Monday December 9th, 2002

NEWS
Abacha Family Stalls $2bn Debt Buy-Back | FG Shortlists Chevron, 5 Others for New Deepwater Bloc | In S/Africa, THISDAY Acquires 71 CNA Stores | 2003: N/Central PDP Raises Panel on Obasanjo | 'Why House is Reconvening Wednesday' | Electricity Meter Company: BPE Opens Financial Bids Today | Ajah: Supreme Court Resumes Hearing Today | Population loss in S/Africa, Botswana | Obasanjo Storms Ibadan for Campaign Today | Guber Aspirants May File Contempt Charge Against PDP | FG Has No Part Hosting PDP Rally - Uba | AD Hails INEC over New Parties | Nigeria's Loss of Bakassi Explained | NGO Decries Rising Violence Against Women | Blind Senatorial Aspirant Vows to Defend Disabled | NBCB Employees Threaten CBN with Court Action | Condom Can't Prevent AIDS Spread - Expert | Nigeria, Sweden Hold Talks on Double Taxation | High Birth Rate Blamed on Poverty | How to Move Kwara Forward, by PDP Aspirant | NBA Advocates Consitution Overhaul | Kalu Insists on Igbo Presidency | Lagos Indigenes Seek Recognition for Past Heroes | Privatisation: Workers Drag Nigeria-Re Management, BPE to Court | MTN Sponsors IOD Annual Dinner | Osoba Shaped My Career - AD Guber Aspirant | Ex-Administrator Declares Bid for Anambra Guber | Isoko South Endorses Lawmaker for Second Term | NNPC Boss Urges Local Tech Dev in Oil Sector | Plateau Immortalises Slain Director | Minister Calls for Alternative Medicine for HIV/AIDS | 2 Die in Owerri-Aba Auto Crash | Nigerians urged to Live in Peace |
Special Report on Banks
How Banks Performed in 2001, By THISDAY Economists |
State of the States
NPA Set to Dredge Calabar Port Channel | NAOWA Boss Urges Couples to be Faithful | Sandwich Degree Students Matriculate Today | New LGs Creation Under Fire | Ministry of Works Chief Joins Guber Race | V-C Seeks Greater Attention for Agric | 2003: Ibefun Holds Special Carol, Prayer for Nigeria | 5 Arrested over Saraki's Presidential Posters | Lawmaker Seeks Return to Parliamentary System | Crises Self-inflicted, Says Group | Old Boys Want Alma Mater Upgraded | Ex-PDP Chieftain Scores Attah Zero | 2003: Cleric Predicts New Leadership | Aspirant Promises Resettlement Fund |
POLITICS
PDP Govt Infiltrated ANPP, Says Moghalu | Curbing Electoral Malpractices in 2003 | Abia PDP Crisis Peaks, as Key Members Pull-out | PDP Leadership in Disapora Decamps to ANPP | I'm Still in Lagos Guber Race, Says Adiukwu | ...PDP Crisis Worries Aspirants |
CITY DIARY
Worrying Discrimination Against HIV/AIDS Sufferers | Commissioner Tasks Women on Leadership Challenges | Experts Harp on Need for Disaster Preparedness |
EDITORIAL
Curbing Government's Spending |
LETTERS
The citizenship Question | The Ides of 2003 | Panacea to Strikes |
COMMENT
Politics of Inhuman Rights | Rebuilding the Nigeria Economy |
BUSINESS
NNPC Slams 5 Percent Monthly Surcharge on AP's Debt | Bankers List Financing Alternatives for SMEs | Slok Group Invests $40m in Three New Vessels | Shareholders may Approve Unipetrol/Agip Merger today | UK Interest Rates Stay at 4% for 13th Month | Financial Crimes, Cyber Fraud Workshop Moves to Jos | Fresh Mid-way Solutions Proffered for Unclaimed Dividends | Nigerian Debt and Her Future | NOLCHEM to Raise Dividend by 300 Per Cent | Victory for BAT in Australian Cancer Case | Pre-tax Profit Hits N633 million in Fidelity Bank | Wema Bank Boss Charges Staff | Dollar Hit by Treasury Secretary, Economic Adviser's Resignation | IBM Makes Largest Software Deal of the Year | Halifax: UK House Prices Up 29.2 % Annually | Agricole Launches Counter-Attack on Lyonnais | African Growth and Opportunities Act: Waiting for the Benefits | Bamanga Tukur: Salute to a Business Leader | ITU Launches First Women-Oriented Internet Training | Workers Make Case for Local Steel Content in Construction | Dealers Seek Low Price on Canon Products | Lagos Hosts Special Fair | Navy, Police to Begin Joint Hunt for Pirates | Swedish Imports to Nigeria Hits $116m in May | TD Revives Partnership with HP | Ibori Commends Diamond Bank Corporate Responsibility Effort | Interest Rates Behaviour and its Relationship to Banks' Cost Of Funds | Brands & Products Publishes NIS Quality Guide | Ad Group Lashes Out at ITV Merger | 3 Big Japanese Ad Agencies to Merge | Reed Warns on Advertising Recovery | CSA Joins AAPN | TEN Tips Improved Bottom Line with Advertising Rebound | New Champion in Advertising: The Back-Office Staff | Why AOL's Ad Woes Are Unique | UAL Board to Consider Filing for Bankruptcy |
MARKET NEWS
Union Bank's Profit Rises by 66.7% in 6 Months | SEC Holds Workshop on Public Offering of Securities |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Mops Up N61.3bn | Exchange Rate Fluctuations: Oni Blames Economic Structure | Eagle Bank Recapitalises, Makes Modest Profit |
ARTS & REVIEW
Nkoyo-Ekpenyong: A Sad Tale of Theft and Piracy |
INTERVIEW
'We're Going to Double Nigeria's Revenue Base' |
FEATURES
For Nigerian Children, A Call to Action | ... Their Right to Good Health |
SPORTS
Aghahowa, Utaka Battle Diouf for African Title | Utaka, Okocha on Song | Brazil, Senegal Scoop FIFA Awards | Globacom League: Sharks 'll Do Well - Egbiri | Arsenal Favourites to Retain FA Cup | Wydad Triumph in Kumasi | AWC: Omagbemi Promises Nigerians Trophy | We're Not Afraid of Falcons - Black Queens Skipper | Premiership: Spurs Beat Brave Baggies | BeckhamMania Lives on in Japan | Ethiopia's Here to learn - Coach | The Cup is Ours, Says Bayana Bayana Boss |
EXTRA
Letter from Kano... |