Friday December 6th, 2002

NEWS
Aspirants Protest, Accuse PDP of Favouring Obasanjo | Adesanya Canvasses Regional Autonomy | ...London Court Freezes Miss World Account | Terror Attack: Bush, Moi, Zenawi Hold Talks | Tinubu Calls for Peaceful Co-existence | Nigeria on Last Lap of Polio Eradication - NPL | Commissioners, Perm Secs Apologise to Nyame | FG Commended for HIV/AIDS Bill | Ekiti PDP Guber Aspirants Step Down for Babalola | G16 Speaker Alleges Assassination Bid On His Member | Taraba CJ Wants Seminar on Religious Tolerance | Senate, ICPC Face-off Unnecessary, Says Lawmaker | New Date Set for Polio Eradication | RMRDC Lists Industries' Problems | CAN 'll No Longer Tolerate Killing of Xtians - Mbang | Don on How to Develop Oil Communities | Mandela, Shagari, Alamieyeseigha Win Awards | Senate Chief Whip Enjoins Muslims to Forgive | Drama As Muslims Offer End of Ramadan Prayer | Low-key Celebration Advised | Vatican Advocates Religious Education for World Peace | Emir of Katsina Sues for Good Neighbourliness | Politicians Tasked over Peace | Emir, Gov's Absence Rubs Off Celebrations | Police Gun Down 4 Cultists in Calabar | Adefarati Blames Olowo Crisis on FG | Bayelsa's Second Power Set Shaky | OAU V-C Calls for Govt - ASUU Truce | Abia 'll Set-up Hydro-electric Plant, Says Ohajuruka | 69 Civil Servants Get N59m Housing Loans | Judge Frees Senator of Attempted Murder Charge | 'Why Obasanjo Must Be Allowed to Visit S/East' | Policeman Kills 2 Colleagues, Another Person | Ebonyi Varsity Bans Indecent Dressing | NBA Charged to Protect Constitution | Cleric Wants Ondo Schools to Accommodate Islam | College Provost Re-appointed for Second Term | House Member Gives Reason for Quiting ANPP | Ethnicity, Nigeria's Worst Enemy, Says Obigbo Leader | PFN Decries Unprovoked Attack on Christians | Robbers Injure Two Policemen | Cleric Predicts Free, Fair Polls | Tinubu, 5 Obas to Grace College Convocation | Govt Subscription to NITEL Hits N18m | Give Priority to Education, FG Urged |
Politics Extra... Ahead 2003
Akume Urged to Recall Elected LG Chairmen | Esan West Council Chairmanship Candidate Arrested | Guber Aspirant Tasks FG on Security | Pepple Warns Office Holders Against Imposing Selves | Duke Yet to Declare for Re-election | Why I Dumped PDP - Guber Aspirant |
BUSINESS
Nigeria Needs $4.885bn for Debt Servicing in 2003 | Nigeria May Get Port Development Assistance from US | 'Why Attempt to Rehabilitate NEPA Failed' | Veterans Deplore State of NLC Secretariat in Lagos | Civil Servants Provide Continuity in Government, Says Edeh | Government, Unions Face New Challenge in US | ITU Assists Afghanistan in Rebuilding Telecom, Broadcasting Infrastructure | Marwa, Lawuyi, Other Industrialists for BCI Gala Day | NIWA Acquires Hydrographic Mapping Data Equipment | Four Cruise Liners Hit by Sickness | Workers Ask Government to Fully Implement Port Reforms | UAL Pushes Through New Round of Job Cuts | Managers Hit Striking Vietnamese Workers with Bars | Street Traders, Hoodlums Obstruct Flow of Traffic | Biodiesel to Replace Petroleum Diesel in 10 Years | IMO Meets, Tackles Piracy, Other Maritime Safety Issues | Tracking Down the Smugglers | NIWA: An Organisation's Nightmare | KLM Suffers Blow with Alitalia Court Ruling | Partners HC Launches Passenger Assistance Service at MMA | Hope of Return to Port Harcourt NAF Base Raised | FAAN, Agents Reach Accord over Tariffs | Boeing Engineers Ratify Contract -Union | 15,982 knives, Brick Seized at Airports' Thanksgiving | Pilots, Engineers Seek Technical Panel on SAHCOL Inferno |
WEEKEND REVIEW
The Reach Out Station Zooms on Excellence | The Music Impressario Makes a Final Bow |
COMMENT
Kaduna Killings Not in My Name | Letter to the Northern Elite |
EDITORIAL
The National Open University |
LETTERS
Re: New Atiku Abubakar | The Senate and Anti-graft Commission | Our Roads this Season |
CITY DIARY
Anambra Holds Cultural Fiesta in Lagos | Obasanjo Restates Hope in Nigeria | Enugu Gives Okada Operators Extra Hour | Rotary Apapa Installs 16th President | Group Calls for Govt Support on Literacy Campaign | Uniben Holds Students' Leadership Forum | Anambra Police Prohibit Motorists' Use of Tinted Glasses | Jigawa Council to Connect 13 Villages to National Grid |
POLITICS
Group Warns Youths to Shun Thuggery | NNPP Tasks INEC on Elections | Politician Hails Okadigbo's Movement to ANPP | Abia PDP Faction Declares for Another Party | Pressure Mounts on Abdul-razaq to Join Kwara Guber Race | CWIP Mobilises Women for Politics | Lagos in Search of Deputy Governor | 'The Senate as I See It' |
HEALTH
'Children Dread Parents Living with HIV/AIDS' | . . . Group Takes Campaign to LASU | NAFDAC Destroys N106.9m Goods |
FEATURES
Water as Source of Life |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Nigeria Needs The Civil Society |
SPORTS
From Arsenal with Good Tidings | Premiership: Old Trafford Hosts the Ultimate Challenge | Warri Shapes up for Women's Nations Cup | AWC: Police Warn Delta Youth against Violence | Abuja 2003: 'Facilities Ready Nine Months Ahead' | Kanu Bounces Back | Moyes Named Top Boss | Sallah Break Shifts Nigeria, Togo Match | Cosmopolitan, FCC Open Cricket League | Ojo-Oba Praises Delta State |