Wednesday August 28, 2002

NEWS
Senate Backs House, Reopens Constitutional Breaches | FG Earns $2.4bn from Oil Exports in 6 Months | NCP Approves Split of NEPA Into 17 Firms | Sharia: Man, 54, to Be Stoned to Death, Says Jigawa Govt | Obasanjo Wants Speedy Conduct of Voters' Registration | Bribery Allegation: Bamaiyi, Others Contest Judicial Council's Decision on Ade-Alabi | Abia Chief Judge Dragged to Anti-Graft Panel | Appointment of Financial Controller Top ECOWAS Council of Ministers' Agenda | BPE Faults NICON Insurance on Valuation of Hilton Hotel | Police Debunk Assassination Attempt on Senator Balogun | 2003: Igbo Counselled on Choice of Flag Bearer | 300 Sierra Leonean Refugees Leave Nigeria Today | Alimi Dynasty Kicks Against Chieftaincy Grading | Uwais Decries Lack of Public Interest in Litigation | 40 Killed in Multiple Crashes | Obasanjo Deserves Commendation - Adesina | Yayale Urges NOA to Re-orientate Elite | State Govts Urged to Support Solid Minerals Development | Curb Invasion of Privacy, Gana Tells NBC | Albarka Airline Joins Stock Exchange | 'Osun Earned N30bn in 3 Years' | 'Obasanjo Should Answer Allegations by House' | 'Na'Abba has Hidden Agenda' | Move Most Premature, Says PAM | Plot not Hatched in Kogi - Audu | Solidarity Rally for Obasanjo in Ibadan | Move Selfish, Says Industry Minister | President/House Face-off: Youth Leader Sues for Peace | Why New LGs Won't Get Funds, by Minister | Africans Told to be Self-Reliant | Innih for Burial October 4 | Imo Assembly Gets New Speaker | Elephants Destroy N30m Crops in Zamfara | FG to Spend N40bn on Rail Rehabilitation | Odenigbo Lectures for September | Chief's Murder: Normalcy Returns to Ado-Ekiti | Bayelsa PDP Chairman Protests Alleged Expulsion | Police Nab Fake Army Major | Capital Punishment Recommended for Cultists | Payment of Edo Pensioners Begins Today | Desire Elimination of Harmful Practices Against Women - NGO | FG Yet to Conclude Merger of NERFUND, NIDB and NBCI | Politicians Urged to Separate Politics from Governance | Traders Protest Plan to Release Robbery Suspects | Youth Urged to Imbibe Moral Precepts | Desist from Hostility, Commandant Cautions | Provost Seeks Books, Tools for New Library | Navalmen Warned Against Laxity | 2003: Archbishop Calls for Free, Fair Polls | Customs Command Promotes 85 | Fake LASTMA Officials Nabbed in Lagos | Provost Laments Exclusion of Graduands from NYSC | Audu Warns 'Idle' Critics | Oroh Pledges Positive Change in House | Cholera Kills 6 in Bauchi |
POLITICS
'Why Women Didn't Support Move to Impeach Obasanjo' | I' ll Reconcile All Divergent Interests - Abia PDP Boss | Presidency: Youths Canvass Support for S/S, S/E Zone | Gombe PDP Chieftain Seeks Harmonisation of Chapter's Exco | Entrepreneur Pledges Economic Development of Imo | When the House Took on Obasanjo | Rivers: The Turks Battle Odili |
BUSINESS
Despite Poor Economy, Firms, Investors Besiege Stock Market | 'New Discount House No threat to Existing Ones' | N31 Billion IPOs Enliven Primary Market | Investors Scramble for Major Oil Marketers, Multinational Firms | Brussels Throws Lifeline to Stricken Mobile Phone Firms | Factors to Determine Forex Identified | Treasury Targets Leave Ministries Flummoxed | Westpac Buys Fund Manager for A$900m | Allstates Trust Bank: Carving a Niche in Banking | The Puzzle Over 2002 Budget and Civil Society | Co-operation, Collaboration Way Forward for Insurance - NIA Boss | Eastbridge Consulting Group Foresees Convergence of Three Benefit Lines | Niger Insurance Company Shops for N250m | Rand Rains On Mutual's Global Parade | Old Mutual Discloses Big Drop in Value | Policy-holders Confused By Life Assurance Policies | Financial Cards and the Importance of Security | Regency Insurance Company Increases Capital Base to N350m | Kano Govt, Emir Seek Tax Compliance | Oceanic Bank Sells Thomas Cook Travellers Cheque | Insurers Blast International Media | Debate On Health Insurance Bill Abandoned | Eke Becomes MD of Union Assurance Company | IPWA Reduces Losses, Turnover | NSSA Vows to Fight on Over Agip/Unipetrol Merger | Yamaha Recommends Riding Training for Motorcycle Users | Earnings Hit N6 Billion in FSB | Nestle Refuses to Comment on Reported $11.5 Billion Bid for Hershey | Treasury Prices Settle Higher in Thin Trading | Hong Kong Technology Investment Seeks $16.5m from IPO | Euronext Amsterdam Derivatives Trade On Screen From December |
ARTS & REVIEW
Brila FM: Passion Gives Rise to Action | ...And the Music Plays on |
COMMENT
The Pope in Poland | NPA: Between Bode George and the Ministry |
MARKET NEWS
Bearish Market Forces Capitalisation Down by N8.5bn | US Stocks Slip |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Sets Three Months Target on Interest Rate | Naira Loses 51k at Dutch Auction |
TOURISM
Economic Approach to Black Heritage Festival Unveiled | Virgin's Anniversary Raffle Draw Winner Emerges |
EDITORIAL
America's Fixation on Iraq |
LETTERS
Nigerian Elite, Double Speak and Hypocrisy | Obasanjo Goofed | Party Primaries By Ifa Oracle |
EDUCATION
'We Are Introducing Moral Education as a Field of Study' | NASU Kicks Against University Autonomy | Times Journalism Institute Honours Christine K | Cadbury Moves Education Support Forward | ...Sponsors Back-to-School Fair with First Bank, Digi-Print, Neimeth | Don Stresses Need for Town, Gown Wedding | UBE Transfer , A Welcome Development |
CITY DIARY
Delta Traditional Ruler Raises Alarm over 'Private Army' | Nigeria/Benin Joint Anti-Crime Border Patrol: One Year After | Patient Sues Doctor for Negligence |
FEATURES
To Make the Nation Healthy |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: 'Whose Interest is INEC Serving?' |
SPORTS
Chukwu Returns, Takes Charge at Eagles' Camp | ... Guns for Al Gohari Glory | MTN Takes Over Lagos Marathon | Judo Federation Bans Dope Athletes | CAF Picks Nations Cup Host in October | Falconets Return, Disbanded at the Airport | COJA Promises Delightful Games | FIVB Alters Dates for Aid Programme | Laloko Tasks NFA on Youth Development | Tornadoes Skipper Blames Ogbudje for Ouster | Niger Govt Taxes Citizens for FA | Libya Gears Up for 2010 World Cup Bid | Chilean Players 'Down' Boots Over Salaries |
EXTRA
Another Look at The System |