Wednesday January 16, 2002

NEWS
Fuel Prices: 36 Governors Back FG | ... Marketers Put Fuel Imports on Hold | Ige: Ooni's Hands Are Clean - Ife Community | Northern Leaders Have Betrayed Ahmadu Bello - Atiku | APP Convention Now to Hold July | NLC Playing to the Gallery-Edo Assembly | NPA Detains Ship over Ethanol Cargo | Clergy Alerts Christians on Planned Attacks | Delta Awaits Obasanjo | JAMB Goes Online | 'Ozobia Spent N555.6m on Forex Round-tripping' | Lamido Woos Iranian Investors to Nigeria | Military Pensioners Storm Armed Forces Day | Damilola Taylor: Trial of Suspects Adjourned | Ex-Governor Chides Obasanjo, N/Assembly | Deputy Speaker Wants Fuel Prices Reversed | 'School of Basic Studies to Revolutionise Northern Education' | Lagos to Ban Traditional Medicine Adverts | Police Ready for Obasanjo's Visit to Delta | New Lagos Island LG Boss in, Ajose Out | Brewery Evolves New Input Strategy | NASU Buys 750 Motorbikes for Members | Two Nigerian Pilgrims to Jerusalem Abscond | Water Shortage Hits NYSC Camp | Strike: NLC Wing Warns Fuel Station Operators | 4 Charged for Impersonating Ige's Son | 'Delta Most Turbulent Last Year' | PDP Can't Forcefully Take Yorubaland - Osoba | BPE Chief Counsels South-east on Privatisation | NNPC/HYSON JV Shareholders Earn $26.3m Dividends | Woman, 3 Others Nabbed over Drug Trafficking |
State of the States
Dafinone Seeks North, Niger Delta Alliance | Political Appointees Urged to Build Bridges of Unity | Commissioner Declares Interest in Vacant Deputy Gov's Seat | Police Drafted to UI to Quell Students Riot | Wuse Market Fire Victims Insist on Roadside Trading | Mind Your Business, Bishop Tells Military Men | Assembly to Conduct Public Hearing on 2002 Budget |
POLITICS
AD Whip Advocates Sanctions for Architects of Electoral Act | ... As PDP Chieftain Cautions on Dangers of Controversy | Benue PDP Scribe Rules Out Fresh Congress | Ige: The Mystery of a Great Murder | Only National Conference Can Save Nigeria from Collapse - Adebayo |
BUSINESS
Banks in Race to Meet Capital Base Requirement | Customs, NPA Move Against Touts at the Ports | AfexBank Restructures, May Replace External Auditors | Staying Atop Competitors With ATMs | Wema Bank to Raise Fresh Funds from Stock Market | Cautious Investors Make Market Indicators Stagnant | How a Woman Nearly Burst 7-Up's Bubble | Audit Committee Toeing Path of Management | Dunlop Eyes N6bn Turnover, Lauds FG on Ports Restructuring | Insurance Chief Warns US Business of Cover Loss | UTC's N589m Issue Extended for Two Weeks | Royal Exchange Assurance Rights Issue Raises Questions | Banking: Bankers Predict Tougher Times | Maritime: How to Develop Industry, By Operators | Aviation: It Could Be Mixed Feelings | Energy: Fuel Marketers Expect Growth | Mixed Expectations Await Capital Market Operations in 2002 | Agribusiness Success Rests on Purchasing Power | Insurance: Good Dividend Abounds | Mixed Expectations Await Capital Market Operations in 2002 | Agribusiness Success Rests on Purchasing Power | Insurance: Good Dividend Abounds | Ports Stakeholders Urged To Prepare for Privatisation | Inland Bank Generates N0.13bn Profit | Israeli Firm to Handle N10bn Oba Market | US Slow to Feel Pain of Lost Insurance Cover | Sanitisation of Shareholders' Organisations | Economic Growth Hinges on Insurance Sector-Expert | Terrorism: Australian Olympic Officials Decline Insurance | Confidence Insurance Posts N106.9m Gross Premium | Insurers See No Respite in 2002 | Sovereign Trust Set to Face Future Challenges | All-Share Index Rebounds to All-Time High | Demand Gathers More Steam at IFEM | SGBN Boss Predicts Brighter Future for Banking Industry | CIBN Organises ACIB Coaching Programmes |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
2002: Task Before Private, Public Sectors | Grand Hotel Plans ECOFEST | BA Revives Business Travel | Sheraton Lagos Gift to Little Saints Orphanage |
EDUCATION
Igbinedion Varsity Seeks Private Participation | UNIBEN Graduates 6,000 |
ARTS & REVIEW
Different Strokes Flag off Art Calendar | The New Rhythm of Afrobeat |
COMMENT
APP's New Relevance |
EDITORIAL
Revitalising Nigeria Airways |
LETTERS
The Jukun Tiv Crisis | Insensitive Missions Abroad |
FEATURES
Malaria: Bed Nets to the Rescue |
DIPLOMATIC MATTERS
Embassies on Exodus to Abuja | Where Are the Ambassadors? |
SPORTS
Eagles' Camp Quakes as Players Threaten Boycott | Wrestlers Disrupt Trial over Money | ...Liberia's Lone Star Too | Amodu Awaits CAF Decision on Ifejiagwa, Oruma | Bafana Bafana Faces Acid Test in Mali | AAC, AFN Set to Sign Pact |
EXTRA
Fuel Price and the Social Antenna |