Wednesday October 23, 2002

NEWS
Nzeribe Suspended Indefinitely Over N22m Fraud | Encomiums As Ekwueme Marks 70 | Banks Peg Lending Rate at 22.5% | Ige: Why Suspects Should Stand Trial - Akande | IBB in a Fresh Move against Oputa Panel | NCC Orders NITEL to Pay MTN, Econet N1bn | Enahoro Makes Fresh Case for Restructuring | Normalcy Returns to House of Representatives | Delta Challenges Revenue Commission in Court | South-west States May Boycott WAEC, NECO, Others | Cote d' Ivoire: Red Cross Prepares for 10,000 Nigerian Returnees | Ikorodu Factory Fire: House Gives Firm One Week to Submit Report | Rewane: 'Confessional Statements, Not Written in My Presence' | Police Disperse Protesting FAAN Pensioners | Dangote Group Seeks Suppport for Orphanages | FG to Review Ban on Tokunbo Cars | NITEL Workers Suspend Strike | MTS Begins Fixed Wireless Phone Network Construction | 'Ogun Won't Waste Public Funds to Host Obasanjo' | Sango Pledges to Restore Sanity in Plateau | AU Appoints Kingibe Special Envoy to Sudan | Nasarawa Spends 28% of Budget on Education | Tinubu Plans Ethnic Justice Groups | Bye-election: AD Vows to Retain Ife Central Seat | IPMAN Strike: Fuel Stations Shut in Makurdi | District Head's Removal Sparks-off Protests | Osun Govt Releases N161m to Pay Pensioners | Atiku Chairs Katsina Varsity Appeal Fund | New Police Commissioner Resumes in Ebonyi | LG:'Transition Committees Ready to Hand Over' |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
Impeachment No Threat to Democracy - IBB | PDP Frowns at Adoption Ahead of Primaries | Shun Second Term Syndrome, Group Tells Leaders | 2nd Term Bid: 4 Govs Sure to Win Court Case | Obasanjo: Tiv Give Condition for Support | Akande Picks AD Ticket in Osun | Akande Debunks Expulsion from ANPP | Impeachment: OPC Leader Seeks Amicable Resolution | Bakassi: Nwodo Seeks Un Plebiscite |
State of the States
How ANPP Can Secure Power, By Hashidu | FG Boosts Water Supply | Firm Petitions Uwais over Transfer of Suit | Senator Sued N500m | NGO Organises Confab for Peaceful Election | Lai Mohammed Emerges AD Guber Candidate |
POLITICS
PDP Alleges Plot to Attack Bode George | 'Stop Using Awo's Name to Deceive' |
BUSINESS
CBN Orders Debtor Banks to Pay Up | N1bn Minimum Capital Base: Uncertainties surround EIB Recapitalisation | Dollar Eases as Moody's Upgrades Japan | Investors Scramble for Afribank's Shares | EIB Records Mixed Performance in Nine Months | Bush Seeks Cuts on Raise for SEC's Corporate Clean-up | SEC Considers KPMG Audit, Akintola Williams Merger | Markets Shrug Off Record US Trade Gap | Agbakoba and Economics of Go-Slows | Again, Forces of Demand and Supply Depress Equities Market | Pressure Mounts on Investors to Curb Abuses | Otudeko Becomes NSE's Vice-President | Bourses Down aps Wall Street Turns Lower | Bunds Gain As Stock Markets Wobble | Wema Bank Storms Market with Bounty Account | NNPC Account: Insurance Group Dissatisfied with NAICOM's Ruling | APBN Rolls out Measures to Reduce Collapse of Buildings | Despite Harsh Economy, Insurers Declare Profit for 2001 | Sale of NICON Assets by BPE Unconstitutional - NAICOM | Fake Insurance Firms Devour 40% of Industry's Premium | Insurers Tackle Fraud with Technology | Soaring Insurance Costs hit California Business Owners | Insurers Urged to Increase Awareness Campaign | New Africa Merchant Bank Braces Up for Future Tasks | UTB Introduces Private Banking Service | SEC Prepares Ground for Commodity Exchange | Klin, Santex Position Against Faking | Poverty: IMF Approves US$14m Disbursement to Ethiopia | Balaton Execties Acquisitiion Agreement | Major World Bank Projects Still Dogged by Controversy | Forbes Medi-tech Announces $40m in Sterols Sales Agreements | 'Invest in Insurance for Profitability' | Top British Insurers Act on Volatile Markets | North Canton Pet Insurer Uses Shell Company to Go Public | Flood Insurance Errors Can Wash Away Profits | Firm Seeks Reconciliation of Account with Omega Bank | LG Electronics Ranks 6th in Mobile Handset Market | Trusts and Grantee Increases Share Capital | Nem Insurance Posts N284m Gross Premium | Lucent Cuts Raise Bankruptcy Concerns | Carlton and Granada Agree Merger Terms |
ARTS & REVIEW
Soyinka Mounts the Centre Stage Again | ... A Birthday Song for the King |
COMMENT
Canonization of Josemaria Escriva | Corruption: Beyond Proclamation |
MARKET NEWS
NESF Pays N131 Dividend Per Share | US Stocks Slip Into the Minus Column |
MONEY GUIDE
Bankers' Tariff to be Reviewed | Naira Slides by 15 kobo at Dutch Auction | Union Merchant Bank Shareholders Get Dividends |
TOURISM
Austria to Develop Nigeria's Tourism | Alpha Paradise Beckons | SAA Offers $20m for Air Tanzania | Ghanaian Hotel Eyes Nigeria |
EDITORIAL
The Future of Nigeria |
LETTERS
A Public Hearing Indeed! | Mbadinuju's Religious War | Letter to Globalcom |
EDUCATION
UNILORIN Medical School Risks Losing Accreditation | Vice President Atiku Abubakar Launches Supercard | Resist Exploitation of Our Ethnic Diversity - ASUU | JAMB Registrar Decries Incessant Strikes | In Turning the Tide Against HIV/AIDS, Education is Key | Strike: ASUU's Refusal Stalls Resumption at OAU | Industrialist Donates Auditorium to Ede Poly | Dowen at Five Remembers the Needy |
CITY DIARY
A Reporter's Ordeal |
FEATURES
Confronting the Drug Czars |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: Unresolved issues in Privatisation |
SPORTS
African Women's Tourney: Dark Clouds Hang over Nigeria | Kaduna ICN Leads Others in Dickenson Cup Chase | Nigeria/Bolivia Friendly Cancelled | NOC Gears Up For Loaded Sports Calendar | Football Will Die Without Decree 101 - Akinyele | Owen Destroys Spartak | UEFA League: Bayern Goes for Broke in Milan | Sokoto Polo Club Petitions Atiku, NPA | Caf Debates Future of African Football | PSV Coach Won't Bow to Death Threats | France, England Battle over World Cup | Arsenal's New Ground Shoots to œ300m | Egypt Favourites for CAN 2006 | Tension Grows for PGA Strugglers |
EXTRA
Towards a People's Constitution |