Monday October 14, 2002

NEWS
Banks' Lending to Govt Hit N46 bn, Says CBN | NNPC Worried About Joint Venture Production | Ige: Keyamo Listed as State Witness | Interconnection: NCC Decides Today | Jamodu Challenges Banks on High Lending to Real Sector | Gulf of Guinea: Sao Tome Moves to Invalidate Oil Treaty with Nigeria | Senate 'll Stop Moves to Stall Cabotage Law, Says Anyim | 'Verdict, a Test of Lawmakers' Patriotism' | Bamanga Proposes Nigeria-Cameroon Joint Commission | Decision Can Still be Reversed, Says Ezeife | Group Issues Quit Order to Oil Firms | 'It Won't Derail Obasanjo's Re-election' | FG to Commit $22m to Agric Pact with China | Institute Organises Training Workshop for Party Leaders, Others | FG Needs N43bn for Road Rehabilitation | 'Govt Committed to Growth of Abuja Varsity' | Gombe Urged to Borrow N300m for LG Workers' Salaries | UNICEF Lauds Oyo Govt over Primary School Education Standard | Insurance Scheme, a Must for Workers, Says Tinubu | Kebbi Set to Secure Bamaiyi's Release | THISDAY Receives Community Service Award | NDDC to Deworm 100,000 Pupils in Delta | Plateau Poly Expels 122 Students | Haruna Bags Education Devt Award | Basscomm Commissions New Plant | NPC Staff Flays FG over Unpaid Salaries | Youth Decry 'Injustice' Against Sokoto | Agagu Drags AD, Party Scribe to Court | ANLCA Protests 100% Goods Examination | IBB, Na'Abba Support S/Kaduna State Agitation | Non Payment of Imo Teachers' Salaries Decried | Start Ramadan Same Day - Muslims Urged | NDDC Appoints Image Maker |
STATE OF THE STATES
FRSC Warns Against Night Journey | US Non-Immigrant Visa Fees Rise November 1 | Obstacles to Smooth NIPOST Operation Listed | Nwosu, Awujale Advocate Support for Health | Associates Fete Babalakin as SAN | Govt Set to Repair Road | LG Gets INEC Dates for Voters' Registration | Shun Tribal Champions, PDP Chief Warns | NEPA Gets N20m Transformer for Smooth Power Supply | Theft: Police Hunt for 3 LASTMA Officers | Igbinedion Must Face Me in PDP Primaries - Ozekhome | Firm Drags Govt to Court over Tenement Levy | Police to Assist COREN Enforce Engineering Laws | Importers Kick over New Textile Policy | Quick Action Sought on Privatisation | All-party Summit Holds Soon | IITA Alerts on Looming Cassava Disease | FG De-emphasises Control on Forests |
POLITICS
Osoba Can't Decree How We Receive Obasanjo-Okupe | UNPP Chief Dumps Party, Joins Presidential Race | Nnamani Tasks Transition Committees | Bayelsa PDP Scribe Denies Holding Dual Office | House Aspirant Promises Better Deal for FCT | Politicians Summit: Can it Douse the Fire? | Bafarawa: A Battle Beyond Suspension of Members |
CITY DIARY
Edo Communal Clash: Govt. Inaction Heightens Tension in Belligerent Communities | Alfa Strikes Igala's Hearts | Role of Women in Nation Building Stressed |
EDITORIAL
Before the Constitutional Amendments |
LETTERS
On Five-year Single Term Tenure | Requiem for Agbazika Innih |
COMMENT
Bakassi: Implications of ICJ Verdict | Dialogue on $1.5 Billion Loot |
BUSINESS
Cash Crunch Hits Shell Harder
  • 'Operations might be halted' | 'NEPAD May Lead to Adoption of Neo-Liberal Policies' | Presco Plc Moves to Generate Equity Capital | MannyBank Plc Offers Fresh Opportunity to Investing Public | John Holt Says Ebani House is Not for Sale | WorldCom's Vinson Pleads Guilty to Fraud | CDB Set for N2bn Share Capital, Fresh Fund | Marketing & Advertising | Seven-Up 'Live The Dream' Promo Kicks Off | Agencies Should Provide Training Opportunities - Rubies' MD | Seaman Flags Off N5m Promotion | Marketing & Advertising | Advertisers Warn on ITV Merger | Newspaper Results Show Uneven Ad Climate | Product Advertisers Find 'Sopranos' /NOBR> | New ITV Ad Sales Arm to Ease Merger | The Ad That Ended a Political Career | Publicis to Fold D'arcy Masius Benton And Bowles | NOLCHEM Appoints New MD | BoJ to Buy $16bn of Banks' Shareholdings | Carlton and Granada Agree Merger Terms | GE Sees low Economic Growth in 2003 | Revocation of Banking Licence: Role of the Central Bank | Setting Up Of Textile Industry With Export Orientation | Shonekan Highlights Problems of Insurance Industry | LG Electronics Handset Wins Presidential Award | Conference for African Broadcaster Kicks Off | NITEL Cuts Orlu Phones Over to Digital | MTN Partners With Nesg | The Nigerian Economy in An Election Year | NIPC Woos Media on Investment Promotion | We Need to Reduce Opportunities for Corruption | 'Nigeria's Interests in the Cotonou Agreement' | African Development: UN Urges Overhaul of International Policy | UNDP Pursues New Mandate on Water, Energy Provision | Wild Elephants Falling to Illicit Ivory Trade | UNEP Warns Governments, Others on Climate Change |
    MARKET NEWS
    Investors Stake N626.3m on 96.0m Shares | US Swap Spreads Narrow as Stocks Rally |
    MONEY GUIDE
    Three Management Staff Bow Out of Equity Bank | Lion Bank Posts N485m Profit | CBN Withdraws N93bn from Circulation |
    ARTS & REVIEW
    Colours of African Music Across Cultures | A Dream Gets Real | The Dawn of New Possibilities |
    FEATURES
    An Oxford Approach to Islam | Red Star Express: Odyssey In a Decade |
    SPORTS
    Home Eagles Make Point in Dakar | Del Bosque: Real's Miracle Worker | England Coach, Eriksson Feels Pressure | Eagles' Get New Manager January | Adnan is Cornerstone Tennis King | Privatise NFA, Nwokedi Tells FG | Beach Volleyball: FIVB Instructor Arrives for Clinic | Why I Accepted Kanu's Apology - Ogunjobi | Top Pakistani Cricket Officials Quit | Radcliffe Shatters Marathon Record | Important Wins for France, England | S' African Police Clear Ferguson | ... As Cafu Eyes Old Trafford | Schumacher Ends Year on Top |
    EXTRA
    Time to Call Off the Legislators' Bluff | With Abacha's Men Like Kalu and Bafarawa |