Wednesday October 30, 2002

NEWS
Interpol Hunts Abacha Associates Over Looted Funds | House Worried over $1.5bn Withdrawal from Reserve Account | Bakassi Threatens to Declare Own Republic | Nzeribe Sues Senate over Suspension | Obasanjo Re-presents N124bn Supplementary Budget to N/Assembly | Impeachment: Lar Heads 15-Man PDP Peace Panel | Nicon Hilton: BPE Invites IBTC for Negotiations | Party Registration: Supreme Court Rules November 8 | World Bank Budgets $230m for Projects in Nigeria | 755 Nigerians Evacuated from Cote d'Ivoire | Martins-Kuye Wants Banks, Others to Pool Resources for Export Sector | World Bank Aid to Africa Hits $2.6bn | Oputa Panel: IBB Gets Court Leave | N/Assembly Asked to Focus on Bakassi | Conflict management Workshop for Asaba | Stranded Nigeria Airways Passengers Protest | Erediauwa Backs Igbinedion for Second Term | Anambra NLC Suspends 9-month-old Strike | Supreme Court Rules on INEC Guidelines Nov 8 | Annan, Mbanefo, Others Remember Joe Garba | Ruling on Abalaka's Suit over NAFDAC Jan 22 | Niger Delta Youths for Solidarity Protest | Centre Donates Equipment to Lagos Police | 2003: Don Challenges Alamieyesiegha | Ex-minister Joins Gombe Guber Race | Rewane: Poser over Defence Counsel's Whereabouts | Govt Honours Bournvita Award Winning Tutor | Ex-Assembly Majority Leader is Dead | NAICOM Seals Up Fake Insurance Firm | Ascon Chief Seeks Equity Among Lagos Ethnic Groups | Jigawa NLC Boss Removed | Wealthy Muslims Urged to Promote Islam | Striking Doctors Threaten to Resign Enmasse | Plateau Security Problems Peculiar - Dariye | AIG Decries Police Corruption | Rivers Students Back Odili for Second Term | Dont Amend Constitution in Hurry - Hashidu | 'Nigeria Lacks Data on Gemstone Occurrences' | 2003: Igbo Youth Vow to Oppose Tenure Extension | Muslim graduates Host Ramadan Lecture |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
AD Holds Convention, List Challenges of 2003 Polls | Shinkafi Calls for All-Party National Confab | Ekiti Lawmakers Move Against Speaker | 2003: Agbaso, Obasanjo's Aide, Challenges Udenwa | 8,640 Delegates Set for PDP Primaries | Dariye Picks Guber Interest Form | Kwankwaso Declares Second Term Bid | PDP Warns Governorship Aspirants Against Violence |
State of the States
Igbinedion Sets Up Panel on Rapid Development | We'll Promote Service Efficiency - Kwankwaso | Star Mega Jam Holds November 15 | Econet Takes Value Added Services to Lagos Trade Fair | Mirinda Launches Fun-time Package for Youths | Cellcom Pleads with Subscribers over Hitch |
POLITICS
Obasanjo Can Win Without North, Says Dabo Adzuana | Ethnic Crisis: Don Calls for Restructuring | Katsina PDP Adopts Yar'Adua for 2003 | Royal Fathers Tasked on National Stability | Osun Bye-election Victory, Tip of Ice Berg, Says PDP | Southeast PDP Scribe Reads Riot Act to Aspirants | June 12: Hijackers Apologise to Nigerians | AD: The Road to Unity | PDP: Much Ado About Order of Primaries |
BUSINESS
Bankers Seek Protection for Investment in SMIEIS | Moves to Duplicate Solid Minerals Blue-print Flayed | Shareholders Demand for Expository Market News Reports | Setting Up Distilled Water and Battery Electrolyte | Need for Civil Society participation in NEPAD | National Oil Improves Performance by 18% in Half Year | BCC's Losses Hit N250m in 6 Months | 'It is the Economy, Stupid' | Exceptional Item Depresses Unilever Profit | London Blue Chips Experience Sharp Rise | UAL Might Make $1.5bn Charge in Fourth Quarter | CME Announces Price Range for Share | Multinational Firms Depress Stock Market by N32bn | Japan's Official Devt Aid hits $25m | Mixed Performance for R.T. Briscoe | U.S. Stocks Seen Rallying | End Feud, EIB Directors Told | LSE Launches Covered Warrants | Bourses Higher As Drugs, Banks Surge | DAS Favours Multinationals, Not Nigerians | NAICOM Seeks Employment for 800 Graduates | Wapic Insurance Strives to Make Progress | Cornerstone Insurance Out with Growth Plan | 'Insurance Companies Now Pay Claims' | ADIC Assures Customers on Alliance with STB | NICON Takes Insurance to Grass-roots | Insurers See Future in e-Commerce, Says Survey | 'Banks Made Almost $3bn on Insurance in 2001' | NCC Gives Fresh Guidelines to Private GSM Operators | Tradeways ReStructures | NAFDAC Destroys Additional N100m Fake Drugs in Onitsha | Reltel Wireless Phone Launched in Onitsha | Cellcom Moves to Restore Service to Surulere | Malareich Holds Expo | ICAN Ikeja District Holds Fund-raising Dinner |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Return to the Tower of Babel | From Nsukka, a New Realm of Light |
COMMENT
Much Ado About Sustainable Development | We Must Preserve Nigeria |
MARKET NEWS
Unilever Nigeria's Profit Declines by 35.3 Per cent | US Stock Markets Finish Lower |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira Resumes Free Fall at Dutch Auction | De la Rue Holds Banking Automated Seminar | FSB International Bank Shops for N2bn |
TOURISM
Alpha Beach Management Makes SOS Call | US Group Condemns Tourists' Attitude to Africa | ...Hosts Professionals To a Beach House Party | States Ready for NAFEST |
EDITORIAL
As Governors Rush to the Capital Market |
LETTERS
Bakassi: 'Nigeria Must Not Concede to Cameroon' | The Impeachment Joke |
EDUCATION
Towards Eradicating Violence on Campus | Don Criticises Take-over of Schools | Council Stresses Importance of Training | Committee On Unity Schools Inaugurated | Abuja Branch of Ife Alumni Raises N4m | Queen's Old Girls Institute N25m Endowment | Cowbell Launches Children's Club in Schools |
CITY DIARY
Bonnke Ignites Ogbomoso with Anointing | Idoma Allege Plot to Destroy Them | 1,000 to Receive Free Eye Treatment in Yobe | Nnamani Decries High Death Toll From Road Accidents | Governor's Wife Calls for Care of Malnourished Children | Welfare of Staff, Inmates Now Priority-Prison Boss | Family Accuses Man of Putting Son in Trouble | First 1,300 Shops of Anambra International Market Ready |
FEATURES
Humanising the Prison System | Onitsha: City of Contrasts |
SPORTS
Why We Accepted Jamaica, Egypt Friendlies -Chukwu | Athletes Root for Maltina Scholarship | Ijeh is Hot | UEFA League: Dortmund's Spotlight on Kanu and Company | Welsh Adamant in Club/Country Row | WC 2010: Egypt, S'Africa on Collision Course | Super Falcons for English Refresher Course | MTN Marathon Receives Boost | Atiku Draws Curtain on Kaduna Polo Fiesta | Okada Riders Accuse Obasanjo, COJA of Diversion | Harambee Stars Eye Tunisia 2004 | S'Leone Star Blasts Belgian Press |
EXTRA
All Eyes on Guobadia |