Thursday July 11, 2002

NEWS
PDP Hijacked, Held Hostage, Says Na'Abba | House Threatens to Take-over Abia Assembly | Nitel May Cut Off Econet, MTN | FG Uncovers N4.3 bn Fraud in Transport Agency | 'FG Owes N1.1tn Local, $28.6bn Foreign Debts' | JAMB Cancels 46,000 Results | Revenue Commission Clarifies Role in State, LG Joint Account | Nwodo to Obasanjo: Your Time is up | 400 Communal Clash Victims Get FG's Succour | Ciroma Confirms Change of Guards in Obasanjo Campaign Organisation | Siege on Chevron: Officials Seek Truce with Women | Middle East Crisis: Israel Sues for Understanding by Nigerians | EU to Sign 600m Euro Aid Deal with Nigeria | PAC Merges with APGA | Obasanjo Urged to Wade into Osun CJ Tussle | 150 Deported Nigerian Girls Arrive from Italy | Lema Jibrilu Declares Presidential Ambition | 5 Parties Reject Edo SIEC Screening Fees | Don't Conduct Polls in New LGs - Ogbeha | Police Clear UNIPORT VC over Gun-Running, Cultism | Balogun Traders Seek Tinubu's Help | FG Spends N16bn on UBE | Bayelsa Gas Turbine Repair Gulps N.8bn | Late Echeruo Begins Home-ward Journey | Ekiti Govt Links Failure to FG Policy | Nigeria Gets $50m World Bank Loan to Boost UBE | Lawmaker Flays Dosunmu, Ogunlewe over Tinubu | Nigerians in US Urged to Promote Development at Home | Police Set for LG Polls | Mortgage Banks Approve N1.36bn Housing Loans | CBN Restates Commitment to Staff Training | Sokoto Spends N600m to Revive Education Sector | Group Tags Obasanjo Hope for New Nigeria | 'Na'Abba for President Speculation Unfounded' | NAFDAC Commends Food Company | 234 Policemen Arrested for Corrupt Practices | Nas Replies Atiku over Buhari | NDLEA Arrests 105 Drug Suspects | Expert Suggests Stable Government as Recipe for Development | Kalu urges forgiveness among PDP members | Adelaja Urges Establishment of ECOWAS Mining Department | Newspaper Publisher Petitions IG over Threat to Life | Road Mishap Claim 29 in Osun over 6 Months |
e-BUSINESS
FWA: The More the Merrier | Mikado Demonstrates Digital Surveillance Capability | NCR Boss Foresees Banking at Mr Biggs | Spin Doctors Create Quantum Transistor | Stronger Quarter Predicted for Yahoo | Samsung's 'True I' arrives Nigeria | UMG to Put Music Library Online | Tranter Launches ExecuTrain Virtual Campus | Hacker to Apple: Watch Those Downloads | SilverWell Launches 'Affordable' Web Services | Microsoft Donates Computers to AFN | One-third of Cell Phone Users Plan to Upgrade Handsets | FAAN Uses APC, Says IT Manager | Showtime on Street for Pirated DVDs | Star One Internet Cafe Embarks on Awareness Campaign | Telecom Firm Leaks Student Data to Web | Ex-WorldCom Execs Silent as Lawmakers Talk of Jail | IBM Unveils New Server Hard Drive | Universal Music to Offer Album Downloads on EMusic | Qwest Names Oren Shaffer as New Finance Chief | Telecom Sector Bears Brunt of Job Cuts | Macromedia Gets Chatty | Flash MX: Next Big Thing or Flash in the Pan? | Multibank Electronic Transaction: Looking for a Nigerian Solution |
COMMUNICATIONS
Telecoms: A Time for Change |
ARTS & REVIEW
Images of the Amazon on Canvass | Gisters... A Network of Entertainment | Another Aid for Nigerian Bookworms |
COMMENT
Sense and Nonsense of the Igbo President | Abia PDP: The Music has Changed |
THISLIFE
To Inferno, They Lost Their Millions |
EDITORIAL
AD's Directive on Presidential Visits |
LETTERS
Cil and Iil in a Land that Devours its Own Inhabitants | Obasanjo and the National Assembly |
CITY DIARY
Ecumenical Centre, a Collective Shame on Christians-Makinde | Kanu Heart Foundation Spends N30m on Heart Patients | Hard Drugs: Youths Take to Lizard's Excreta in Katsina | Anambra Community Resolves 3 -Year Chieftaincy Tussle, Elects New Ruler |
POLITICS
Why We've Not Acted on Bucknor's Case, By Afenifere | Abia PDP Congress: Group Alerts Plan to Rig | Lar Dismisses Anti-party Allegations | 2003: New Trend, New Calculations in Kwara | 'APP Is on Its Way to Recovery' |
MARKET NEWS
Onosode Dispels NSE, CIS Rumoured Face-off | US Markets Slide After Bush's Tough Stance |
MONEY GUIDE
IFEM: Agip to Sell $2.5m as Demand Shrinks | IMB Raises Paid Up Capital to N1bn | Hallmark Homes Set to Provide Cheaper Houses | Union Bank Boss Tasks Managers |
SPORTS
Brazil's World Cup Coach Applies for Eagles' Job | COJA Staff Leave for Manchester | Agali Bids Eagles Bye | C'Wealth Athletes Depart in Low Spirit | Akiga Orders NFA to Replace Onigbinde | Udeze Still Keen on Juventus Switch | Song Survives Irate Mob | Disabled Athletes, Judokas Off to Germany | Siegler Replaces Sacked Cooper in FIFA | Ivory Coast Confirms 2006 Bid | Woods Ready for Muirfield | Dmenech, Troussier Favoured for Lemerre's Job | Radebe Battles Injury for Germany 2006 | Ronaldo to Retire in Flamengo | Italy Fights Dope | Edilson Signs for Japanese Club Kashiwa |
EXTRA
Corruption and the N120 Million Question | Who Will Buy the Second Carrier? | l">