Friday May 31, 2002

NEWS
Pressure Mounts on Ekwueme to Join APP | Atiku to Yoruba: Shun Fake Awoists | NNPC, JV Partners Disagree on Exploration Programmes | Mixed Reactions as LG Chairmen Quit Office | FG Sued Over Revocation of Airport Terminal Contract | Obasanjo Laments Parents' Death | INEC Raises Teams to Verify Associations' Claims | FG Approves 12,068 Scholarship Awards | Agagu Blames Slow Development on Indiscipline | Minister Urges Group to Invest in Nigeria | Forex Scam: Court Rules on FSB, Diamond Suit Today | 2003: Buhari Advocates Divine Intervention | APP/UNPP Merger Talks Still on, Says Jambo | Plateau PDP Crisis Defies Obasanjo's Mediation | One North a Ruse, Says Youth Group | Tinubu Commissions New FM Station | Lawal's Aides Manhandle Student Leaders | Kaduna to Spend N608m on Health School | Onshore/Offshore: Akwa Ibom Seeks Divine Intervention | Keyamo's Perjury Case Resumes Today | Rectors Flay Discrimination Against Poly Graduates | NAFDAC Wages War on Unregistered Pure Water | Community Flays Commissioner for Impatience | Kalu Regrets Delay of Salaries | Adedoja Joins Oyo Guber Race | Senatorial Aspirant Explains Name Mix-up | NICON Pays N3.5m in Travellers' Insurance Scheme | Nigerians Better off Under Democracy - Akinyele | Berger Paints Records N1.54bn Turnover | Arewa Traders Vow to Resist Police Intimidation | Group Condemns Onshore/Offshore Ruling | FG, States, LGs Share N124.612bn in May | IFC Invests $30m in UBA | Lagos LGs Share N97.3m Land Charge | Legal Practitioner Criticises Obasanjo's Human Rights Claim | Ngelale Pleads with Mining Society |
POLITICS
Bayelsa: Guber Aspirants Form Coalition | Lagos Debt: I'm Vindicated, Says PDP Chairman | Obasanjo's Has Stunned Critics - Uwajeh | PDP Chieftain Advocates Police Reforms | ....Will Ensure Better Economy by 2007, Says PDP Chief |
BUSINESS
Why Private Investors are Scared of Shipping | NCAA Names Owners of Illegal Masts | Pensioners Raise Alarm on Missing N1bn | Adesina, Jamodu Woo Foreign Investors | LUBCON Scores Another First with ISO 9002 Award | Job Cuts Inimical to Security, Say Workers | Food Workers Elect Okunola Chairman | Embattled ATSSSAN President Suspends Scribe Indefinitely | Workers Advise Investors to Steer Clear of NPA | Chartered Institute of Bankers Elects New Officials | Ogunyinla Elected CRIMA President | JODLIC May Sanction Erring Stevedoring Contractors | MV P & O Nedlloyd Apapa in Maiden Voyage to Lagos | Politics of Destination Inspection of Imports | Apapa Customs Seizes N9m Duty Value Textile Materials | Yuguda's Committee Screens NPA's 500 New Employees | Hub Port Boosts Domestic Shipping in Indonesia | Options for the Port Reform Process | Lagos Govt Warns Motorists on Permits | ... Launches 4 Wheeler Vehicle | Hope Rises for 51 Sacked NRC Workers | Calibration of NAVAIDS Now to be Done Locally |
COMMENT
Understanding Obasanjo | Making a Case for Lagos State |
EDITORIAL
As Super Eagles Take on the World |
LETTERS
EAS Crash: media intrigues and politics | Who is Shielding Ige Killers? |
CITY DIARY
Man Throws AIDS Infected Daughter into Lagoon | Rescuing the 'Children at Risk' |
MARKET NEWS
Evans Medical Raises Authorised Share Capital to N250m |
MONEY GUIDE
Demand Swells by 10 Per cent at IFEM | ICAN Presents Certificate to Institutions, Centres | Equity Bank Veers Into Internet Banking July |
FEATURES
Tobacco: Smoking Through the Valley of Death |
HEALTH
'Obese Women Vulnerable to Cancer' | Experts Want Occular Health Status Improved | Red Cross Boss Cautions on HIV/AIDS | Society for the Blind Marks Week | Antiretrovirals Should Be Free - CiSCGHAN |
SPORTS
Onigbinde's Method Scares Opponents | Let the 'Greatest Show on Earth' Begin | Blatter May Sack Zen-Ruffinen Today | Stars Crash-out of French Open | Abedi Commends Blatter's Victory | Mboma Reveals World Cup Target | Freeman to Miss C'wealth Games | Bielsa Keeps Mum on Tactics Against Nigeria | ..Face Goals' Dilemma | Doctor Certifies Ljungberg Fit to Play | Onyejiaka, Onyali Hopeful After Dope Defense | Okocha Feels Captainship Pressure | Eagles Arrive Ibaraki Today | Babayaro Uncertain Against Argentina | TVAFrica Commits N1.8bn on W/Cup for Nigeria |
EXTRA
Reconciliation: Between Substance and Symbolism |