Friday August 30, 2002

NEWS
House Compiles 9 Presidential Constitutional Breaches | Sharia: Jigawa Govt Vows to Execute Rapist | Second Operator: Globacom Deadline Expires Today | Voters' Registration Begins Sept 12, Says INEC | IMF Clarifies Nigeria's Debt Service Position | NBA Pledges to Save Democracy | OPEC May Raise Oil Output by 800,000 bpd | Senate Vows to Halt Sale of Mint | I Resigned as Chief Whip to Preserve Democracy, Says Omu | FG Pledges to Implement Report on Wage Increase | ... Establishes Wealthy Nigerians' Initiative | Virgin Aircraft in Minor Crash | Nigerian Army Denies Fake Major | NNPC Ties Funding of Refineries to Efficiency | Nigeria Moves to Attain ICAO Elite Category | Land Charges: Tinubu Suspends Action on Defaulters | Amina Lawal: Women Affairs Adviser Urges FG to Intervene | FG Urged to Probe N4.5bn NEPA's Superannuation Fund | Islamic Group Expresses Concern over Nation's Economy | Aspirant Suggests Fresh Clues on Ige's Murder | Kano Assembly Extends LG Caretakers' Tenure | 'NUJ Council Chiefs May Face Anti-graft Panel' | I Have No Refinery in S/Africa - Ibori | Ghanaian Judges to Attend Training Programme in Lagos | Attah Debunks Insinuations on Econet | Ex-Lawmaker Blames N/Assembly for SNC Agitation | Assemblies of God Wants Spirituality in Governance | 'NNPC is Killing Independent Marketers' | Pharmacists Commend NAFDAC over War on Fake Drugs | ANPP Presidential Aspirant Wants Party's Name Dropped | UNlBEN Honours Ibori, Agbobu, Others | Kachalla Signs Borno INEC Bill into Law | Ijaw Youths Want Horsfall in 2003 Race | Court Issues Bench Warrant on Cadbury MD | Marketers Warned on Measurement Offence |
BUSINESS
Land Use Tax May Stir Industrial Disharmony, OPS Warns LASG | NPA Wants Factories Within Ports Relocated | Union Raises Hope on NLC, TUC Merger | Unionisation: Association Dares Nigerian Communication Commission | Steel Workers Hold Workshop | Aborted PH Picketing: Before State Councils Pull NLC Down | UAC Promotes 16 to Managerial Positions | Government Urged to Review Promotion Procedures | Firm Establishes Cleaning School | NLC, Unions Disown Anti-picketing Campaigner | PIAs Get N2bn Fees from Apapa, Tin Can Ports | Customs Controller Tasks Officers on Hard Work | Delta Ports Targets East, North-Bound Cargo | ANLCA Accuses Customs of Delay in Movement of Cargo | War on Terrorism: U.S. Cargo Inspectors Posted at Ports of Origin | Voyage of the Philosophers' Ship | Tall Ship Festivals Return Next Year | Tokunbo Vehicles: Casualties of the Ban | NAGAFF Seeks Co-operation from Government Agencies at Ports | Thailand Potential Cruise Ship Hub | CPA Chairman Favours Private Port | Police Battle to Smash Syndicate Specialized in Stealing Containers | Nigeria, Egypt, Others Plan to Establish Rail Link | Panic Strikes NRC Chieftains over Fraud | LASTMA Parades Seven for Impersonation | SGS Strengthens Operations in Nigeria | Consumers Hail Golden Guinea Malta | Govt Support Necessary to Avoid Recession- Industrialist | Deputy Gov Urges Habib Bank to Aid Rural Dwellers | Nigeria to Formalise Trade Ties with CAR | Pensioners Picket Edo House of Assembly | Malawians Take HIV/Aids Battle to Work Places | Ghana Aids Commission to Survey Aids Infection Among Key Workers | Zimbabwean Maize Project: Students Reject Forced Labour | Paramedics' Strike over Pay Spreads to Parts of Zimbabwe | 50,000 May Die from Work-related Accidents, Disease in 10 Days | Minister Warns Against General Strike in Portugal | Dust Over 'Sale' of A National Carrier | NAFIS to Be Commercialised | NCAA, FAA Sign Pact | US Donates $2m Screening Equipment for Nigerian Airports | Odidison Enforces Staff Punctuality at NCAA | Air Travel Safer But Global Standards Needed After Sept 11 Attack | Nigeria Airways Deploys B747 for London | Reviewing The Airways Privatisation Process | Virgin Begins SMS Texting, e-Mail on Board | Economy: A Citizen's Note to Obasanjo | Internet Fraud: How to Avoid Internet Investment Scams |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Tribute To the Master Artist At 70 | ...The Colour and Shape of his Art | The Theatre Party Begins at Muson |
COMMENT
Between Governance and Financial Management | Causes and Cures of Conflicts in Nigeria |
EDITORIAL
Revisiting the Plight of Pensioners |
LETTERS
Osun PDP: A Sleeping Giant? | White Paper on UNILORIN and Anti-corruption Campaign | Still on 'As the Nation Bleeds...' |
CITY DIARY
Lagos: Beleagured Igbo Traders Take Case to Obigbo | Cleric Tasks Government on Laws to Stem Violence | Church Walks for Less Privilege |
POLITICS
2003: Kwara AD Alleges Planned Assassination of Members | Group Pledges Support for Igbinedion's Second Term | Dissociate From Impeachment Plot, House Members Urged | ANPP Kicks Against Delineation of Wards in Surulere | Entrepreneur Pledges Development, Relevance for Imo | Abia PDP Congress: The Issues, the Thrills | Obasanjo Has Failed Nigeria - Senator Mamman | Oyo Guber Race: Matters Arising |
HEALTH
HIV/AIDS: Hope Rises for Developing Countries | WHO Releases Draft Tobacco Treaty | New Bacteria Strains Cause Lung Disorders | NAFDAC Slams Airline on Fake Drugs |
FEATURES
Traffic Control: The Victoria Island Initiave | For LUTH Workers, it's Battle Royale |
MARKET NEWS
NSE Predicts Active New Issues Market | NYSE Parleys with NSE, Stockbrokers |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira Sheds 49 Kobo at Dutch Auction | NDIC, CIBN Organise Workshop on Risk Management | Bank of North MD Counsel Managers |
SPORTS
Kanu, Oliseh at War in Europe | Bonfrere Prays for Al Ahli Lifeline | Beat Angola, Earn N.4m | IWF Unbans Nigeria | Manchester 2002: Kodei Denies Taking Dope | Elmark Assurance Hockey Tourney Ready | Guinness Handball Tourney Move to Benin | Akwa-Ibom Witholds Coach, Athlete's Salaries | Arsenal Set to Sign Pharaoh's Keeper |
EXTRA
Oil, People and the Syntax of Anger |