Tuesday August 13, 2002

NEWS
Revenue Commission Stops 13% Derivation | Presidency: Obasanjo's Trips No Flight of Fancy | Ige: Suspects' Families Petition Rights Commission | Budget, Revenue Formula Top House Agenda Today | Senate Tackles BPE Over Airways Sale | Reject Varsity Autonomy Bill, NANS Tells N/Assembly | National Assembly to Upgrade Bio-Safety Guidelines | Minister Charges Youths to Eschew Violence | OPL 245: FG Seeks Out of Court Settlement | CBN Urged to Substitute DAS With Nigerian Auction System | Envoy Puts Annual Foreign Investment in Nigeria at $4.3bn | NCC Awards Provisional SNO Licence to Globacom | Anyim Tasks Presidency on US Insecurity Claim | Mantu Absolves FG of Blame over Non-release of Funds | Wonderful Editorial | THISDAY, Blessing to Nigeria | The President A Time Like This Demands | Nigerians Should Be Concerned | You Captured Our Frustration and Fear | Let's Rescue a President on the Run | Let the President Re-evaluate Himself | THISDAY Showed Loyalty to Nigeria | In Defence of Obasanjo's Travels | That Editorial Was Patriotic | Ex-British Officer Seeks N500m for Benue Clash Victims | Lawmaker Accuses Na'Abba of Profligacy | SGBN Names Robert Mbonu As MD, Okon Amasi ED | 'FG Won't Tolerate Violence' | PENGASSAN, NNPC on War Path | Don't Sell NICON Hotel, Directors Warn BPE | Reject Corrupt Politicians, Youth Told | Plateau: Plan to Blow Up Bridge Fails | Adebayo Hails Lawal for Upgrading Afonja Descendant | Lagos to Publish Financial Record | Enugu Debunks Lawmakers Salary Arrears Claim | Group Accuses Obasanjo of Brutality | Golden Guinea Introduces Medicinal Malt | Why Community Banks Collapsed, By CIBN Boss | Allocation Commission Urged to Evolve Equitable Formula | ...'Autonomy Will Check Friction in Governance' | New Imo Chief Judge Sworn in | High Population Growth, Cause of Under-Development -- Don | VC Seeks Tough Measures Against Student Criminals | North May Not Meet Education Target - Adamu | Gov Lists Causes of Insecurity in Bayelsa | Role of Women in Agric Development Acknowledged | Experts Blame Poverty on Corruption, Poor Investment | ...$500m Sought to Boost Food Production | Uniuyo Dissolves Student Union Executive | Zamfara Governor Sacks 8 Council Administrators |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Still On Buhari's Presidential Ambition |
ARTS & REVIEW
Staying Afloat the Tide of Leadership | Nigerian Media Laws, PrinceTony Momoh, Efua Media Associates, Lagos | The Tongue of a Master Strategist | English Incorporated: Telling Those Mistakes to our Faces |
BUSINESS
Dutch Auction System Counter-productive, Say MAN, LCCI | National Oil Plans N2bn Investment in Cooking Gas | Outage Costs Cadbury N50m Per Minute, Shuns NEPA | SIAL Food Show: Nigeria Sends Trade Mission to France | IOD, LCCI Admit New Members | West African International Boosts Business Linkages | ABB Electrical Holds Safety Seminar on Installations | Customers, Not Cultural Differences, Are Key Focus | Complementing Sme Fund With Lease Finance | Nigeria, 2 Others Accused of Bursting OPEC Quota | $1bn Agbami Oil Field May Come on Stream in '06 | IEA Cuts 2002 Oil Demand Growth Outlook, Sees Rebound | BP Announces Major Spending Plan in Gulf of Mexico | Conoco Begins Natural Gas Production from Netherlands Field | Schlumberger Positions N1.3 bn Vessel For Deepwater Operation | SPE Chief Sees Nigeria's Oil Demand at 4m BPD by 2010 | Statoil Launches Study on New LNG Plant in Nigeria | BP, Shell Disagree on How to Prevent Oil Manipulation | MMS Releases Report of Offshore Oil and Gas Activity | UAE's Oil Reserves to Last 150 Years | Russia Achieves Highest Oil Output Level in 16 Years | Sea Petrol Outlet Gets NNPC Rating | 'Agric Activities Must be Treated as Real Business' | FAO Moves to Enhance Agric Trade in Developing Nations | Production Function Analysis of Agric Sector's Performance | Rossland Moves to Boost Cashew Nigeria's Export | ICAN Boss Urges Speedy Release of Budget |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Replenishment of GEF's Rises Hope for Africa's Coastal Projects | Global Focus on Water Scarcity at WSSD | Union Homes Posts N717 million | Prestige Furniture Fair Hits Abuja | Sustainable Ecotourism in Nigeria | Eminent Personalities Flay Land Degradation in Africa | The Killing of Tunde: A Challenge to Nature Conservation in Nigeria | Environmentalists Suggest Alternative Energy Sources | Lagos Roads Need Urgent Repairs |
POLITICS
Obasanjo to Meet South-East Governors, PDP Stakeholders Today | Group Advocates Dissolution of INEC | Abia PDP Crises: Kalu, Ugochukwu in Reconciliatory Parley | Politician Canvasses Support for AD | Council Boss Promises Good Leadership | I Won't be Dictatorial -Nwachukwu | 'My Critics are Mischievious' | The Unending Politics of Revenue Formula | 'Our Case Against the Presidency' |
MARKET NEWS
NOLCHEM Floats N4bn Loan Stock | US Stocks Decline Across Board |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Approves Direct TCs Sale for Standard Chartered | Honest Staff Returns CFA 1m to Customer | ...Offers $85m at DAS |
COMMENT
A Father and Our Schools of Scandal | Keeping Faith with Our Nascent Democracy |
EDITORIAL
Security of Nigerians Abroad |
LETTERS
After Igbo Presidency, What Becomes of Nigeria? | Driving With Tears in Warri and Effurun | Dakaiyawa Town Needs a Bank |
LAW
Season of Elevation | When Is a Trial Not a Trial? | 'There May Be No Elections in 2003' | When is There Capacity to Make a Will? |
CITY DIARY
Preparing the Police for Election 2003 | Residents Raise Alarm over Collapsed Embarkment | GKS Holds Youth Assembly | Corruption: Cleric Calls for Prayers | Govt. Charged on Widow's Welfare | Railway CP Warns on Use of Firearms | UN Scribe Commends Army Doctor |
FEATURES
Bullion Vans: Who Will Tame the Monsters? |
SPORTS
Chukwu Retains Onigbinde's Eagles for Angola | Arrest Damages S/Africa's World Cup Bid | GAK Sacks Libregts | Ijeh Blasts Hat-trick | Nnamani Lauds Chukwu's Appointment | Faulty Sports Policy Our Bane - Akiga | Voller Warns Germany of Complacency | Obisanya Raises Alarm over Table Tennis | Gymnastics Plans New Team Manchester Floops | Babayaro Helps Chelsea Draw With Roda | Woods Lands Buick Title | Giants Test Might in Opening Games | Hostilities Serve Off for Heineken Open Wild Cards | Falconets Depart for Canada | Ahly Beat Roma in Friendly | Father Figure Beckham Must Focus on Nurturing United | Moya Upsets Hewitt At Cincinnati | ... As Rubin Wins Fitness Battle In LA | Aussie Soccer Chief Admits Failure | Keane's Still Bitter |
EXTRA
Revisiting the Second Term Syndrome |