Tuesday July 17th, 2001

NEWS
2003: Obasanjo to Decide December | M/Belt Demands N20Tn Compensation for Rights Violations | CBN Moves to Check Public Spending | Registration of Voters: INEC Wants N7.39bn | NF Crisis Heightens as Awoniyi, Ume-Ezeoke Disown Exco | Phyrric Victory For FG? | Katsina House Probes LG Councils | Are Nigerians Spending More? | Where is the Growth? | I Have Never Visited Olabayo - Obasanjo | NCC Reissues Analogue Mobile Licence to MTS | PDP Disciplinary Committee Invites Aikhomu, Others | Police arrest 4 officials over Diamond Bank Robbery | On-shore/Off-shore: Anenih Clarifies Statement on FG's Position | Ohaneze Warns Arewa Against Mischief | Nigeria's Development Needs Radical Economic Approach-UNDP Boss | 25 Fuel Hoarders Arrested in Ondo | The Nigerian Economy in 2000 | Judge Wants FG to Redeem Youths | Oyo LG Chairmen Boycott Campaign for 4-year Tenure | NAFDAC Destroys N850m Fake Drugs | FG Commences Payment of Pension Arrears | Police Arrest 4 Officials over Diamond Bank Robbery |
STATE OF THE STATES
Speaker Berates Senators over Leadership Struggle | Union to Launch 50 Million Pound Sterlings Endowment Fund in London | Odili Adopts Welfarism as Ideology | Youths Demonstrate against Assemblyman | Retiring Police Boss Admonishes Officers | Police Commissioner Pleads for Information on Crime Control |
POLITICS
2003: The Emergence of the IBB Factor | Why We want to Monitise Lawmakers' Benefits |
BUSINESS
18 French Companies Seek Nigerian Partners, Associates | Shell to Construct 170 Km Eastern Gas Pipeline | 'ISO Certification is Becoming Precondition for International Business' | Venture Capital Finance Tool for Industrialising Nations | UTC Raises Capital Base to N700m | Nigeria-Romania Chamber Goes on Trade Mission | Bank Boss Seeks Economic Master-pIan for Ondo State | Fedex opens New Complex for Customers Benefit, Gets Subsidiaries | Taiwan Company to Invest in Nigeria | Chevron to Invest $12 Billion in Africa | IEA Halves 2001 World Oil Demand Growth Forecast | Chevron Announces 7th Major Oil Find in Angola's Deepwater | 'ExxonMobil Not Ready to Restart Gas Operations in Indonesia ' | Between Liberalisation and Democracy | Saving the Oil Sector from Collapse | FAO Meets to Solve Agricultural Commodity Problems | Programme for Better Living Standard Begins in Lagos | US Contributes $11.6mn to World Food Programme | NSE May Summon Union Dicon Salt Plc | NSITF to Introduce Unemployment Benefits | Union Merchant Bank Post N421m Profit | CBN Sells $34.5m at IFEM | Wemasec Records N397.45m Gross Earnings | Marina International Bank for Lagos Revenue Collection |
HOMES & REAL ESTATE
Ecocrete Housing: Sweet Combination of Aesthetics, Speed | GEF Micro Water Scheme: Eighteen States to Benefit | NES Urge Enforcement of Environmental Laws | NGO Provides Communities N10m Water Treatment Plant |
LAW
Supreme Court Ruling on Resource Control Jurisdiction Challenge : Analysis | We Hold Your Brief | Issues for Determination must arise out of Grounds of Appeal | Proof of Vendor's Root of Title Necessary to sustain Declaration | There Are Too Many Lawyers in Nigeria | Wrongful Arrest of Ship: Lawyers Beware! | Garlands for a Legal Colossus | Wig and Gown - Just Tools of the Trade? | The Importance of Appearance | Yes, Let the Wig and Gown Stay - P. Useni | International Commercial Arbitration and Multi-National Corporations |
ARTS & REVIEW
Women Equality in Her Mind | The Harrassment of a Nobel Laureate | Publishing them Young |
COMMENT
The Nigerian Factor in the NECO Bill | Tax Leakages in Oil and Gas Industry |
EDITORIAL
Senate and New Councils |
CITY DIARY
Bus Robbers: Police Make Break Through |
FEATURES
For Women and Children, Safe Water |
SPORTS
Amodu Vows to Break Ghana Jinx | Weah to Watch Nigeria, Ghana Duel | Competition in Arsenal May Scare Kanu to Greece | Ajunwa, Nku, Onyali Arrive for Trials | Brazil Wins NIKE's Premier Cup | Islanders' Title Defence on Course |
EXTRA
The Hydra Called Resource Control |