Friday May 17, 2002

NEWS
Senate Wants Stay of Execution | 177 Passengers Escape Another Air Mishap | Shell in Fresh 1bn Barrels Oil Find | 'Sack Guobadia Now' | Crude Oil Prices Approach $30 Per Barrel | 13 Firms Win Provisional Licence to Offer Fixed Wireless | Ogbeh to Police: Arrest Violent PDP Members | FG Plans Rural Electrification Fund | 2002 Electoral Bill for Obasanjo Next Week | Igbo'll Resist Secession, Says Kalu | Sanitation Group Gets Ministerial Task | Nigeria spends N250bn on Agric Items | Fiscal Policy Responsible for Economic Instability- Sanusi | Court Restrains Lawal from Dissolving Councils | Tinubu Cautions FG on Electoral Bill | FG Needs N5bn for Tree Nursery Programme | N500m Scam: Settlement Scandal Rocks Assembly | Two Firms Sign 20-year Gas Supply Deal | Nasarawa House Passes Council Transitional Bill | May 29 LG Dissolution Legal, Says Speaker | NDLEA to Wage War on Drug Barons | House May Go to Supreme Court over Funds | Private Pensioners to Be Exempted from Tax - Obasanjo | Ogohi Scores ECOWAS Security Commission Low | Atiku Extols Oputa's Virtues |
POLITICS
LG Tenure: Adesanya Supports Govs. on Transitional Committees | 2003: Osun People Call for Change | Na'Abba Not Running for Presidency-Lawmaker | I Visited Obasanjo in Prison, Says Kalu | 'Igbo Presidency, Not Negotiable' | The Road to Indictment | Bayelsa State: Loan of Controversy and the Race for 2003 | Offshore Oil: Justice Without Conscience |
BUSINESS
First Bank, Afribank Risk Picketing Next Month | Obasanjo Buses Not Gifts, Says NURTW Scribe | 'Ban on Old Aircraft, A Fraud' | Clearing the Augean Stable at the Ports | MAN Awaits Federal Government's Training Vessel | Multinational Firm, Others Show Interest in Ports Privatisation | 26.1 Billion Yen to be Paid Out for Oil Spill | Maritime Expert Recommends Measures to Decongest Ports | 28,000 Seamen Shun Certificate Upgrade Over Poor Wages | Kano Air Mishap: 'Shift Attention to Rail Sector' | NARTO Rates Self High, Slam Others | Omegabank Promotes 134 Staffers | NECA Takes Stock of Its Activities, Nigerian Economy | Eko Hotel Confirms 200 Casual Workers | Trying Moments for Airline Operators |
COMMENT
Crying Wolf Over Nigeria's Civil Aviation | Udenwa: When Silence is not Golden |
EDITORIAL
FIFA Presidency: Blatter or Hayatou? |
LETTERS
Flooding at Obanikoro: Tinubu Save Our Souls | Obasanjo's Re-Election- A Vote For Peace and Stability |
MARKET NEWS
NSE Lifts Technical Suspension on Access Bank's Share Price |
MONEY GUIDE
Sanusi Canvasses Stakeholders' Cooperation on Economic Stability | Nationalbank, Accenture Boost Sickle Cell Project With N.5m | ETB Sells WAEC Form |
SPORTS
FG Delegation Joins Eagles in Japan May 27 | Eagles Consolidate Against Ireland | Onigbinde's World Cup List Ready | Ibori Tasks Parents to Support Girls | Hockey Federation Invites Players to Camp | Africa Looks to Asia to Revive Milla Spirit | Bafana Bafana Find Their Rhythm | Tunisia Heads to Japan | ... As Argentina Arrives | Africa Looks to Asia to Revive Milla Spirit | Milla's Golden Party Falls Flat |
EXTRA
AD: A Driver at Crossroads | For Igbinedion @ 45 |