Monday August 26, 2002

NEWS
Atiku, IBB Can Contest 2003 Polls, Says Obasanjo | Aikhomu: President Not Above the Law | Ojora Retires as Unipetrol Formally Takes Over Agip | ANPP Calls for Dissolution of INEC | FG Explains Setting Up of FRCN Stations | FG Explains Setting Up of FRCN Stations | Anyim Decries Indiscipline in PDP | Anyim Decries Indiscipline in PDP | Senator Escapes Assassination | AD Canvasses All Politicians' Summit | Edo Assembly Lauded for Opposing Cars for Caretaker Chiefs | Group Set to Drag MFCT to ICPC over Land Deals | Group Set to Drag MFCT to ICPC over Land Deals | Rivers Youths Stage Solidarity Rally for Obasanjo | Impeachment Move, a Joke Taken Too Far, By Obasanjo | Leave NLC Out of Impeachment Move, NUPENG Tells Lawmakers | Obasanjo-Atiku Mandate Cautions Lawmakers | C/River Elders Dismiss Threat | Gov, State PDP Accused of Planning Na'Abba's Ouster | Group Condemns Threat on Obasanjo | Yoruba Elders Vow to Stand By Obasanjo | House Replies Adesina over Military Link | APC Calls OPC's Bluff | Group Charts New Political Direction for Imo | Greed Breeds Corruption, Says Bishop | Lawal Blames Death Rumour on Saraki | Cross River Happy with Investors | Assembly Crisis: 'Nwobodo's Action Treasonable' | Kalu Blames Abia Crisis on Obasanjo | NLC Hails Judgment on Picketing, Threatens Afribank Again | Nwobodo Admits Plotting Nnamani's Removal | Man Sentenced to Death for Beheading Oba | World's Oldest Passenger Vessel Due in P/H | Dariye Promises to Deliver Dividends of Democracy | Council Boss Laments Spate of Accidents on Mokwa - Jebba Road | Police Recover Box of Fake Dollars | 678 Students Benefit from Senator's Scholarship Award | Put God First, Nigerians Urged | Osogbo Kicks as FRCN Foundation Laying Holds Tomorrow | I'll Not Leave without a Befitting National Carrier - Chikwe | Police Deny Taking Sides in Enugu Assembly Crisis | Commissioner Laments Economic Strangulation of A/Ibom | ... Arrest 9 in Gombe | Two Fake Journalists Nabbed | 2003: I'll Place Kogi on a Higher Pedestal - Audu | Nigeria Lacks Effective Political Leadership Say Youths |
STATE OF THE STATES
Osun Electoral Body Pledges Fairness to All | Council Moves to Repair Damaged Federal Road | PDP Undecided over Obasanjo's Second Term Bid | Church Secures Release of 9 Prisoners | ANCOPSS Criticises FG Approach to UBE | NEPA Commissions N18m Transformers | Court Registrars to Sue Govts over Judiciary's Independence | Lawyer Advocates Social Welfare Bureau | 'Allocation Will Not Affect Salaries' | LG Seeks N200m Compensation from Cement Firm | Osoba Blames Crime on Unemployment | Principals Seek Vasity Automy over Examinations | NSE Set to Inaugurate Kogi Branch | Resource Control, Recipe for Peace in Niger Delta - Alamieyeseigha | NIPOST Transport Contractors Allay Fear over Re-bidding | Kano NUJ Tells Na'Abba to Apologise | PDP Has Failed the Nation - Legislator | Govt Pledges Support to Poultry Farmers | 'Why Women Didn't Support Move to Impeach Obasanjo' | FG Gets $100m US EXIMbank Loan for Housing | 2003: Freedom Organisation Plans Peace Rally in Lagos | Police Okay All-Female Special Mobile Squad | I'm Celebrating PDP's Crises, Says Tinubu | Ohaneze Raises Peace Committee on Troubled Igbo States | Igbo President: South-east NDP Chiefs Divided | Why FG Is Developing Gas Sector -Minister |
POLITICS
Obasanjo Lobbies Zonal Leaders | ...Arewa Youths, CD Warn Against Tribalising Impeachment Move | 'INEC's Restructuring, Solution to Political Impasse' | Lawyer Cautions Political Class Against Truncating Democracy | We Are Close to System Collapse, Says Kalu |
