Tuesday July 23, 2002

NEWS
August 10 Council Polls Doubtful, Says INEC | Ige: Oyo, Osun Govts Biased - Detainees' Families | Appeal Court Lifts Injunction on Unipetrol Acquisition of Agip | NNPC Assures on Fuel Supply as Scarcity Hits Lagos | Escravos Fire: We Can't Meet Export Commitments - Chevron | Anyim: PDP Inaugurates Disciplinary Panel, Ignores Senators' Plea | Financial Crimes Bill Underway, Says Obasanjo | 'Ex-workers' Benefits Not Lodged with Union Bank' | CBN Lists Banned Items from Forex | Kuta Chides FG over Airport Terminal Contract | IG Lists Conditions Under Which Policemen Can Use Arms | Nigeria Donates $100,000 to Cuba | FG, Labour Examine NEPAD | 'NDDC 'll Solve Problems of Niger Delta' | PDP Primaries: Senator Threatens to Drag Party to Court | 2003: Arewa Forum Won't Field Presidential Candidate - Nas | LUTH Non-Academic Staff Embarks on Strike | Police Seal Off Bayelsa PDP Secretariat | 7 Killed in Hausa, Yoruba Clash | ASUU Drags Unilorin to Anti-Corruption Commission | Assassination of Magistrate Nsa Not Political - Police | Ex-lawmaker Seeks 5-year Single term for Elected Officials | NDLEA Arrests 30 Drug Suspects | NLC Pickets Afribank Today | Magistrates Contribute to Prison's Congestion - CJ | 2003: Atiku Advises Politicians to Be Patriotic | FG Withdraws Case Against Makanjuola | Killer-Cop Declared Wanted by Police | NUJ Petitions Police Over War on Journalists | 'Why FG Banned Poultry Products Imports' | Policemen Warned Against Illegal Strike | 2003: Obasanjo Deserves Second Term - Group | Export Processing Zone to Get Rail-link | AD'll Lose Ekiti in 2003 - Adeniran | Irate Youths Attack Anyim, Gov | Protests Mar PDP Primaries | Traders Up in arms against NAFDAC | Group Calls for Laws to Protect Widows | Olumilua Appeals to Private Organisations to Sponsor Staff for Pilgrimage | Attah Flags Off Micro Credit Scheme | Barbers, Others Join Campaign Against AIDS | Abia PDP Crisis Lingers as Caucus Meeting Fails | Dearth of Officers, Receipts Impede Justice in Bauchi | Female Aspirant Eyes Enugu Govt House | VC Commends Govt for Reversing Brain Drain | BBC Journalism Training Programme Ends in Lagos | Workshop on Emergency Planning Response Underway in Ibadan | Rector Decries Falling Standard of Education | C/River NUJ Elects New Officers | 549 Persons Die in 447 Fire Incidents in Bauchi State | Corruption Encourages Instability - Don | 'Enugu Airport Goes International Soon' | Adefarati gives N2.16m to Fight TB, Leprosy |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Days of Terror.... Critics and Their Unkind Cut | ...An Author and the Beautiful Lie | A Tale Far from the Truth |
BUSINESS
FG Directs Importers to Register With Associations | Domestic Gas Consumption to Hit 2bn scf/d in 2010 | NNPC 's Commercialisation Halts Marketers' Bid for Credit Line | NSACC Members Visit South Africa | Industrialist Canvasses Review of WTO Treaty | How MTN Aids Economic Development of Nigeria | UN's Kofi Annan Meets Business-in-Nigeria | Consumer Goods Trade Fair Holds in Germany | Iod Uk Commends Nigeria | NANTS Condemns Incessant Fire Incidents in Markets | Petroleum Congress: Nigeria Moves to Take Centre Stage | IEA Sees Strong Global Oil Demand in 2003 | Oil Industry Crises: 'Our Well-being, Your Wealth' | Gum Arabic and Diversification of Nigeria's Economy | FG Urged to Enforce Ban on Poultry Product Importation | FAO Predicts Scarcity of Cereals | Experts Target 400,000mt of Nigerian Rubber yearly | Construction of Agip's Abo Deepsea $700m FPSO Begins | Strategic Framework for Global Agric Development | Amni to Farm Out 40% Stake in OML 112 | Opec Warns of War Over Price of Oil With Russia | Ships: Focus on Preventing Oil Spill | Gas Malaysia to Double Pipeline Network to 1,458km | The Making of Intra-continental Gas Network | Market Unions Obstruct NAFDAC's Activities in South East | WorldCom Prepares to File for Bankruptcy | The Making of Intra-continental Gas Network | Apec Ministers to Discuss Energy Cooperation | LASG Set to Float N15bn Bond | Investors Scared of 2003 Polls - Tinubu | Obasanjo Promises to Repair Roads at UI | LASG Invests N4b in Econet |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Gas Utilisation, Flaring: Contracts Signed for IV, V Trains | Group Calls for Resolution on African Land, Resources Issues | Grant Properties Constructs N2bn Housing Estate | The Relevance of Building Production Management in the Construction Process (1) | Reconstruction: Land Speculators, Investors Besiege Imo | Court Awards N84m Property to Trusthouse Limited |
POLITICS
2003: Guber Aspirant Warns Against Political Violence in Edo | Politicians Urged to Respect Electoral Law | Ogun PDP Primaries: Daniel's Group Refutes Reports | Ex-Council Boss Vows to Run Again | ...As Another Aspirant Accuses Party Boss of Favouring Him | Come to AD, Progressives Urged | Abia PDP: When Fence-mending Talks Ended in Deadlock | In Delta, Labour Took on Federal Government |
MONEY GUIDE
Uneasy Calm Pervades Forex Market | CBN, CIBN, Examine Foreign Exchange Management in Nigeria | Diamond Bank Trains Small Enterprises Personnel |
COMMENT
Wanted: A Rallying Point for Imo Politics | Anyim: Between History and Hysteria |
EDITORIAL
Deplorable State of South-east Roads |
LETTERS
Kwara 2003 - The Constant Determinant | The Practice of Contract Staff System in Nigeria Banks | Giving the Judiciary a Face Lift |
LAW
Obasanjo and Supreme Court's Image | With Democracy, Courts Now Free | GSM Tariffs: When 'll Respite Come? | 'Basis for Jurisdiction of Courts to Dissolve Marriages is Domicile' | Courts Have Inherent Power to Prevent Abuse of their Process | Indictment May not be Quashed Merely on Ground of Doubt | Independent Judiciary and Public Scrutiny, Must for Democracy | GSM Tariffs: When 'll Respite Come? Cont'd from PG. 29 _ |
CITY DIARY
Drama in Lagos Church, Pastor in Rape Blackmail | Lawyer Wants Arms Possession Legalised to Check Violent Crimes | 43,000 Awaiting Trial Inmates in Nigeria Prisons, says Jarma | Bullet-Resistant Bullion Vans Debute in Nigeria |
FEATURES
Mystery of Market Fire Disasters | Nigeria: Searching for Foreign Investment |
SPORTS
Ogunjobi Promises Brighter Future for Football | Obienu Craves Amodu, Keshi's Recall | Nigerian Athletes Resume Training in Manchester | Cameroon FA Goes Under-cover | ... As Akiga Unfolds Government's Package | Els Defies Inner Demons | Pele Knows Nothing About Football -Scolari | Duran Finally Quits Boxing | How the Rio Deal was Sealed | ... His Remarkable Rise to Stardom | Leeds Eye Stam as Replacement |
EXTRA
From Adoration Ground to Middle Ground |