Tuesday December 17th, 2002

NEWS
Northern Govs Want Onshore/Offshore Bill Stepped Down | Kofo, Lagos Deputy Governor, Resigns | 2003 Election Time-table Out Friday | FG Warns On Local Content in Oil Industry | Tribunal Orders Arrest of Ex-AP Finance Chief | Cargo Ship Sinks with $30m Goods | FG Out to Frustrate Buhari - Campaign organisation | Guber Aspirants End Boycott of PDP Primaries | Oshiomhole Accuses FG of Insensitivity to Labour | Court Reverses Ruling on Benue LG Transition Law | FG to Blacklist Inept Contractors | DFID, W/Bank Commit N21bn to Poverty Alleviation | Why I Joined Presidential Race - Ekwueme | FG Sued over Resident/Alien Permit Fees | IYM Scores Govt Low on Governance | Aspirants Accuse LG Boss of Partisanship | PDP Aspirant Loses N10m to Robbers | Airways Passengers File $1.3m Claim over Delayed Luggage | 2003: Ondo Proposes N32bn Budget | ECOWAS Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Formed | Aggrieved Lagos PDP Members Threaten Decampment | NGO Marches over Rejected Child's Rights Bill | Another Pipeline Fire Imminent in Warri, Shell Warns | Gana, Akaya Take Fight Against 419 Abroad | PDP Primaries: Aspirants Get Desperate over Delayed Results | ... House Aspirant Calls for Equity | Tinubu, Odili, Others Bag Crime Fighters' Awards | Commissioner Calls for Combined Effort for Peace | PAC to Create Special Fund for Police | Pharmacists Get New Registration Precedure | 146 Nigerians Receive Free Eye Surgeries | Group Calls for Prudent Leadership | LG Commissions New Grade 'A' Court | Second Term Bid, Cause of Misrule, Says Aspirant | Alimoso Goes Tough on Sanitation |
Politic Extra ... Ahead 2003
ANPP Meets Today on Primaries Guidelines | Presidency: Ekwueme's Entry Won't Split Obasanjo-Atiku Campaign Team | Northern Group Presents Presidential Interest Form to Attah | Kano: Rimi, Gwadabe, Na'Abba Back Dan Hassan | Oyo Guber: Adedoja Picks PDP Nomination Form | Senator Criticises PDP Zoning Formula | 2003: Imo Guber Aspirant Targets Private Sector |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Reporter's Diary of the Evils of the Past | A Daring Look at the Orthodox |
BUSINESS
Elf Floors Chevron to Clinch Deepwater Bloc | $400m FPSO for Agip's Deepwater Field Ready | FG Moves to Remove Industrial Bottlenecks | Challenges, Prospects of Nigerian Petroleum Industry | High Stakes as Presidency Gets Reports on Marginal Fields Bids | Foreign Firms Jostle for Mobil's $1.5bn Oil Recovery Project | 'Shell Oil Output Rises 14 Per Cent in Nov 2002' | FAO Emphasises Africa's Need to fulfill Agric Potential | Rabies Threat Rock Afganistan's Livestock | Globalisation 'll Enhance Africa's Post-harvest Sector - Expert | Building Small Farmers' Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Nigeria, Ghana | SON Destroys N50m Worth of Fake Goods | Igbinedion Seeks First Atlantic's Aid on SME's | Dozie Lists Constraints Against Corporate Governance Evolution in Africa | 'Role of Private Sector Partnership in Nigerian Economy' | Coca Cola to Stop Predicting Future Earnings |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Stallion Property Portfolio Swells | Selling/Buying Property, Some Tips ( II ) |
POLITICS
Nwodo, on Campaign Trail, Says Nigeria Needs Redemption | 'Brisibe-Dorgu Not My Proxy' | Credibility, Not Party, 'll Determine Who Governs Plateau - Jang | Ugwu, ANPP Guber Aspirant, Unfolds Vision for Imo | Ekiti South is Marginalised, Says Aspirant |
MARKET NEWS
Investors Stake N136.4m for 12.2m Shares | Ekiti State Bond Boosts Market Capitalisation |
MONEY GUIDE
National Bank Boss Decries Mode of Competition | Essay Competition: First Bank Offers Employment | UBA Gives Awards to 480 Beneficiaries |
COMMENT
Nigeria and Miss World 2002 | Who is Afraid of Anti-corruption Commission? |
EDITORIAL
Religious Bodies and Traffic Congestions |
LETTERS
Who Represents Owerri Zone? | Nigeria: A Personal View | Re: IGP and Desecration of the Judiciary |
LAW
Should Obasanjo Give Assent to the Bill? | 'Arbitration Will Bring Economic Development to Nigeria' | Only Final Judgment Can Be Relied on as Estoppel | Issue of Jurisdiction is Better Raised before Final Judgment | FATWA: Beyond Individual Human Rights | National Centre for State Courts Holds Workshop on Rule of Law | Police Shoot-on-Sight Order:Blank Cheque for Arbitrary Killings? | A Case For Continuing Legal Education |
CITY DIARY
How NEPA Wreaked Havoc on Lagos Woman |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: Nigerian Law And Corruption: Any Meeting Point? |
FEATURES
Taking Entrepreneurs Back to Classroom | Benue Cement: Chronicle of Woes | Towards An Ideal Nigerian State |
SPORTS
Babayaro Missing as Utd, Chelsea Tango at Old Trafford | Aiyegbeni Goes Underground in Israel | How Eagles Dimmed Black Stars | Why we changed Matches, by CAF | ... Names Officials for Semis | Ebhota Grateful to Guinness for New Hand | Sports Award Holds Today | FIFA Names Best Player Today | Ronaldo Poised for Unjustified Sweep | The World's Worst Footballers |
EXTRA
Raising the Presidential Ante |