Tuesday December 24th, 2002

NEWS
Borno Gov, Kachallah, Quits ANPP | House Members Accuse Govs of Manipulation | Senate Gets Three Ministerial Nominees | 2003 Promises Most Violent Polls, Says Soyinka | 2003: INEC May Procure Ballot Boxes Locally | 17 PDP Guber Aspirants Screened in Enugu | Lar Expresses Disappointment over PDP Primaries | Two More Airways Chiefs Resign | Our Actions 'll Always Be in Nation's Interest - Obasanjo | Illegal Immigrants Caused Kaduna Riots - NOA | CAC Explains Insistence on Annual Returns by Firms | Obasanjo to Commission NNPC's Fuel Station | ASUU Decries Poor Funding of Education | 20 PDP Guber Aspirants 'll Join NDP, Says Habu Fari | Derivation: 'Communities 'll Be Penalised' | Adefarati Targets 1,500 Housing Units | Celebrate Christmas with Open Heart, Cleric Pleads | Canada to Revamp NEPA in 3 Years | Osoba Calls for Rededication at Xmas | Assembly Approves 4 Commissioners | Obasanjo Happy with Stock Exchange | Deputy Gov Joins Senatorial Race | Dariye Sues for Unconditional Peace | Police Refuse to Release Journalist | 7 Lawmakers Lose Out on Re-election Bid | NA: Group Urges FG to Pay Pensions from BASA Funds | Mbadinuju Tasks Police over Christmas | Aspirant Wants Imo PDP Primaries Cancelled | Transport Fares Hiked for Christmas Trips | PDP Primaries: Petitions Mount over Irregularities | 2003: Nigeria Won't Collapse, Says Mbang | Cross River Budgets N19.7bn | NDDC Warns Contractors Against Shoddy Job | FG Gives UCTH $10m | 5,000 PDP Members Decamp to ANPP | 'Mobil Scholarship for the Poor Only' | UK Plans N11bn Scheme for Jigawa |
Politic Extra ... Ahead 2003
PDP Senatorial Candidates | Kofo Re-addresses Resignation Letter to Tinubu | Ex-NADECO Scribe Joins Senatorial Race | ... First Resignation in Order, Says Fawehinmi | Politicians Should Learn from Mistakes, Says Mantu | Guber Aspirant Accuses Ogun PDP Leadership | Group Kicks over Planned Imposition | Ezeife Places Curse on Threat to Igbo Presidency | APGA Boss Urges Obasanjo to Bow Out |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Daring Look at the Orthodox | Insights on Federalism and Resource Control |
BUSINESS
Banks Introduce New Charges as CBN Slashes Interest Rate | IAEA Moves to Tighten Security on Radioactive Materials | Shell Hooks Four More Firms to Gas Line | Local Content: Nigerians Set for More Share in E&P Spoils | NEPA to Continue Mass Disconnection into Xmas Over N7bn Debt | Restructuring Costs Schlumberger $3 Billion Loss | Hurdles to Local Participation in Gas Sector | IAEA Develops Machine to Treat Cancer in Developing Countries | Court Indicts Banks over Enron Collapse | 40m Face Severe Food Shortage in Sub-Saharan Africa | Participatory Technology Development in Sustainable Farming | May & Baker Introduces New Brands, Nets N100m from Taridi | Broadcrown Opens Shop in Lagos | Industrialists Call for Adequate Funding of Bank of Industry | Seven-Up Boss Urges Team Work, Rewards 62 Staff | Unilever Nigeria Plc Refutes Plant Relocation Report | UPS International Gets New Head | BAT: All British, No Americans | '...May Boost Industrialisation, Employment' | Tense Waiting Begins as Grubman is Hit with Fine | ThyssenKrupp Expects to Double Profits | Bayer to Settle Medicaid Rebate Investigation |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Engineering Consultants Urged to Upgrade Skills for Global Competition | DIYA, FATIMILEHIN & CO. Honour Staff at End of Year Party | FHA Sued for Refusal to Pay Contractors Since 1994 | FG Initiates Talks to Acualise 2004 Gas Flare-Down | ....Approves Drake Synergy's US$850m Gas to Liquid Project | Planners Elect New Leadership, Reposition for Growth | Developer, Lagos Council Construct N50m Complex |
POLITICS
'I 'll Create Wealth for Imo' | Can Agagu Clinch PDP's Ticket in Ondo? | Kanuri Factor Threatens Borno Politics | In Oyo, PDP Guber Aspirants Reposition for Victory |
MARKET NEWS
National Oil Adopts New Name, ConOil | Royal Exchange Assurance Boosts Transactions |
MONEY GUIDE
Banks Seek Review of Dutch Auction | Prudent Bank Opens Ibadan Branch | Wema Bank Raises Authorised Capital to N2bn |
COMMENT
Anyim and the Burden of the Senate | Three Years of ICPC's Rhetorics |
EDITORIAL
Need to Reform LASTMA |
LETTERS
2003: Between Continuity and Change | Re: Reltel is Cheating its Customers | Nigerian Politicians Have Failed |
LAW
The President's Red-Herring | Demised Party Can be Substituted in Representative Action | Finding of No Fair Hearing Must Be Set Aside | Childrens' Bill Not Anti-Islamic | The Titan at 82 | Wither Coroner's Law? |
FEATURES
Frozen Foods: A Ban and it's Consequencies |
SPORTS
Special Sports: Ibori Considers One Term Option | Obafemi, 18, Makes Serie A Debut | Athletes Unhappy with AFN Scholarship Award | Wrestling: Igali Bemoans Lack of Commitment | Abuja 2003: CAF Angers Kenyans | Lauda Cuts Jaguar Ties | April Date for Lewis/Klitschko |
EXTRA
2003: Waiting for the Democratic Alternative |