Tuesday July 9, 2002

NEWS
Southern Govs Want 'Democratic' Revenue Formula | Oputa Report Not to Blackmail IBB, Says Atiku | OAU Closes Shop, AU Takes Off Today | NLC Reaches Deal with FG, May Begin Strike Tomorrow | Nwodo, PPMC Boss Dragged Before Anti-Graft Panel | Vaccine Against AIDS in 2005 | Violent Protests Mar PDP Primaries in Bayelsa | FG Reviews Laws to Boost Investment in Solid Mineral | NNPC Moves to Stave-off Oil Workers' Strike | N120m Request: PDP Chief Tells Ogbeh to Resign | 2003: IG Doubles Mobile Police Force Personnel | FG Restates Position on the Gulf of Guinea | FCT: Chairmanship Aspirant Protests Primaries | Onyia Commends Pilgrims Committee's N176m Refund | NARTO Calls Off Strike | Savannah Bank Liquidation Stays, Says CBN | New Parties Pose Threat to PDP in South-east - Aspirant | Minister Lists Conditions for Trade Expansion | Voters Registration: Zamfara Threatens Employees | Daily Times Decries Kogi Govt's Move | LG Workers, Teachers Clash over Deductions | Nwobodo Calls for Cancellation of Enugu PDP Primaries | Imo Workers Begin Strike Action | 'Ministers with Guber Ambition Should Resign' | Afenifere Chief Warns Against Shift in Council Poll Date | AIG in Church, Preaches Salvation to Police | Balogun Fire: NEMA, Lagos Plan relief Measures | Miracle Baby: Judgment Day October 4 | Pensioners Protest Unpaid Benefits | Church Expresses Misgivings over SIEC | Esther Audu Loses AMAC Primaries | Elder Politician Chides Na'Abba over Utterances | Buhari, Makarfi, Others Condole Kaduna NUJ | Go to Court, PDP Vanguard Tells INEC | Ignore N/Assembly's Threat, Obasanjo Told | 2003: UK Friends Raise Fund for Guber Aspirant | US Envoy Advises Nigerians to Sustain Democracy | 'Anglican Church 'll Not Bury Secret Society Members' | Nigeria Must Learn from American Democracy, Says Tinubu | Group Warns Against Fresh PDP Primaries in Ughelli | NGO Identifies Causes of Political Violence | Niger Delta Movement Expels 8 Over Obasanjo's Re-election Bid | IBB, Biggest Obstacle to Igbo Presidency - Guber Aspirant | Federal Workers Protest Non-payment of Rent Subsidy | Okupe's Group Leads in Ogun PDP Primaries | Expulsion Threat Dangles on Lagos Deputy Gov | Ex-Senate Chief Protests Postponment of Primaries |
ARTS & REVIEW
Pendants of a Gardener of Dreams | In Search of Stubborn Answers | Towards an Effective and Operational NGO |
BUSINESS
OPEC Members' Revenues to Fall by 7 Per Cent | Agric Stakeholders Urged to Take Advantage of Globalisation | FG Sets 2005 Target Date for W/African Gas Pipeline Project | Guinness Takes Gordon Spark, Malta Label to Grassroots | UPS Attains New Capabilities | FNCCI, ADEPTA, Facilitate New SMEs' Take-off | Cadbury Still in Talks with Unilever over Knorr | IB Plc Wins International Awards | New Culture Can Translate into Better Service for All | NNPC: Caught in the Fuel Import Web | Amni Loses 10 Per Cent Stake in OPL250 | Uganda to Start Drilling for Oil in August | Accident Cuts Short Agip Drilling Party | Unipetrol Unfolds New Package for Stakeholders | 'Nigeria's Oil Reserves'll Hit 40bn Barrels By 2010' | NEPAD Urged to Prioritise Small Scale Family Agriculture | Agricultural Sector Fortunes Dip in First Half of 2002 | NSPRI Hinges Nigeria's Development on Agriculture | Saro Agrochemicals MD Calls for Land Reform | Save Us from Omo-Onile, Farmers Tell LASG | Farmers' Company Buys 20,000kg of Seed Varieties | Senate Panel Strongly Critical of Enron Board | Investors Call for Single Accounts Standard | NAPTAN to Appraise Economy | Guinness Rewards Consumers with Prmo Prizes |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
African Leaders to Study Abuja Resolution on African Process | FG Launches Delta State's Nypa Palm Eradication Programme | Africa Needs Environmentally- Friendly Development-UNEP | Group Calls for Promotion of Local Building Materials |
POLITICS
Don't Allow Rigging, Aspirant Urges Electorates | Guber Aspirant Promises to Develop Abia | Nigeria Ambassador to Saudi Eyes Kaduna Govt House | 2003: The Battle for Lagos Gathers Momentum | The Thrills and Frills of The Primaries in C/River State | Abiola: Will He Be an Issue in 2003? |
MARKET NEWS
C & I Leasing's Profit Rises by 23.2 Per cent | Market Turnover Dips by 24 Per cent |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Worried over Breaches of Banks' Internal Control | ... Sells $32.2m at IFEM | Valucard Introduces Debit Card |
COMMENT
Alamieyeseigha and Democracy Dividends | Reflections on the Ebonyi Congresses |
EDITORIAL
ICC and America's Arrogance |
LETTERS
These Political Gamblers are at it Again | Re: Chartered Bank's Educational Friendly Products | Where are the Democracy Dividends? |
LAW
The Judiciary and the Need For an Ombudsman | We Hold your Brief | Appeal Should Reflect Federal Character - Abdullahi | The Attorney-General's Misconception of Caretaker Committees | Re: Why FG Won't Test Sharia in Court, By Kanu Agabi | Fraud Must be Expressly Pleaded with Particularity | Africa Hosts First Annual Conference of the International Bar Association | INEC's Constitutional Power on Elections Unassailable | Dele Giwa: Between Law and Politics |
CITY DIARY
Widow Bemoans Husband's Assassination | UTB Donates N.5m to Special Kids | Anambra Community Resolves 3 -Year Chieftaincy Tussle, Elects New Ruler | Collapsed Bridge Cuts off Communities from Dutse | 7 Arraigned for Splashing Acid on Two Men | Windstorm: Katsina to Bail out NEPA | Hard Drugs: Youths Take to Lizard's Excreta in Katsina | Church Raises N50m Building Fund | Kanu Heart Foundation Spends N30m on Heart Patients |
FEATURES
What to Do About Road Accidents | When Yar'Adua Became Mutawallen Katsina | Towards Reinveting Nigeria |
SPORTS
AFN Banks on Relays, Throws at C'wealth Games | Bauchi Earmarks N28m for Azare Stadium | Yobe Wins Female Hockey Tourney | Ossai Qualifies for Chess Olympiad Trials | AIDS Ravage South African Boxers | Urukalo Tipped for Super Eagles' Coaching Job | Hewitt, Serena Top ATP/WTP Charts | Taribo Rejects Greek Gift from Olympiakos | Diouf Begs Metsu to Stay | Referee Threatens Player with Court Action | Help Save Handball- Olivia Pleads with FG | Cadbury Host Golf Writers | Alli Baba Decries Poor Preparations for C'wealth Games | FIFA Shuts-out Zen-Ruffinen | Cisse's Birmingham Deal Becomes Real | Troussier Bids Japan Farewell | Venables Back in Leeds | Hiddink Signs up for Two Years with Eindhoven | Poland Hires Boniek as New Manager | Metsu Heads to UAE for Al-Ain | Torres in Egypt for Zamalek |
EXTRA
In North-west, Aliero Plays the Spoilsport | Ogbulafor: What Next? |