Friday August 16, 2002

NEWS
SSS Confers With Na'Abba Over Security | Ciroma, Anenih, Agunloye Fault House Motion | 'Mohammed Abacha Wants to Run Down Govt' | ...Threat Motivated by Welfare Package, Says Kashim-Imam | Senate Declares 2002 Budget Cut Illegal | George Innih Dies at 64 | Some People Out to Truncate Democracy, Say Oshiomhole, Farounbi | House Member Drags Na'Abba to Anti-graft Panel | Lagos Gets New Commissioner | ... Releases Teachers' Promotions for Year 2000 | Mining Corporations Not for Sale, Says Adelaja | Solid Minerals Can Fetch N30bn Yearly - Senate Chief | Ohanaeze Threatens to Boycott ID Card Exercise | Biotechnology, Tool for Women Empowerment - Titi Atiku | Osoba Announces Re-election Plan | Obasanjo to NIM: Do More to Fight Corruption | Bafarawa Denies Presidential Ambition | Land Charges: Tinubu Threatens to Seal Off Chevron, Shell | Senate May Suspend 2 Lawmakers over Suit | 'Army Won't Join Plot to Subvert Democracy' | Six Varsities to Benefit from N360m Technology Fund | 22 NULGE Members Charged with Assault | Akwa Ibom Proposes New Revenue Sharing Formula | 'Court Verdict Won't Stop Govs from Seeking Re-election' | Enugu Govt Denies Sealing Off Assembly | Police Arrest 3 over Politician's Death | Caretaker Committee Members Lobby for Tenure Extension | Saraki Accuses ANPP Govs of Hijacking Party Machinery | Abia PDP Congresses to Hold Monday | Delta Debunks Claims over Revenue Receipt |
BUSINESS
Workers Ask Govt to End BPE's Job in NITEL | Nigerdock: Global Energy Shops for New Partner | FAAN Woos Investors for Airports | Cabotage Controversy: Omoteso, Usoro Insist on Waiver Provisions | Union Warns Prospective Buyers of Ports to Steer Clear | Freight Forwarders Bemoan Multiple Charges on Imports | Nigerdock's Privatisation a Hoax-Public Servants | Oil Workers Oppose Merger of PTI with UNIBEN | Not Yet Uhuru, Construction Workers Regret | Casualisation: Eleganza Risks More Industrial Actions, Says Labour | CDB Appoints New Group Heads | Osuntoki Becomes Executive Director of Vigeo | NAHCO and the Privatisation Blues | Unipetrol Commissions N1.3bn Aviation Fuel Depot | Chikwe Tasks Aviation Unions, FAAN Employees | 'Why Trailers'll Continue to Park recklessly' | Minister Commissions NURTW House | Unipetrol Commissions N1.3bn Aviation Fuel Depot | Chikwe Tasks Aviation Unions, FAAN Emloyees |
ARTS & REVIEW
FESTINA Gives Theatre a New Rhythm | A Medal for the Afrobeat King | Atawewe Draws Blank at Osogbo Carnival |
COMMENT
That Travel Warning and American Hypocrisy | Re-visiting the Nwuche and Odili Feud |
EDITORIAL
Nigeria's Continuing Underdevelopment |
LETTERS
Maduafokwa and Ihiala Politics | Conspiracy Against Nigerians | Israel Deserves World Sympathy |
CITY DIARY
Community Disapproves of Leadership Tussle in Research Institute |
POLITICS
Set up Govt. of National Unity-Nwankwo | Group Expresses Worry Over Neglect of Nkwerres | Opadokun Commends Lawal Over Upgrading of Rulers | 2003: Will Tradition Stand in Ekiti? | Grading and Re-Grading of Traditional Chiefs in Kwara State |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Between Orlu and 'Otokoto' Politics | Lesson from Udenwa/Ozodinma Duel | In Defence of 'Political Adolesents' |
FEATURES
A Citizen's Garden for Society | An Encounter With Lynda Chalker |
MARKET NEWS
Operators Endorse SEC's Drive for Unclaimed Dividend | Hundreds of CEOs Take US SEC Pledge |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira Gains N1 at Dutch Auction | Sanusi, Unegbu Hinge ECOWAS Currency on Political Will | Platinum Presents Vacation Tickets to World Account Holders |
SPORTS
Yobo, Okocha Set for Premiership Action | Eagles Run to Otta for Cover | Zimbabwe Seeks to Co-host World Cup | Tiger Leads After Rain Delay | Olugbodi Surprised at Eagles Exclusion | Onigbinde Speakes on Aiyegbeni | CAF League: Critical Ties for Egyptian Clubs |