Monday December 23rd, 2002

NEWS
Why INEC Changed Order of Elections | PDP Begins Guber Primaries, Screens 155 Aspirants Today | 20 US Oil Firms in Nigeria Feb | Tinubu Shops for Deputy, Considers Cardoso | NCP Approves Preferred Bidders for Nigeria Re, Others | Works Ministry Owes Contractors N37bn | Ige: Keyamo Vows to Prosecute Omisore | World Bank Okays $100m IDA Credit for Lagos | 'How THISDAY Won Best Selling Newspaper Award' | Tinubu Approves Salary Bonus for Lagos Workers | Party Leaders Endorse Funso Williams for Lagos Guber | Aspirant Protests Lagos Central Senatorial Primaries Results | Akinjide's Son Protests Violence, Irregularities | Guber Aspirant Withdraws for Saraki's Son | Ex-Minister Wins Senatorial Ticket | Mantu, Zang Victorious, Janfa for Run-off | Enwerem Petitions PDP Leadership | Aspirant Seeks Independent Investigation over Cross River Primaries | Varsity Staff Kick Against Discriminatory Retirement | PDP Primaries: 2 Kwara Guber Aspirants Strike Deal | 2003: Publisher Calls for Prayer | Emir Counsels Politicians on Peace | Ibori, Others Besiege Dead Aspirant's Home | Firm Hails War on Fake Drugs | Club Donates Materials to Deaf School | 2003: Professionals Back Ibori, Odili, Attah, Alaibe | Group Seeks Support for Women Development | 7-Up Honours 62 Employees | AD Senatorial Aspirant Decries Poor Infrastructure in Enugu |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
We Have Not Endorsed Any Candidate - ANPP | 'PDP Support for Incumbents May Lead to Party Rejection' | Obasanjo Synonymous With Our Democracy - Abba-Gana | I'll Restore Normalcy in Enugu - Aspirant | Why I Parted Ways with Atiku - Awuse | 2003: Ekwueme 'll Floor Obasanjo - Girei | Polls in Abeokuta Constitutency Postponed |
State of the States
Group Against Obasanjo's Second Term Bid | Hold National Confab Before Elections, Says Group | 99 in NDLEA Net over Hard Drugs | Turaki Drops ANPP Chiefs from Cabinet | 63 Arrested over Political Thuggery | Security Agents Warned Against Molestation | Kaduna Crises Are Political - Minister | 10 NDA Cadets Dismissed for Certificate Forgery | 15 States to Receive UNFPA Assistance | 'FHA Needs to Be Commercialised' | Pro-Buhari Group Chides Guber Aspirants |
POLITICS
Bako Picks PDP Senatorial Ticket | Guber Race: We 'll Embark on Diplomatic Campaign, Says Nwosu | APGA Treasurer Guber Bid Endorsed | Guber Aspirants Call for Fresh Ward Congress in A' Ibom | Bola Ige: One Year After |
EDITORIAL
Routing LG Funds through States |
LETTERS
Who is Afraid of Nigeria? | GSM Tariff Calculations | Is Southern Nigeria Politically Jinxed? |
COMMENT
ECOWAS and Conflict in Cote d'Ivoire | Interest Rate: Re-regulating the Deregulated |
BUSINESS
Goods Delivery: Freight Forwarders Warned Against Malpractices | Multiple Taxation: Lagos Govt Exuberant, Says CITN | IMF Boss Calls for A Better Globalisation | NOLCHEM Rules Out Investigation of Past Management | CAP's Operational Profit Rises by 106 Per Cent | Bourses Move Ahead as Wall Street Advances | New Customs Area Controller for Apapa Area 1 Command | Lifeline Africa Connect Offers Xmas Bonanza | NNPC Celebrates Silver Jubilee | Gilat Bankruptcy May Affect Nigerian Market | Managing Nigeria's Debt for Growth and Development | Eric Daniels Named New Ceo at Lloyds Tsb | Production of Drilling Mud | Production from Soya Bean | Discovery Fund Listing Boosts Market | Are Battle-Weary Advertisers About to Recover? | NIMARK Admits New Fellows | Former True North Shareholders Sue Interpublic | Dogvertising' is Latest Ad Brainwave | Accountant Joins the Gulder Manchester List | Study: Children Overexposed to TV Beer Ads | CIMN Inducts 380 New Members | Advertisers Target Mobile Phones | Public-Private Sector Partnership: A Requirement for Econ Devt |
MARKET NEWS
GTB's Profit Hits N1.9bn in Third Quarter | Wall Street Firms to Pay $1bn |
MONEY GUIDE
Nigeria Redeems N2.2bn Debt in 2002 | Economy...Cautions Against Huge Expenditure | EIB International Bank Shops for N343m |
ARTS & REVIEW
E Dey Happen for Jazzhole | Oh Father Oh Daughter II Hits Homes |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Ekwueme, Not Another Mandela Option | Re: Can Orji Kalu Stop Ekwueme? |
FEATURES
How To Make Budgets Women Friendly | Odi: Echoes of An Explosion |
SPORTS
Protocol/Ceremonial Budget Tears LOC Apart | Amun Urges NFA to Buckle Up | Northern Schools Dominate Shell Cup | N1.08m for Maltina Relays | Kenya Humble Ghana in U-17 Continental Tie | Baya Returns to Etoile | S/Africa's Bid Chief Optimistic on Chances | Blackburn Stuns Manchester United | Henman Slams British Tennis | Job Returns After Injury | Fan Attacks Player over Jersey | Ben Johnson's Coach Trains Marion Jones | Minister Debunks Govt Doubts on Olympic Bid | Woods Faces Longest Lay-off |
EXTRA
Ekwueme, Not Another Mandela Option | Re: Can Orji Kalu Stop Ekwueme? |