CITY DIARY
Western Union Money Transfer: Complaints, Frustration All over | Troubled Akwa Ibom Communities Oppose Planned Withdrawal of Soldiers | Potiskum's Challenge to Damaturu as Yobe Capital | Patient Seeks N100m Damages from Doctor |
EDITORIAL
Auditing the Government |
LETTERS
Obasanjo: From Ota to Aso Rock | Saluting Adenuga's Dogged Spirit | Beware of PGD Courses at FUT Minna |
COMMENT
Current Devts in International Relations | Can Dutch Auction Save the Naira? |
BUSINESS
NPA Moves to Tackle Congestion, Delay in Cargo Delivery | Dollar Reaches Six-week | Indigenous Oil Firm, Amni's Output Drops to 4,000bpd | Royal Exchange: Highest Priced Insurance Stock | IPOs Market Active with N13 billion Offers | Manufacturer Picks Holes in DAS, MRR | ,IFC launches New Facilities on Public Funds for Emerging Markets | Foreign Direct and Portfolio Investment in Africa | As Intercontinental Bank Plc Goes Public | Gordon's Spark: A Spark in the Dark | Marketer Advises Govt on Stable Policies | CIMN Visits Akande, OAU, Kadpoly | Advertising Recovery a Long Way Off - WPP | SO&U Becomes SO&U Saatchi & Saatchi | US Tobacco Withdraws FTC's Request for Ad Guidelines | Cadbury Advert Stirs Fury in India | ... Apologises for Advertisement | Nestle Introduces Maggi Sokoyokoto on Television | Manufacturing Weakness Clouds UK Growth | Bourses Ease Back as Profit-taking Sets In | Stock Exchange Approves N15bn Lagos State Bond | Another Black Eye for AOL | Berlin Bank Accused of Suppressing Critical Report | Investors Go After Enron Executives' Assets for $23m | Marketer Advises Govt. on Stable Policies | UK to Ban Tobacco Ads by End of Year | Nissan Launches New Brand Campaign | Food Workers Ask Govt to Revive Dairy Industry | Maersk Line, Two Others Pay N351m to NPA | NPA Woos Ships, Importers to Delta Ports | Birmingham Trade Mission for Nigeria | Goldman Environmental Prize Winners to Attend Jo'burg Summit | IFC Launches New Environmental Facilities | US Adds to List of Exempt Steel Products | SEC to Probe AOL Outlook and Share Sales | GM Pulls Out of Talks to Buy Fiat Finance Arm | Portugal Leads Investment Charge in Ex-Colonies | German Economy Remains Subdued | Savings in SA Alarmingly Low, Says Minister | Citigroup Probe Widens to Include AT&T IPO | Why Investors should Beware of Risks With Dividend-Paying Stocks | Investors Jittery over Financial Sector Change | Budgets Should Target Growth and Development | Ignorance in Advertising Worrisome - Shobanjo |
MARKET NEWS
First Atlantic Bank Joins League of Quoted Firms | Lagos State, Four Firms to Raise N25bn |
MONEY GUIDE
Regulations, Not Recipe For Distress, Says ACB Boss | Prudentbank Finances Wuse Housing Project | Gatewaybank's Profit Leaps 150 Per cent, Floats New Products |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Dream Gets Real with Micheal Power Movie | A Silver Imprint on the Entertainment Circuit |
FEATURES
Waiting for the Faithfuls' Stones |
SPORTS
Chukwu May Recall Kanu for Angola | Mixed Fortunes for Missing Okocha, Yobo | Akiga, Ekaete Promise Early Camping for Athletes | Dosu Promises Better Times for Eaglets | C'Wealth Games Drives COJA Officials | Liverpool Boss Lauds Diouf | Man Utd in Keeper Search | SA Too Good for Swazis in Semi | Hasselbaink on Hold | Malawi Eye West Brom Teenager | MP Reports Keane to Police | Keane May Quit Leeds | Egypt Continue Winning Streaks | Venus Downs Davenport for Fourth Straight Pilot Pen Title | Sampras Out to Regain Glory | Injury Dogs Henman's Chances |
EXTRA
'APGA is No Tribal Party' | Eni-B, Mohammed Abacha and a Phantom Deal |