Monday September 2, 2002

NEWS
We Are Out to Save Democracy, Says Na'Abba | Nigeria Seeks Fresh Investors for New Oil Blocs | 58 Senators Want Mohammed Abacha Released | N124m Scam: INEC Commissioner Sues Obasanjo, Others | Banks Fared Better in 2001 - NDIC | FG Invites Business Groups to Assist in Hosting C'wealth Heads | Don't Scrap JAMB, FG Told | Lagos Now Central Air Traffic Control Centre | Criticisms Trail Education Bills | 'Empowerment of the People, NDDC's Greatest Achievement' | Ademowo, Mbang Condemn Impeachment Move | 11 Killed in Gombe Cholera Outbreak | Presidency Orders FOS to Move into NICON Plaza | My Grouse with Iwuanyanwu, by Unaogu | NAFDAC to Crack Down on Unregistered Drugs | FG Committed to Self Censored Press - Gana | Pipeline Vandalism, Spillage Decrease in Rivers | UNPP Boss Seeks Pensions Commission | Adesina Warns Foreigners off Voters Registration Exercise | Ogunkelu Assures over Benin Republic Economy | Voters Cards: Condition for Access to Govt Services - Osoba | Shell Boosts Riverine Transportation with N70m Boats | Resist Military Intervention, Izuogu Tells Nigerians | Group Urges N/Assembly to Summon Ministers | Impeachment Threat: Saraki Seeks More Powers for Party Leadership | 'PDP Has No Effective Control over Members' | Gombe Speaker Wants Move Halted | Obasanjo Urged to Drop Redundant Ministers | Only God Can Remove Obasanjo - PDP Chieftain | Excel/RUTEL Boost Rural Telecomms | 800,000 Children Immunized Against Polio in Bauchi | Lagos Lawyer Joins Delta Guber Race | Kano State Spends N41m on Scholarships | HIV/AIDS: Plateau Adjudged Best in preventive Initiative | Kwande Flays Arewa over Attacks on Obasanjo | Rivers LG Workers Protest over Unpaid Salaries | Duke Accused of Witch-hunting Opponents | Enugu People 'll Resist Nnamani's Impeachment - Lawmaker | Students Urge Leaders to be Responsive | Customs Command Nets N75m Revenue | New Prisons Chief Tasks Officers on Hardwork |
STATE OF THE STATES
Court Stops Workers from Obstructing Nigeria Airways Sale | Assembly Refutes Bribery Claim | 'Police Not Aware of Bombing Plot' | NITEL GSM May Force Down Tarrifs | NEMA Urges States to Cater for Disaster Victims | Deputy Gov Sues Boss' Aide over Libel | 21 ESUT Students Renounce Cultism | Zonal PDP Denies Adopting Obasanjo, Kure | No Order to Pursue Akume Agenda, Say LG Bosses | Clerics Back Resource Control Struggle | Nigeria Deserves its Calibre of Police Force, Says Aghedo | FG Urged to Bail Councils Out of Fund Crisis | Alapini Urges Protesting Pensioners to Exercise Restraints | AD Wing Suspends Chairman | Consider Experience, Aspirant Tells Partymen | Makarfi Refutes $60m Debt Report | Police Co-op Disburses N50m Loans to Members | Five Tertiary Institutions Issue Strike Threat |
POLITICS
Impeachment: House Member May Face Recall | Benue Assembly Rejects Overtues to Extend Caretaker Committee Tenure | Aspirants Urged to Respect People's Verdict | ANPP: Agenda for a Slumbering Opposition | Impeachment: Where are the President's Men? |
CITY DIARY
All Set for Sarimu's Public Stoning in Jigawa | A Final Nail on the Fake Major's Coffin? | Potiskum's Challenge to Damaturu as Yobe Capital | Little Monye Emerges LUTH's Baby of 2002 |
EDITORIAL
The State of Our Highways |
LETTERS
Idris Kuta's Provocative Utterances | Oseni and His Theatrics |
COMMENT
Impeachment and Foreign Policy Implications | The Dutch Auction |
BUSINESS
