Tuesday July 16, 2002

NEWS
2003: S/East Govs Give Obasanjo Conditions | Complains as 32 Companies Bid for 9 Bitumen Blocks | Govt Officials Shielding Ige's Killers, Say Yoruba Elders | Abacha Loot: Swiss Bank Censured | NDDC Chief Blames Poverty for Unrests in Niger-Delta | Gani's Party Commences Voters Mobilisation for LG Polls | Siege on Chevron: 300 Oil Workers Released, 700 Still Held | Obasanjo Vetos 2002 Electoral Act, Suggests Amendments | Nigeria to Receive $16.5m Grant from Japan | Demolition: FCT Indigenes Attack FG Officials | Resource Control: Obasanjo Moves to Resolve Impasse | How to Improve Africa's Investment Climate, by Obasanjo, Annan | Court Strikes Out Omisore's Suit Against AD | N120m Request: Court Adjourns Anyim's Suit to October 30 | CBN Removes Peg on Community Banks' Shareholding Structure | Obasanjo Advises Asian/African Countries on WTO | Longe/First Bank Suit for Hearing July 31 | Obasanjo Pays Tribute to Echeruo | Tinubu Expresses Fear over National Security | Rivers Police Officers Pledge Loyalty to the Force | 2003: Lagos AD Shops for N500m | 19,430 Gain Admissions into Unity Schools | Ogbeh Petitioned over Anambra Fresh Congresses | JAMB Despatches UME Results | APGA Vows to Initiate National Conference | Navy Arrests 3 Suspected Vandals at Apapa Fuel Jetty | Why Govs Went to Court - Williams | Adoration Deaths: Catholics Reject Panel Report | Screening Fees: Guber Aspirant Threatens to Sue Electoral Body | 29 Tobacco Firm Technicians for Training in S/Africa | NCC to Set Up Arbitration Panel | Govt Invites Hunters to Chase Students out of Campus | Aspirants Call on PDP to Cancel Primaries | Nigerian Community Leaders in Britain Laud Ajibola | Police College Graduates Lack Weapon Training | FG to Open Hospital for Prisoners | Delta Police Command Warns Politicians Against Thuggery | Obasanjo Asked to Declare State of Emergency in Anambra | PDP Members Demand Release of Primaries Result | Victims of Kwara Crisis Get N4.6m Compensation | Fire Guts Sokoto Central Market | Onyia Commends Obasanjo Foundation | Jigawa Gov Dissolves Cabinet | Guber Aspirant Assures on PDP Victory | Police Urged to Probe Bomb Allegation | Don't Force Christians into Cults, Cleric Warns Parties | Spate of Violence Worries NANS | AD Members Told to Support Obasanjo's Second Term Bid |
STATE OF THE STATES
New Registrar Appointed for NABTEB | PDP Primaries: Bode George Disowns Gwadabe Panel | Yar'Adua Warns Against Violence at Party Primaries | Maroko Evictees Appeal to Government for Assistance | NAWOJ Warned Against Holding Congress | Decampees Told to Quit Posts | Alleged Corruption: PDP Chief Dares Akande to Expose Him | Violence at AD Primaries Worries Osoba | Deputy Gov's Mother Buried |
ARTS & REVIEW
Between the Private Sector, Government and Society | The Book, and the Battle for Survival |
BUSINESS
LCC Urges FG to Reduce MRR, Interest Rates | FG Advised to Reduce Cost of Governance | Fuel Retailing: NNPC Sends 12 Officials Abroad | Nigeria-US Alliance: What Oil Has Joined Together... | FG Urged to Compel Oil Firms to Publish Earnings | IITA Links Stunted Growth in W/African Kids to Contaminated Food | Codes of Practice to Lead the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture | Platts Implements New Oil Market Assessment Methodology | NEPA Picks 6 Banks for Revenue Collection | Confectioneries Firm Expands Branch Network | Sweet Sensation Bags International Quality Award | Consumers Anticipate Coca-Cola Jackpot Draws |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Annan Sets Agenda for World Summit in South Africa | Environmental Mismanagement: Nigeria Loses $5bn Annually | UN Raises Alarm on Water Scarcity | Imo Govt. Flags Off Sale of Owerri Housing Units | Court Awards N84m Property to Trusthouse Limited |
POLITICS
2003: Dariye, Mantu Predict Victory for PDP | Senatorial Aspirant Carpets Na'Abba over Obasanjo | Group Moves to Tackle Unemployment | Imo Guber Race Takes New Shape | House Vs Obasanjo: Unending War over Funds | I won't Decamp to PDP -Audu |
MARKET NEWS
UBA Promises Brighter Future for Stakeholders | Investors Stake N177.260m for 20.971m Shares |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira in Serious Summersault at IFEM | Intercontinental Posts N1.5bn Profit |
COMMENT
Changing the Face of Bayelsa State | Madam Kofo, Just Before You Leave |
EDITORIAL
States and Foreign Debts |
LETTERS
Resolving Abia House Crisis | Gov Attah Should Do Something | Apartheid in Nigeria? |
LAW
From the Editor | We Hold your Brief | Nigerian Ports Must Be Shipper Friendly | One Judgment, Different Strokes | Sharia: Offences, Punishments and Standards of Proof | Court Must Hear Oral Evidence Where Affidavits Conflict | Where There's no Issue, Burden of Proof Does Not Arise | 'N/Assembly Must Not Usurp Executive Functions on Financial Matters' |
CITY DIARY
Ibrahim Mamuda, Sad Side of Almajirai | Family Applies to Re-name Streets in Lagos Community | Church Raises N50m Building Fund | Ecumenical Centre, a Collective Shame on Christians-Makinde |
FEATURES
Ilaje: Taking Destiny in Own Hands | Private Initiative Against Corruption |
SPORTS
Nigeria Misses Weightlifters, Banks on Table Tennis, Wrestling | Freeman to Run in Manchester | ...As Tourney Organisers Target Drug Cheats | Cooperate with Government, Akiga Enjoins Athletes | New Era for Disabled Sport | Ajibade, Tamuno Vow to Impress | Amokachi Moves to UAE | Iran Flogs National Team Players | Boro Revive Juninho Bid | Uwua Promises Nigerians Solid U-23 Team | Botero Stuns Armstrong | Man Utd Warns Premiership Rivals | Johnson Youth Soccer Ends | Technical Reprieve for Hockey Federation | Beijing's Olympics Preparations On Track | Ferdinand Decides Leeds Fate Today | Woods Falls Foul of Security | Hingis Eyes US Open Return |
EXTRA
Can the ANPP Seize the Day? | The Stick and the Carrot |