Monday August 19, 2002

NEWS
2003: I'm Waiting for Allah's Directive, Says IBB | Obasanjo to Meet 36 Govs on State of the Nation | Oil Price Hits $29 Per Barrel | Ports Not for Privatisation - Kpakol | I'm Alive and Well, Says Ogbeh | Lawyers Critical to Privatisation Programme - el-Rufai | New Survey Faults FG's Stance on Onshore/Offshore Dichotomy | What Obasanjo Must Do to Escape Impeachment - House Leader | Count Me Out of Move, Says Gov Adesina | Egba Leaders Condemn Action | Resign Now, APGA Chairman Tells Obasanjo | Students Berate House Members | 'Motion Should Be Suspended' | Rimi's Group Vows to Foil Na'Abba's Suspension Plot | Only National Confab 'll Avert Chaos, Says Udenwa | Union Tackles FG on $240m Loan | Death is Natural End of Man, Says Chief Iman | Nigeria Records 14th Operational Unit Trust Scheme | Why River Basins Fail, By Minister | Guber Aspirant Vows to Reconcile Factions | Robbers Kill Policeman, Snatch Rifle | Sharia: Verdict on Stoning to Death Sentence Today | 2003: Delta Deputy Speaker Sure of Ibori's Victory | Tinubu Urges EU to Support Debt Forgiveness | Workshop On National Immunisation Programme Tomorrow | Rivers Targets N1bn Monthly Revenue | Group Decries Religious Intolerance Among Nigerians | Committee Begins Screening of Propective Pilgrims | Dabo Sues Anyim for N100m | My Membership of PDP Intact, Says Gemade | Corruption Now in Decline - Obasanjo | Yobe, Least Infected with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria | FG Raises Committee on Rice Production | Trade Unions Urged to Defend Democracy | One Killed in Titi Atiku's Convoy Crash | Akume Counsels Politicians on Decorum | Clergy Tasks Nigerian Youth over Peace | Female Genital Mutilation Persists in Oyo | Akume Urges NANS President to Promote Dialogue | Dock Labour Panel Set Up for Rivers Ports | Foreign NGO Offers Help on HIV/AIDS Campaign |
STATE OF THE STATES
LG Committee Wants Spending Ceiling Removed | Group Vows to Make Nzeribe Politically Irrelevant | Middle-Belt Exists Only in Mind - AD Chieftain | Fake Igbo Chief Arrested over Drugs | Police Arrest Six Armed Robbery Suspects | Murder of Aspirant's Aide Confirmed | NYSC Yet to Hit Target, Says Corps Boss | Govt Spends N700m on Water | Exam Fraud: Varsity Expels Two, Suspends One | Ex-Commissioner Joins Senatorial Race | 'Nigeria's Infant Mortality Rate Still High' | People Are Hungry and Angry - Commissioner | Revenue Allocation: Ebonyi Advocates Joint FG, State Services Fund | Baptist Youths Back Ban on Importation of Textiles | 'Re-election of Obasanjo Depends on NDDC' | Attah Commends Exxon Mobil for Appointing Indigene GM | Group Vows to Make Nzeribe Politically Irrelevant |
POLITICS
AD, APGA, PLP Merge in Ogun | Revenue Allocation : Odili Seeks Commission's Intervention | 2003: Obasanjo Not PDP's Sole Candidate -Party Chieftain | ...'Needs S/West Support in LG Polls' | Can The Presidential System Survive? | Nigeria: Where Do We Go From Here? |
EDITORIAL
Brouhaha Over American Reports |
LETTERS
Why Should we Still Bid for NICON | Bola Ige's Killers Must be Found | Warri UBA: Banking on Water |
COMMENT
The Problems of Our Times | Rigours of Imported Democracy |
BUSINESS
Angst as Ban on Five-year-old-plus Vehicles Holds | Maduekwe Donates Bicycles, N5m to Unilag | Capital Market Operators Call for Review of CAMA, Others | Cornerstone Insurance Gears Up to Add Value to Investors | Why IFEM Was Dumped for DAS - CBN | WAMCO Loses 40-ft Container of Milk to Fraudsters | SEC Widens AOL Accounting Inquiry | Nigeria,Turkey Bilateral Trade Reaches $450m | Chikezie Disengages from TD | Interest Rates: Banks Need to Make Sacrifice | Indomie: A Thought for Consumers | First Advertising Fellows' Night to Hold in September | Cadbury, Coca-Cola Commended by Summer Camp Kids | ADVAN Reduces Membership Hurdles | Ericsson at Nine-year Low on Rights Concerns | High-rise Buildings Fire-fighting Trucks Now Here | MBA Assures Investors | Revenue Allocation: Between Law and Politics | Nigeria, Bangladesh Explore Investment Opportunities | Mutual Benefit Assurance to Acquire Controlling Interest in Bank | NAPEP to Harmonise Poverty Eradication Structures | Debt Instrument, Warehoused Shares Last Joker for Neimeth | Nigeria, Spain Trade Record Hits $2 Billion | Denmark Group Divests from R. T. Briscoe | Turkey Threatens to Cut Iraqi Diesel Imports | Charter Communications Hit by Accounts Probe | Hundreds of CEOs Take SEC Pledge | Loss of Marketing Charter'll be Travesty of Justice -NIMARK | First Advertising Fellows Night Holds | Universal McCann Moves | CIMN Harps on Product Quality | Every Government Needs Good Image - Opara | ADVAN Institutes Award, Reduces Membership Hurdles | Nigerians Assured of Cheaper and Quality Textile Materials | Marconi 'to Cede Control' to Banks | Germany Gears Up for Flood Costs | US Consumer Confidence Slips | C&G Wins Appeal over Mortgage Rates | Vivendi Shares Continue their Slide | Transparent and Accountable Corporate Governance in Capital Market | London's Economy 'Set for Slowdown' | Germany's Blueprint for Labour Reform | Worries Grow over Insurance Giant | 'Second-term Syndrome Affecting Economy' |
FEATURES
Yawning Gaps on the Health Beat |
SPORTS
Injured Player, Club Sue Keane for œ20m | Juventus Targets Egyptian Star | Diouf Ready for | Mazembe Triumphs | Award | Ministry Blame FA for Delay in Hiring New Eagles Manager | No Autonomy for African Olympic Committees Bodies - Oladapo | Double Celebration for Akwuegbu, Gloom for Okocha | Chukwu, Eguavoen Yet to Sign Contracts | Zambia FA, Coach's Wage Row Hots Up | Ronaldo Set to Join Madrid | Dominant Ferrari Wrap Up Title | Ali Claims World Title | Leonard's Ready for Tiger |
EXTRA
Pius Anyim's Hypocrisy |
MARKET NEWS
Unipetrol Nigeria's Half-year Turnover Hit N14.5bn | Dow Industrials Slip by 37 Points |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Mops N24.4bn as Treasury Bills Rate Falls | Leadway Assurance Records N1.8bn Income | Wema Bank Records N2.2bn PBT | MBC Bank, 3 Others for AMEX TCs |
REPLY Re: Buhari and Attack on Obasanjo | You Are Right, But... |
ARTS & REVIEW
25 Years After, The King Lives On | .... The all-American Phenomenon | For the Kids, A Culture Note for Peace |