Tuesday December 10th, 2002

NEWS
2003: PDP Disqualifies Taraba Governor | Obasanjo's Campaign Director Fired over Fraud | Pollution: FG to Impose New Penalty on Oil Operators | Dantata Offers $2.9m for Electricity Meter Company | AP: Court Grants Man Leave to Sue Tribunal over N70m | Gemade Petitions Ogbeh over Zoning Arrangement | Damilola's Case 'Exposed Legal Flaws' | $2.5bn Gas Flared in Sub-Saharan Africa, Says Kupolokun | FG, Private Developers Join Hands in Housing Projects | 'V-Cs Free to Understudy US Varsities' | Benue Assembly Again Passes 'Annulled' LG Law | Police Kill 1, Arrest 3 Robbery Suspects | NLC Canvasses Defence of Workers Living with AIDS | NLC Chief Warns Youth Against Political Thuggery | Okogie Proffers Solution to Religious Crises | LG Committees Hail Udenwa over New Communities | Omega Bank Counts Blessings in Church | 7 Top Anambra Govt Officials Detained in Abuja | NDDC Receives N44bn in FG funding | N74m Judgement Debt: Omega Bank Wants More time | Ajah: Supreme Court Dismisses Chiefs' Appeal | Cleric Blames Corruption on Politicians | NLC Directs Workers to Join Pensioners Protest Rally | Lagos Denies Sack of Staff over Tax Fraud | Rivers Swears in New LGA Caretaker Committee Chairmen | Igbinedion Decries Slow Pace of Work on Projects | Mbadinuju Presents N23.3bn Appropriation Bill | 'Assess Aspirants By Debates' | Acholonu Denies Quitting PDP | ANPP Raises Posers over N.9bn Ecological Funds | 'Politicians Advised on Nation-Building' | Breast-feeding, Rights of Mum, Kids - NGO | College to Export Powdered Ewedu | Miss World: Group Decries Violence |
Politic Extra ... Ahead 2003
Where Nigeria Missed Its Step, By Odumegwu-Ojukwu | ICPC Vs Senate: Court Adjourns till December 16 | 2003: Mu'azu's Second Bid Dinner Yields N300m | Ex-PDP Zonal Scribe Eyes Senate |
State of the States
Royal Fathers Condemn Killings in the North | NDLEA Arrests 258 Drug Suspects | Military Training Advocated for Civil Servants | Nigerian TAC Volunteers Granted Residency Status | No Walls Needed in Plateau - Aspirant | Senatorial Aspirant Donates Transformers to Zone | Research Centre Seeks Anti-Malaria Drugs |
ARTS & REVIEW
Walking a Different Path to Success | A Daring Look at the Orthodox |
BUSINESS
Nigeria's Crude Oil Production Drops 11% in September | Southern Nigeria Under Risk of New Crop Disease | Nigeria Gets Euro 1.134m Agric Grant from France | FG Raises Hope on Oil Bloc Licensing in Gulf of Guinea | ChevronTexaco in New Scientific Breakthrough | ABB Unveils $400 Million Profit Plan | Stolt Offshore Revises Downward Projections for Full-year 2002 Results | OPEC Fund Extends $15m Loan to Morocco for Water Project | Coal Production Boosts US Economy | Nigeria's Bitumen Reserves to Grow Above 40bn Barrels | Statoil Develops New Solutions for Treating Drilling Waste | Research Reveals Biological Control of Pests by Fungi | Sub-Sector Analysis Vital to Agribusiness Developmemt | Rockstand Takes Nigeria to US Agric Expo | Farmers Protest Against EU Over Subsidy | Groundnut Oil Protective to Cowpeas | Additional Refineries to the Rescue | 'Government Should Refocus on Agriculture to Strengthen the Naira' | Renault to take Control of Plant in Colombia | '2003 Global Economic Outlook Portends Mixed Blessings for Nigeria' | Traders Call for Product Registration By SON |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
UN Committee Declares Water for Health a Human Right | Community Decries FG Neglect over Abandoned Road Project | NDDC Commission Two Hostels Blocks | Study Identifies Earth's Most Pristine Regions | Arctic Sea Ice May Vanish This Century- Study | Climate Change will Have Devastating Effect on Developing World- Group | WWF Calls for Support of CO2 Emmission- Reducing Proposal |
POLITICS
Oyegun, ANPP Leaders Storm SSS Office | Youths, Others Endorse Adegoroye for Guber Race | Jigawa PDP Plots Against Turaki | Osondu Deplores Crisis in Abia PDP | 2003: NANS Urged to Mobilise Youths | 'Ibori Won't Run for Presidency in 2003' | Why I Have Not Resigned -Abaribe | 'My Role in Tinubu, Dawodu Feud' |
MARKET NEWS
Shareholders Approve Agip/Unipetrol Merger | Brokers Pledge Support for New ASEA President |
MONEY GUIDE
Interest Rate: ACAMB Pleads for Public Understanding | Experts to Brainstorm on Banking Security | Gulf Bank Gets Road Beautification Award |
COMMENT
Positive Functions of Religion | Imo Liberation Agenda |
EDITORIAL
Barbarism in Plateau State |
LETTERS
Beauty Contest is Anti-Christ | Lagos, City of Shame | WAEC and Candidate Oyeledun |
LAW
Party Registration: A Triumph of Rule of Law | Court System Not a Commercial Enterprise - Ademuwagun | Agent Cannot be Sued for Wrong of Principal | Lower Court not to Speculate on Outcome of Appeal | International Public Policy in Commercial Arbitration | Hon Justice Sogunle Akintoye Sowemimo | Disclosure Standards for Companies | Ex Parte Orders And Survival of Democracy in Nigeria |
CITY DIARY
Family Immortalises Dead Daughter | Abia Police Smash Robbery Gang | Bayelsa Donates Land for Rotary Village | Katsina Emirate Gets New Zaranuwa Katsina |
RIGHT OF REPLY
'The Vanishing Breed': Matters Arising |
FEATURES
Human Rights: Farewell to Denial? |
SPORTS
AWC: Falcons, Black Queens Rekindle Old Rivalry | Okpodu Predicts Tough Ghana Tie | UEFA League: Arsenal turns to Europe for Glory | NVBF Plans Big For Abuja 2003 | Akinwande Searches for Honours on SuperSport | Kumasi's Dark Day | UEFA Unveils Manchester Logo | Politics Knockout Clubs from African Championship | Eagles Set for Les Aigles in Kano | AFN Names Maltina Relay Officials | Taribo in Fresh Transfer Talks | Diouf Cleared of Spitting | No Easy Return for Beckham |
EXTRA
A Different Kind of Endorsement |