Friday July 12, 2002

NEWS
Kudirat: Supreme Court Frees Mohammed Abacha | ...Celebrations in Kano as Maryam Thanks 'Allah' | Is Judgment Less Law, More Politics? | Five Parties Want Voters' Registration, Council Polls Shifted | Ige: Suspect's Escape, Cover-up Ploy, Says Akande | Budget 2002: House Moves to Make Obasanjo Submit Revised Estimates | Soyinka Rejects Party Registration Guidelines | ...Gani Goes to Appeal Court | Obasanjo Strenghtens Campaign Team, Appoints Directors | Economic Growth Remarkable, Says Martin-Kuye | FG Insists on Reduction of International Air Fares | 2003: AD Members 'll Vote for Obasanjo - Akande | Savannah Bank: Court Defers Judgment | Banks to Reduce Interest Rates | Supreme Court to Get Law Reports in Compact Disc | Nigeria, USA to Expand Bilateral Trade | FG Releases N2.4 bn for Prisons Reform | Police: Junior Officers Disown Strike Call | FG Laments High Population Growth | Aspirant Alleges 8 Killed, 20 Missing in PDP Primaries | Adoration Tragedy Probe Panel Submits Report | Edo PDP Denies Violence | Political Thugs Sack Traditional Ruler | Abia Congress: Court Restrains PDP, Ogbeh, Others | NAFDAC Seals Off Biscuit Company | Itsekiri Spoil for War over Ward Delineation | 300 Youth Get Sanitation Jobs | Hashidu Seeks More Federal Jobs for Gombe Indigenes | Private Sector Dissociates Self from On-going Wage Negotiation | Delta Restates Commitment to Housing | Kwara PDP Allays Members' Fear | Use Elections to Prove Nigeria's Credibility, NIPR Tells Govt | DFID to Reform Jigawa Public Sector | Plateau Police Arrest 74 over Secretarian Clashes | Osun College of Tech Expels 289 Students | Nnamani Seeks Expansion of Enugu Airport Facilities | Islamic Group Faults Nigeria's Hosting of Miss World | Hashidu Hails Prisons Reforms | Abia Assembly Crisis: Ohajuruku Wins Round One | Obi of Onitsha Challenges NBA | Church Charges Youth to Be Upright |
POLITICS
Alleged Corruption: Group Calls for Lawal's Resignation | 'ANPP 'll Have Landslide Victory in 2003' | Delta Group moves to Weed-Out Dishonest Politicians | LG: Aspirant Pledges Better Governance for Surulere | Group Urges Government to Address Niger-Delta Plight | 7th Southern Govs' Summit: Same Agenda, Same Rhetorics | Of Olusegun Adeniyi's Madness and Governor | Delta: House Leadership Tackles Ex-Deputy Speaker, Others |
BUSINESS
FG May Still Yield Ground on Tokunbo Vehicles Import | DSC Rehabilitation: Workers Frown on Pace of Work | NPA Seeks Approval to Destroy Abandoned Vessels | A Period of Mixed Blessings for Maritime | The Great Compromise on Destination Inspection | Don Identifies Problems in Financing Maritime Activities | Shipping firms Experience Cargo Boom | Malasian Seafarers Welcome Union's Intervention on Deteriorating Welfare | Inland Waterways Authority Gets Own Police Command | Cabotage: Indigenous Operators Advised to Go into Partnership | Privatisation: Port Workers Head for Court | Ship Hits Biggest Rock | Police Killings: Workers Disagree on Way Out | Labour Faults INEC on Party Registration | DSC Retirees Asked to Go for Entitlements | NLC Congratulates Erena, Niger State SSG | Bankers' Institute Promotes 19 | New Order and Progress for Railways | Africa & G8: A Relationship of Mutual Responsibility | Public Servants Decry Use of Consultants for Govt Business | Avon Crowncaps, PAN Workers Belong to SEWUN, IAP Rules | 'Cultural Re-orientation is Antidote to Tax Evasion' |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Nigerian Gladiators Storm the Continent | A Big Birthday Party for the New Union |
COMMENT
Political Adventure on the Plateau | The Desecration of UNN |
EDITORIAL
NEPAD's Challenge, G8's Response |
LETTERS
Folayan, ASUU, the Press and UNILORIN | Why is Lagos State Insolvent? |
CITY DIARY
Police X-ray Successes of Eight-point Agenda | Kanu Heart Foundation Spends N30m on Heart Patients | Hard Drugs: Youths Take to Lizard's Excreta in Katsina | Anambra Community Traditional Ruler-elect Calls for Peace, Unity | Ex Lagos DG Faults Return of Public Schools |
MARKET NEWS
NAL Bank Trades 10.4m Shares for N37.9m | Big-Cap Techs Spur Nasdaq Rally |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira Sheds More Weight at IFEM | Habib Bank Joins Billionaire Profit Making Banks | Allstates Recapitalises to N2.1bn |
SPORTS
Arsenal Splashes œ13m on Aghahowa | Lucerne Sacks Shorunmu, Again | Olisadebe Cleared for œ3.3m Birmingham Transfer | Poor Security Scuttles League Match | HFN Lauds Sponsors' Efforts | Lightning Kills Players | No Going Back on Tech Adviser - Akiga | Ojigwe Awaits Leverkusen Future | Torres Rejects Egyptian Offer Again | Scottish Club Tries-out Nigerian Owolabi | French Farce Highlights Sudden Fall | Arsenal Mounts Retirement Pressure on Adams | Inamoto to Play for Fulham | Volleyball Craves C'Wealth Action |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Nigerian Gladiators Storm the Continent | A Big Birthday Party for the New Union |
RELIGION
Women in Politics: Lessons from Shari'ah and Islamic History |
EXTRA
S/West: Heresy and the Obasanjo Crusaders | Coping with Aliero's new 'Limo Story' |