Friday August 23, 2002

NEWS
How Motion Can Be Withdrawn, by House PDP | Fake Drugs: FG May Ground KLM, Ethiopia Airlines | Voters' Registration: Parties Meet INEC, Agree to Withdraw Suits | Kalu Threatens to Quit PDP | Ige: Police, Oyo Justice Ministry Agree on Suspect's Trial | Impeachment Plot Bound to Fail - House Member | Mbang Calls for Truce over Executive-Legislature Face-off | ...Veteran Journalists Call for Caution | FG Sets Up Task Force on Roads Rehabilitation | Senator Defends Afenifere Leaders | Onyearugbulem: Family Dissociates Members from Attack | Enugu: Abuja-based Lawmakers Elect Speaker, Pass Bills | Rising Oil Prices Brightens Nigeria's Chance of Increased Quota | Minister Wants Private Sector Involved in NPI | Nigeria Seeks US Grant for Solid Minerials | Disabled Need Integration, Not Alms, Says First Lady | Daily Times Petitions IG over Harassment of MD | Forget 2003, South-south Forum Tells Obasanjo | Unilorin Chairman Presents Acting V-C | Amina Lawal: Australia Joins Global Outcry over Death Verdict | Bayelsa Commissioner, Brother, Arrested | Second-term Syndrome 'll Ruin Nigeria - Kalu | NAFDAC DG Urges Clerics to Join War on Fake Drugs | No Move to Suspend Famuyibo - Ekiti AD | Lawmaker Expresses Fear over 2003 | Alamieyeseigha Pays LG Workers Salaries | Ijaws Protest Non Inclusion in Warri Council's Caretaker Panel | Expert Seeks FG's Intervention in Afforestation | Nnamani Signs High Court Bill into Law | Alamieyeseigha Advocates Fair Media Coverage of Polls | 5 in Police Net over Highway Extortion | Deputy Governor Denies Leaving PDP | Youth Told to Join New Nigeria Vanguard | House Allegations Frivolous, By Presidency (II) |
BUSINESS
Budget Delay: PENGASSAN Links IMF, World Bank | Two NRC Directors Punished for N7.5m Scam | Take Advantage of Cabotage, Shippers Urged | Crude Oil Affreightment: FG Tasked on Indigenous Firms' Involvement | Port Security Officer Dies While Pilfering | When Freight Forwarders Play Customs' Image Maker? | SGS Nigeria Wears New Look | NPA Moves to Tackle Congestion, Delay in Cargo Delivery | ...Wants Factories to be Relocated Outside Ports | JODLIC, Shipping Federation May be Merged | Norwegian Cruise firm Buys Project America | Trawler Fishing 'Most Dangerous Job in Britain' | P&O Nedlloyd Unbowed by Continuing Losses | Bethlehem Steel Selects GSE Systems | Four Engines Found on Sunken Mystery Ship | Major Carriers Bank on Restoration Revamp | 'Ship Not a Public Health Threat, Says Port Official | Port Of Spain: BG Continues to Expand LNG Interests | 'Orphaned' Cruise Ship Finds Harbor | Recession Diminishes Employers' Fortunes, Says NECA DG | Govt Contradicts Itself on Economy - Construction Workers | Impeachment: Senior Staff Seek Peaceful Resolution | Workers Ask Ibori to Stop Staff Verification | ICFTU Supports ILO DG's Mandate | IMB International Bank Elevates 9 Employees | 'Superior Performance Panacea to Industrial Relations Success' | Oil Workers Worried over Decay of Judiciary | UN Urges Companies to Be Mindful of Workers' Health | CBA Job Cuts Scandalous, Says Union | Namibian Public Servants Want Foreign Consultants to Go | Correct Pricing of Insurance Risks | How Unilag VC Plans to Make Students Ride Bicycles | NRC Shops for Equipment to Beef up Workshop | Banire: A Diary of Failed Programmes | Group Frowns on FG's Dev Plan | Differences Arise over Laws Amendment in South Africa | Kenyan Union Says No to Privatisation | FSS Gases Set to Enhance Fire Fighting in Nigeria | Inflation in UK House Prices Slow | FSA Rules Out Constraints On Short-Selling | British Airways to Trim Stake in Qantas | Former Enron Executive Pleads Guilty | DT reveals Worse-than-Expected œ3.9bn Loss | Britain Lifts Ban on Nigerian Aircraft | Delta Air Lines Expands Codeshare Flights With SAA | Lufthansa Proves Mettle With Second Quarter Profit Gain | Passenger Traffic At SW Florida International Airport Drops | IATA AcceptsTwo Insurers | Lufthansa Sees Operating Profits Surge | American Brings Cargo Choice to Europe | Boeing, Aerosud Discuss S/A Partnership Agreement | Boeing, Aerosud Discuss S/A Partnership Agreement | New Regional Air Travel Rules to Curb Terrorism | Eagle of Hope Award Holds August 29 | Tourism Development Fund Committee Launched | First Atlantic Bank Appoints New Directors | SA Tourism With a Conscience |
ARTS & REVIEW
An Autumn Cheer for the Playwright | A Watchman's Light in Dimensions | Wiliki Strikes Pact with Brila FM | The Latest Couple in Hollywood |
COMMENT
PDP: Whither thy Big Stick? | Towards a Safer Okada Ride in Lagos |
EDITORIAL
Sale of NICON Hilton Hotel |
LETTERS
Tribute to Saka Layonu | Lagos State: More Revenue, Less Impact | Letter to Gani Fawehinmi |
CITY DIARY
Sycophancy Our Bane, Says Bishop Obiokeke | Catholics Lament Education's Dwindling Fortunes | Judge in Court over Smashed Car |
POLITICS
2003: 'Sarumi 'll Achieve Ambition on PDP's Platform' | Group Alerts Igbo Leaders on Activities of Political Fraudsters | Don't Be Distracted by House/Obasanjo Face-off, NANS Tells Nigerians | 2003: Adebayo Advocates Constitution of National Govt | Why I Chose AD -Rev Adasu | Nwobodo, Others No Threat, Says Nnamani | 'How Ecological Fund Suffered Under Abacha' | From Eti-Osa, the Politics of an Educationist |
HEALTH
Better Care Sought for Sicklers | Expert Worried Over Poor Child Health in Nigeria | NAUTH Reduces Cost of HIV/AIDS Drugs | NGOs Collaborate with NPI on Immunisation |
FEATURES
Revocation Blues At the Assembly | Oil Pollution: Europe to the Rescue |
MARKET NEWS
All-share Index Rises by 0.8 Per cent | Hallmark Bank Gross Income Hits N7.18bn |
MONEY GUIDE
Exchange Rate Remains N125 Per Dollar | Bankers Brace up for Auto-clearing | First Atlantic Bank Appoints New Directors |
SPORTS
Babayaro Battles Devils, Okocha Gets Second Chance | Elite Teams Battle for Survival | Roy's œ.1m FA Cup Jackpot | All Africa Games Marketers Go Bankrupt | Alozie Stripped of European Title | TVAfrica Unveils WAFU Cup Plans | Three Countries for Pepsi 5-Aside | World Cup: S'Africa Dismisses Co-Hosting | Coca-Cola's N25m for Football Fans | Easy Draw for Williams Sisters | Hingis, Mauresmo Reach Quarter-finals | McEnroe Raps Top Stars | Houllier Warns Millionaire Liverpool Stars | Ronaldo 'Will Not Play for Inter Again' | Tunisia Hold France |
EXTRA
The Wrong Martyrs Are Rising | ...A Worthy Example by NIG |