18) Finding a permanent solution

(19) Righting the wrongs of the past

(20) The legal framework for human rights violations

(21) Terms of the human rights investigation panel

(22) Airport security and foreign investment go hand in hand

(23) Agenda of the ministry of aviation

(24) Cleaning up its act

(25) Ministries and their ministers

(26) State assets back on the block

(27) Highlights of the privatization program

(28) Role of national council on privatization

(29) Power to the people

(30) Inviting international players into the fold

(31) Export processing zones lure investors

(32) Pulling an economy from the brink

(33) Major highlights of 1999 budget

(34) Highlights of revised 1999 budget

(35) Servicing Nigeria's obligations

(36) Encouraging formal economic participation

(37) New financial players invite customers

(38) Nigeria's markets: Thriving in a democratic climate

(39) Telecom industry calls for investment

(40) Democracy acts as springboard for business

(41) Aiming to remain a top exporter

(42) Tapping Nigeria's most valuable resource

(43) Nigeria's gas: A lifeline for industry

(44) Nigeria's untapped riches invite investment

(45) List of exportable solid minerals

(46) Assisting a new generation of investors

(47) Role of Nigerian investment promotion commission (NIPC)

(48) Contact numbers of trade related organizations

(49) Giving credit where credit is due

(50) From rags to riches

(51) Resource-rich Borno offers incentives for partners

(52) The new Abuja

(53) The beauty of Abuja

(54) Fertile ground for investment

(55) Priority areas of foreign investment in Agriculture

(56) Yobe state: the pride of a determined people

(57) Looking to the past

(58) Rebuilding education from the ground up

(59) Private sector included in state's strategy

(60) Strength in numbers

(61) Regional currency

(62) Abuja federal ministries contact numbers

(63) Women's soccer on the rise

(64) Celebrating the kola nut: Harbinger of good fortune

(65) Nigeria's cultural inheritance

(66) The national anthem

(67) A survivor finds sanctuary

(68) The first 120 days

(69) Renewing Nigerian-American ties

(70) You are welcome