Unfamiliar Bid Process Costs Dangote Calabar Cement | 12 Indian Firms Seek to Assist NEPA | Union Bank Adds Value to Investment Returns | Directors Reject Acquisition of 62 % in R.T. Briscoe | Intel to Increase Investment in India | Investment Banks May Face New Hearings Over IPO Allocations | Nestle Dismisses $12bn Hershey Bid | KPMG Audit Tranfers Clients to Akintola Williams, Deloitte & Touche | Ball Enters Europe with _1.2bn Schmalbach Buy | FG Urged to Allow Vehicles' Import By Land | NNPC Account: Consortium Asks Bailey to Stop Intervention | Century Stabilizer: Filling a Niche | SO&U, Saatchi & Saatchi Merge Creativity | Mike Onuorah Passes on | Cadbury Re-formulates Bournvita | TV Terrorism Advert Leads to Complaints | ADVAN Tasks Media Summit Conveners | Zep Comes into Nigeria | Dutch Aucton System: Bringing Hardship Upon the People | If Advertising Matters to You, Be Ready to Spend | The Advertising Standards We Honour | ITS-CKP Alliance to Boost Revenue Generation | ABB Trains Nepa Engineers | Interactive Public Relations Launched | Prosell Consulting Repositions | First-Half Internet Ad Spending Rises | Beer Co.Executive Apologises for Sex Show Involvement | State of the Economy:Exchange Rate And Reserve Management | Drought: FAO Boss Urges Caution in rejecting food aid | Industrialized Nations Agree to ODA-boosting Target | Worldwide Toxic Chemicals Ban Agreed | IMF Completes Third Review of Niger's PRGF Arrangement | Why Non-performing Companies Cannot be De-listed -SEC | Dollar Advances After Strong Manufacturing Survey | Wema Bank Eyes N1.2bn Capital Base Via Rights Issue | Greenspan Defends Record Over Market Failings | US Conditionally Approves Conoco-Phillips Deal | Asalu Decries Proliferation of Shareholders' Groups | New Figures Add to Japan's Economic Gloom | Mutual Fund Investors Sell Off Shares | Call for More Boardroom Whistle-blowers | EU Cleared for $4bn Sanctions Over US Exports | Bonds Rise on Weak Economic Outlook | General Electric Consolidating Units | STB Receiving Bank for Nigerian Capital Market | IMF Approves US$109m Credit Tranche to Romania | New Education Policy Aims for UPE, Gender Equality | Nigerian Con Artists Step Up e-Mail Campaign | East African Coffee Growers Fight Back | Imperial Bank to Acquire Saambou Loans | WTO to Rule in Tax Breaks Trade Dispute | Research: Broadband Consumers Reject Traditional Marketing | Razorfish Appoints Head of Sales, Marketing | ESPN Pulls College Football Spot | Nedcor to Keep Asset Management |
MARKET NEWS
Subscribers Clamour for NIGFUND as Offer Closes Today | SEC Seeks Government's Support |
MONEY GUIDE
Bankers Fault Dutch Auction | Metropolitan Bank Launches 'Metropolitan Life Cycle' |
ARTS & REVIEW
Back to the Old Rhythm with Jimi Solanke | THE MGM Joins the Fun Channels | From Bookplus, The Governor's Wife | All About the African Videomaker | The Weird One Makes His Exit | Iroko Berths at Golden Gate as Omic Makes a Debut |
REPLY
Anyim Not A Hypocrite |
FEATURES
World Without Prisons | What George Innih Meant to Us |
SPORTS
Eagles Stars Shape Up for Angola | Team Leaves for Luanda Wednesday | Doping Centre Will be Reality - Gumel | Lagos Sponsor Hockey Super League | Radebe: SAFA Write FIFA | Oyo Celebrates 80th Birthday, Slams Refs | NOC Banks on IOC for Development | Battle for Coke's N3m Hots Up | World Soccer Praises Aghahowa, Okoronkwo | Spanish Defender Joins Bol/NOBR> | Serena Stalker Arrested | ... As Capriati Cruises Through | Schumacher Romps to Another Record | United's Barthez Fears | Ronaldo Finally Joins Real Madrid | Cameroon Battles 'Foot Drain' | Ryder Cup: Monty Doubtful |
EXTRA
Preparing for Three Worst-case Scenarios |