Monday October 21, 2002

NEWS
Nigerian Economy Shrinks By 0.9%, Says IMF | N/Assembly Begins Consultations | NNPC Issues New Rules on JV Oil Contract Awards | State Indigeneship Unconstitutional - Atiku | Bakassi: Elf Petroleum Worried about Security Implication | Abia PDP Against Obasanjo's Impeachment | Econ Summit Wants Wealth-Creation Agency | Gowon, Shagari Express Concern Over Crisis In N/ Assembly | Saraki Explains Reluctance to Pick PDP Card | Why Education Standard Keeps Falling - Anyim | 'Let Electorate Decide Obasanjo's Second Term' | Air Nigeria Planes Arrive Soon | Death of Witness Stalls Trial of Alleged Rapist | Fulani Leader Petitions Army Chief | Nigerians Blame Poverty on Defective Agric Policy | Keyamo, 3 Others Sue FG over Airways-Airwing J-V | Gambian Vice-President Extols Nigeria's Role | Obasanjo's Impeachment: 'Let Common Sense Prevail' | Silent Majority Supports Obasanjo's Re-election | Be Good Ambassadors , Nwuche Tells Nigerians Abroad | Akwa Ibom Administration, a Tragedy- Nkanga | Aspirant Picks Holes in The Patriot's Stand | Sokoto Govt Establishes N22m Gum Arabic Plantation | Imo House Summons SSG over Autonomous Communities | House Plans National Confab on Agriculture | Federal Palace Opens N15m Executive Wing | Nwuche Elected to Board of World Parliament Against Corruption | Gombe NULGE Calls Off Strike | Otokoto: Why Accused Should be Convicted - State Counsel | Tinubu to Inaugurate Justice Group Soon | First Lady to Lead Fund Raising for OAU | GKS Urges Political Tolerance | Gombe Sells Recovered Fertilizer | Yar'Adua's Mother-in-Law Dies |
STATE OF THE STATES
DPR Raises Alarm over Diesel Division | Chief Judge Makes Case for Retirees | New LGS Here to Stay, Says Gov | Bomb Blast: Foundation to Re-build Schools | Govt Out with New Crime Control Measure | Youth Summit Global Attack on Unemployment | NDDC Targets 1m Kids for Deworming | UNPP Vows to Adopt PDP Aspirant If... | Sokponba Road Ready Soon, Says Igbinedion | UK, BBC, ABU Plan Special Education Scheme | Free-for-All Fight at Political Rally | Assembly Passes Motion on Cell Phone Use | Group Launches Awards for Women, Youth | PAN Gets Acting Managing Director | FG Pledges $46m for Food Security | 'Create EPZ in Warri' | Guber Aspirant Promises Mechanised Farming | Students Complain of Poor College Condition | I'll Change Dutse's Face, Aspirant Vows | Chinese Agric Experts Arrive Soon |
POLITICS
S/west PDP Challenges The Patriots over Obasanjo's Second Term Bid | Bye-Election: Adamawa PDP Vows to Reclaim Seats | Uzoh Laments Anambra's Deplorable Economy | ...As INEC Assures of Level Playing Field | Aspirant Vows to Galvanise Delta Central for Political Action | Why Obasanjo Should Quit in 2003 -Gov Ibrahim | 'Patriots Recommendation Unpopular' |
CITY DIARY
A Reporter's Ordeal | Rancour over Council Committees' Tenure in Ekiti |
EDITORIAL
Still on Ajaokuta Steel Complex |
LETTERS
Time to Save Imo Radio | Welcome Switzerland! | The Yorubas are Noted for This |
COMMENT
Bakassi: ICJ Ruling and Dissenting Opinions | Why Not Saraki for 2003? |
BUSINESS
Ports Privatisation: NPA Workers Drag BPE to N/Assembly | MAN Boss Seeks Zero Percent Duty on Industrial Inputs | Casualisation: Senior Bankers to Join NLC in Picketing | IFC Commits $45m to UBA, Niger Delta in 2002 | Japanesse Bonds Fall as Investors Eye 10-year Auction | Shareholders Remove KPMG from Nestle | Former UBS Chief Takes the Helm at Abbey | Issuing House Confident of Mannybank's N1.14bn Shares | US Stocks Surge on Earnings and Data | Nikkei Over 9,000 as Techs Rally | Bank of Ireland Gives Up on Abbey National Bid | Maersk to Wind Up Final Salary Scheme in UK | Dollar off Highs as Stock Rally Fades | Managers Plan Slow Return to US Equities | Treasuries Hold $30bn in Unclaimed Funds | FTSE Sinks Lower as Profit Takers Step In | Bonds Edge Tentatively Higher as Stocks Ease | US Offers Cheap Trading Costs for Equities | Causes of Tension for EU Countries - Report | US Bank Stocks Soar on Earnings from Citigroup | Citigroup Defies Downturn in Equity | Eterna Oil and Gas Invests in the Future | Nigeria's Fiscal Policy: Some Thoughts on the Way Forward | Living the Dream the Pepsi Way | JSP Resigns Guinness PR Account | Marketing: How to Get Some Attention | Advertising: Positive - with a Big Minus | Investors Lose Faith after Ad Group's Warning | Admire Coms, Specialised Creative Agency, Takes off | Fanta Partners NYSC in Counselling | Leo Burnett Merges Interactive, Direct Units | GSK Unveils New-look Ribena |
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Nigeria Courts GEF's Partnership on 2004 Gas Flare-out | UN Requires $300 to Fund Tuberculosis Control | ADF Approves US$ 2.64 m River Blindness Control Grant | Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS to Gulp $10.5bn | 'Eritrea Needs Urgent Help to Stave Off Looming Humanitarian Crisis' | Highlights of Global Environment Facility's Second Assembly | Govts Prepare for Kyoto Protocol Starting Gun | UN Warns on Stalled Effort to Curb Global Hunger |
MARKET NEWS
GTB's Half-year Balance Sheet Hit N96.76 bn | Schwab Co-CEO Blasts Wall Street Stock Research |
MONEY GUIDE
Dearth of Fresh Fund Slows TB's Investment | Consolidated Discounts Makes N765m Profit | Equity Bank Repositions |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Taste of Austrian Music | A Sector and its Potential to Self-Distruct |
RIGHT OF REPLY
The Media Mugging of Bashir Dalhatu |
FEATURES
Goldmine In the Forest | NDLEA: Two Years of Fresh Air |
SPORTS
Nigeria, Ghana Clash Again | US Colleges Poach Nigerian Athletes | Okocha Can't Save Bolton | Ibadan, Kaduna Bubble for Maltina Relay | Devin, Queens Win Beach V/ball Tourney | Columbian Boxer Knocks-out Nigerian | Blatter Opens CAF's New Office | FA Picks on United - Ferguson | Leone Stars Dim Black Stars | Enyimba, Berger Clash on Nov. 24 |
EXTRA
The Media Mugging of Bashir Dalhatu |