Tuesday May 21, 2002

NEWS
Aikhomu, Gani, Balarabe, 15 Others Pick INEC Forms | NNPC Signs Agreement with ExxonMobil, Chevron, Phillip | Onshore/Offshore: FG, Govs Meeting Deadlocked | A/Ibom Soft-pedals on Caretaker Committee | 2003 Polls 'll Make or Break Nigeria - Harry Akande | Sept 11: New Calls for Independent Inquiry | I Know Ige Killers, Says Soyinka Again | Obasanjo Detests Ndigbo - Nwachukwu | Nigeria, FAO Sign $306,000 Technical Partnership Agreement | Lagos Set to Resuscitate Metroline | Markarfi Commends FG over Ban on BAC 1-11 | Nigeria Safe for Foreign Investors - Anyim | Benue Lost N25bn to Conflict - Govt | 'NUC Not Responsible for Admission Problems into Law Faculties' | Anyaoku Elected for UN Job | Groups Want Bakassi Boys Disbanded | 1000 Jobs Regularised as NLC Pickets Ota Firms | Stella Obasanjo Enjoins Women to Pray for Nigeria | Desertification Campaign Costs FG N11bn | Don't Politicise Kano Crash - Chikwe | NGO Campaigns Against Child Labour, Women Trafficking | Oyo Retires Assembly Clerk | 'Katsina Govt Won't Condone Blackmail' | 2003: Lagos Moves to Check Electoral Violence | VC Laments Problems of Education | Army to Dispose Unserviceable Ammunition | 10 Policemen Arrested over Extortion | ECOMOG May Intervene in Liberia - President Wade | Assembly Moves to Impeach Turaki | APP Gains More Supporters in Adamawa | Foundation Spends N60m on Education | 2003: Politician Urges Electorate to Vote Based on Manifesto | NUJ Chief Advises Newsmen on Unionism | Lawyer Petitions IG over Threat to Life | Delta LG Chairmen, Councillors To Go June 2 | Sale of Handouts, Unaccredited Textbooks Banned in Kogi Poly | Kwara Govt Restates Commitment to People's Welfare | Zamfara Govt to Disburse N50m for Cotton Production | Kaduna Introduces Free Education | NAFDAC to Confiscate Unregistered Drugs | Taps in Lagos Gush Muddy Water | FG Releases N295m for Reactivation of Jos Steel Rolling Mill | Orphanage Hospital Loses 15 to AIDS | NDDC Offers Free Healthcare in Ondo |
ARTS & REVIEW
Political Arrows of a Master Strategist | Fela's Disciples sing for Super Eagles |
BUSINESS
New Electricity Tariff: NEPA Workers Allege Foul Play | African Govts Tackle Piracy, Terrrosm on Ships | FG Urged to Convene Stakeholders' Forum on Interest Rates | Shell Nigerian Oil Output Hits 729,000 BPD | DPR Probes Kerosene Explosions in Lagos, Shuts 16 Outlets | Russia to End Oil Export Curbs in 2 Months | OPEC Fund Disburses $3bn Loans to Developing Nations | Elf Donates N2.38m Ambulance to Rivers State | Schlumberger Gives Computers to PTI | CPI Holds Petroleum Policy Roundtable | Privatisation: NEPA Workers Draw Battle Line | ChevronTexaco Signs Congo Fuels Agreement | Taiwanese, Chinese Firms Sign Historic Deal to Drill Oil | Customer Service, Key to Updc's Profitability - Wushishi | May & Baker Launches New Anti-Hypertensive Drug | NBWF Sets Up Business Women Development Centre | Operator Suggests New Aluminium Tariff Structure | Association Spends Additional N108m on International Commerce Centre | LCCI Trains Consultants on CEFE Application | Slok Group Introduces New Product | Kofi Annan Lists Five Progress Areas for Development Summit | NCMM to Certify Artists for Canada Exhibition | Thuraya Phones Use Motorbike for Nationwide Test | Northern Chambers of Commerce Body Gets New Boss | 'Phytase Enzyme'll Boost Poultry Output by 50 Per Cent ' | Replanting Nigeria with Stroits TradeGate Mega Farm Project | Description of Nigeria's Fishery Resources |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Experts Recommend Modern Road Construction Methods | Modern Strategies for Housing the Poor | Privatisation: Engineers Demand Role in Asset Valuation | Kano Crash: Surveyor Wants Airports Relocated | FG, Lagos to Spend $400m on Ocean Surge | Lagos Rehabilitates 644 Roads | CAP, Flameguard Introduce Fire Retardants |
POLITICS
Niger Gov, Labour Disagree on Salaries | AD Decampees Are Political Fraudsters - Sen. Adeyemo | Enugu CJ Accuses Legislators of Hindering Speedy Trial | LG Aspirant Assures Electorate | Olusegun Obasanjo and Nigeria | I Didn't Bribe Lawmakers - Makarfi | AD Presidential Aspirants 'll Emerge After Council Polls - Abdulkadir |
MARKET NEWS
ANAN Accuses NSE of Discrimination | Investors Stake N159m for 12.6m Shares |
MONEY GUIDE
IFEM Demand Slips to $25m | City Express Bank Opens Warri Branch | STB Unveils New Corporate Identity June |
COMMENT
Imperatives of the Zik Institute | Foreign Investment Drive and Threats of Mutiny |
EDITORIAL
As The Bar Beach Gradually Disappears |
LETTERS
2003: Nzeribe's Tricks Won't Work | The Extinction of Our Local Languages |
LAW
Between First Bank and IIL | Our Legal Education and Legal Profession in Crisis? | IBB's Govt Planned to Kill Me - Priscilla Kuye | Fatayi-Williams and the Supreme Court | Re: Are Interim LGs Constitutional? | Courts Must Seek Highest Possible Ideal of Justice and Fairness | Cause of Death Important Ingredient in Murder |
CITY DIARY
Magic Flight: 50 Kids Leave for South Africa | Abia Legislator Alleged Threat to Life | Wife Sues South African Husband for N10m | Police Chief Tasks Press on Objectivity |
FEATURES
Wildlife as Weapon Against Poverty |
SPORTS
At Last, Onigbinde's Fledgelings Become Eagles | Laloko, Okpala Differ over Eagles' List | Tiger Edges Monty in Battle Royale | Owen Leads England Again | FIFA Election: B'Faso Backs Hayatou | Eagles Arrive Japan, Onigbinde Restricts Players | Onigbinde Rejected N4.2m Bribe - Report | Bolton Wants Okocha, But for Peanuts | Nigerians Favourite in Bangkok Prison | Picking Eagles Not Easy Task - Onigbinde | Will it Be Third Time Unlucky for Song? | Germany Loses Deisler | World Cup Outing Tickles Sodje | Fresh Doubts over Figo's Fitness | Derby Counts on Aiyegbeni | Cameroon Fail to Show Up | South Africa Struggle Past Scots | Holland Humbles U.S. | Brilliance, Blunders of Barthez | McCarthy Warns Goalkeepers |
EXTRA
Akwa Ibom: Before the Next General Assembly |