Friday November 8th, 2002

NEWS
PDP Holds Presidential Primaries Jan 5 | CBN Worried Over Depletion of External Reserve | I Gave Anyim N60m Bribe, Says Nzeribe | Nicon Hilton: IBTC Consortium Not Reserve Bidder | INEC Plans to Frustrate 2003 Polls, Say NDP, UNPP | Obasanjo Promises Stable Power Next March | Ige: Court Decides on Suspects Today | The Patriots' Suggestion, a Panic Measure, Says Soyinka | Registration of Parties: Supreme Court Rules Today | ANPP Boss Dismisses Alleged Suspension | Onshore/Offshore Bill Ready for Obasanjo's Assent | APGA Decries Composition of Women Coordinators | Two Ondo Commissioners Resign, Declare Guber Ambition | Police Deploy Personnel Against Political Violence | Nigerians Seek Better Life in Cameroon, Says Lawmaker | ASUU Blames Crisis on FG's Recalcitrance | Atiku Inaugurates New NEPA Board Monday | ...Strike Looms in Energy Sector | Fuel Supply: PPPRC Meets Crisis on Marketers | Bakassi: FG Pledges to Dialogue with Cameroon | Nigeria Imports $186m Vegetable Oil from Malaysia | Miss World Pageant: Police Assures on Security | Utomi, Agbakoba, Others Fault NEPAD | Wada Nas Seeks Power Shift in Katsina | Poverty, Enemy of Democracy - Abba-Gana | Police Hunt Ritualist in Benue | 'Nigeria Loses 35,000 Barrels of Crude Oil to Vandals' | Expedite Action on Ajaokuta Steel Complex, Lawmaker Urges FG | 'Crime Can't be Reduced by Force' | Delta Govt Denies Hiking WAEC/NECO Fees | Four Pupils Killed in Ibeno | Akwa Ibom Gets Appeal Court | Group Flays N/Assembly over Kid Rights Bill | Community Happy with Shell's Development Schemes | Allimi Bags Emmy Board Membership | RCCG Holds Congress on Peace | Promotion of Culture Vital, Says Museum Boss | NDE Plans 80,000 Direct Jobs | Obasanjo Greets Ekwueme at 70 |
State of the States
25,000 Inmates Await Trial, Says Prisons Boss | Quack Architects Responsible for Buildings Collapse - Expert | DPR Warns Against Fuel Diversion | Ojora Seeks to Halt Agip - Unipetrol Merger | Union Domiciles Scholarship Fund |
BUSINESS
Operators Fear Imminent Collapse of Airlines | Delta Govt Assures Workers on 12.5% Salary Increase | Summit Calls for Non-renewal of Short-term Leases | Former CBN Staff Renew Effort to Regain | Civil Servants Deplore Govt Apathy to NIDEC | Railway Men Retire Union Scribe, Expel Five Officers | Zambia: ICFTU Disowns Report on Child Labour, Workers' Rights | Kwara LG Workers Not Owed by Caretaker Committee - ALGON | British Workers Hold Employers Accountable for Work-related Deaths | Textile Workers Get 12.5 Per Cent Wage Hike | Maritime Workers Shift Privatisation Battle to NIWA | Shipping Companies Advocate Development of Marine Transport | IMO and Maritime Safety | Agents Withdraw Strike Threat, Opt for Peace | Destination Inspection: NPA Acquires Two Tug Boats | 'Jobs Changed or Created by Automation'll Remain' | Maritime Transportation: Only Option in Intra-ECOWAS Trade | Nigeria Attends WISTA Conference in Oslo | Fidelity Bank Plc Promotes 83 Staff | Fear Grips Bonded Warehouse Operators over New Inland Ports | 'Overload Caused Ferry Disaster in Senegal' | U.S. Coast Guard Sets Houston Safety Zone | Ports: Factors Against Adoption of Electronic Manifest System Identified | Disney Cruise Line Hosts Film Festival At Sea | Maersk Sealand adds mega-ship | Virgin Atlantic to Service Port Harcourt Route | BA Charges $549 on London-Lagos/Abuja Route | Travellers' Blood Clot Claim Underway | Lufthansa Profit Rises Sharply | Open Skies Deals Shot Down | Need to Enhance the Rights of Air Travellers | Obasanjo Gives Thrust of New Trade Policy | AP Unveils Package for Lagos Fair | Accat Showcases IPSat Internet Service Terminal |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Prize Maze is New Kid on the Circuit | Channel O Ignite the Party Scene in Lagos | Music in a New Drive | Beyond the Vanity Fair of Yuletide |
COMMENT
How Not to Stop Obasanjo | Tragedy of Twisted Democrats |
EDITORIAL
Miracle Baby: Matters Arising |
LETTERS
Second Term or Sit Tight Syndrome? | Re: Air Nigeria: BPE's Pre-determined Buyer |
CITY DIARY
FG Moves to Douse Tension in Niger-Delta | Saint John Ends Harvest of Hope and Success with Funfare | Group Launches Fund against Erosion Menace | Three Teachers Suspended for Selling Govt. Books | NACA Solicits 50 Percent Rebate for HIV/AIDS Media Messages | Navy Nabs Eight Illegal Oil Bunkering | UNILAG Goes Tough on Indecent Dressing | Explosion Kills One, Injures Four Others |
POLITICS
Kogi PDP Chairmanship Aspirants Petition Ogbeh | 'Eradiauwa Hasn't Endorsed Igbinedion' | Jigawa ANPP Stakeholders Sack Exco | Ogun Guber Aspirant Promises Transparent Government | Group Faults Ex-governor on the The Patriots Stand | Kaduna: Aspirant Insists on Having Elders Mandate | On-Shore/Off-Shore: The Making of a Political Solution | 'ANPP 'll Spring Surprises in Imo' | 'I 'll Join Hands With Ibori to Reposition Delta' | PDP 'll Overrun AD in Southwest - Ojikutu |
HEALTH
'Seek Help Early on Infertility' | Nigeria Launches Policy on Reproductive Cancer | ... Garlic, Onions Can Fight Cancer! |
FEATURES
Rumbling in the Ivory Tower | Nigeria in the Global Village | The Amazon Takes Over |
MARKET NEWS
AP Re-assures Operators of Brighter Future | Hallmark Bank Bids for N4.8bn Fresh Funds |
MONEY GUIDE
Mixed Reaction Trails Reduction in Lending Rate | ANAN Urges Professional Bodies to Flush Out Quacks | ACB to Sell Thomas Cook Travelex, Wins Official Banker for NAFEST |
SPORTS
Okoya-Thomas Flays Sports Administrators | NFA Election: Fashanu Wins Ogun Slot | Premiership: Tough Weekend for Wenger, Keegan | Gulder Grabs Enyimba for N40m | NFA Tips Adamu for AWC Committee | Kanu Shines in Arsenal's Worthinton Cup Defeat | Yobo Arrives for Jamaica November 18 | Tinubu's N.7m Largesse for Islanders | Problems Mount for Venables | League Cup: West Ham Among Upset Victims | Freeman's Husband Beats Cancer | JSK Counts on Home Luck | Barca Target Eriksson | Seles Outstrokes Davenport | Operation Beckham | Volvo Masters: Goosen Edges Harrington |
EXTRA
Is This the New Face of Igbo? | And On Anti-Corruption |