Friday December 13th, 2002

NEWS
2003: Osoba Can't Speak for Yoruba, Says Obasanjo | ...Steer Clear of Constitutional Matters, Nyame Tells PDP | OPEC Raises Production Quotas by 6 Percent | Ekwueme at N/Assembly, Seeks Support | Privatisation: Preferred Bidders Emerge for Nigeria Re, Two Others | Aspirants Threaten to Press Contempt Charge Against PDP | Ezeife Becomes AD's First Presidential Aspirant | Falae Set to Run Again | AP: Tribunal May Order Arrest of Abba-Gana, Lemo | Reform Gas Sector, Stakeholders Tell FG | Embrace Dialogue, Ogomudia Tells Restive Youth | One-day Election: House May Appeal Against Judgment | Court Rejects Bafyau's Suit Against ANPP | Work Begins Soon on Sokoto-Funtua Road | 2003: Borishade Charges VCs to Ensure Peace in Varsities | House Makes U-turn, Approves N10bn for Works Ministry | Bomb Blast: Emir's Palace, Saraki's Home Next Targets - Police Chief | West African Power Pool: FG Gets $15m ADB Grant | Edo Releases 'White Paper' on Kerosene Explosion | Presidency Not Sponsoring Me - Abba Mohammed | Alamieyeseigha Calls for National Confab | SME Funds Hit N12bn in October | First Lady, UNICEF Make Case for Children's Bill | Ekiti Govt Against Obasanjo's Visit, Says Campaign Co-ordinator | Irate Youths Protest Haruna's Re-election Bid | 22 Parties: PDP Chieftain Cautions over Ethnic Politics | Alamieyeseigha Advocates Political Tolerance | Group Counsels INEC, Parties on Transparency | Japan Supports Grassroot Projects with US$144,385 | ICPC Takes Anti-graft War to Ports | AD'll Capture 5 More States - Abdulkadir | Mission Schools May Dismiss Govt Students | Tinubu Urges Graduands to Embrace Good Character | God Asks Me to Contest for Victory - Adedoja | Ex-SSS Chief Gets National Award | Duke Explains Inability to Pay Pensioners |
BUSINESS
NAMA to Send List of Debtor Foreign Airlines to IATA | Agents Still Hopeful of Licence Fee Cut | NLC Urges Defence of Workers Living with HIV/AIDS | Veterans Link Violent Crimes to Youth Unemployment | Communicating | SystemSpecs Launches HumanManager 4.0 | S/African Government Invests Billions in Job Creation | Morgan Stanley Declares War on Labour | UN Blames Maquiladora Labour Policies for Endangering Women | WAMCO Appoints New Managing Director, Human Resources Head | Unilever Appoints Communication Assistant | 'Industrial Democracy Solution to Labour Crises' | Iron Ore Company Hosts ISSSAN Week | Anti-Corruption Crusade: Sparking a Revolution at the Ports | Rice Import: FG Tasked on 100% Duty, 10% Tax | Tugs Advised to Keep Strict Piracy Watch | Yuguda Outlines Benefits of Dry Ports | The Forces Against Destination Inspection | International Maritime Organisation and Safety at Sea | What is Delaying Payment of Railway Workers? | SAA, Air Tanzania in $20m Partnership | Part of Concorde Rudder Falls Off in Flight | 'United Airline's Bankruptcy Will Hit Small Carriers' | Urban Deprivation: British Govt to Set Up New Bus Schemes | ... Gives 100% Boost to Biodiesel in Buses |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Ekimogun Day: A Mangled Tradition |
COMMENT
PDP: Zoning to Irrelevance | Anumudu as ANPP 's Trumpcard |
EDITORIAL
Saving Nigerians in Cote d'Ivoire |
LETTERS
Odds Against Our Women | Illegal Arms Acquisition | The Impact of Negative Cultural Notions |
CITY DIARY
Workshop Calls for Improved Facilities for Police Prosecutors | Lebanese Ladies Hold Charity Bazaar | Anglican Names Church After Adetiloye | The Presbyterian Church Gets New Principal Clerk |
POLITICS
Groups Pledge Support for Guber Aspirant | Aspirant Blames Democratic Failure on Selfishness, Lack of Focus | House Aspirant Petitions Ogbeh over Threat to Life | Aborisade Alleges Threat to His Life | PDP and the Zoning Albatross | Ibrahim-Imam Enters Borno Guber Race | BSIEC Warned Against Elections in New LGAs |
FEATURES
A Newspaperman and His Times |
MARKET NEWS
A.G Leventis Enlivens Market as Investors Go for Oil Firms | Blue-chip Stocks Struggle |
MONEY GUIDE
Dollar Now N126.80 at Dutch Auction | Interest Rate: FG Urged to Address Inhibiting Factors | CIBN Floats On-line Result Checker for Students |
RIGHT OF REPLY
NGOs Don't Make Civil Society |
SPORTS
Falcons Set to Devour Mali | Ekpo the Next Star | Onigbinde's World Cup Experiment Wrong - Okocha | It's Win or Burst for Wenger | Raja Up Against Zamalek 'Fanatics' | Golf: Lawal Open Enters Day Two | ...As Yobo Denies Everton Deal | Athletes Commend Oil Firm over Scholarship | No Christmas for West Brom Players | Desailly Thanks Zola for Chelsea Success | Northern Schools Arrive Early for Maltina |