Friday December 27th, 2002

NEWS
PDP Targets Two More Govs | ...How Saraki Emerged in Kwara | Coalition Candidate Tipped for Kenyan Presidency | 30 Guber Aspirants Set to Join NDP | Commission Decries Teachers Behaviour | APGA Zones Presidency to South-east | PDP Primaries: Rimi, Gwadabe Reject Kwankwaso's Election | Centre Designs Math Games | Govt to Encourage Religious Practice | Fuel Scarcity Reappears in Abakaliki | Traditional Ruler Passes Away | Obasanjo Extols Awolowo's Vision at Hospital Launch | NNPC Fire: SSS Arrests YDM Leader | Fire Guts Kano Market | NBC Bans Commercialisation of Political Matters | Man, 40, jailed 7 years for cattle theft | Govt Approves Teachers' Governing Council | Lagosians Turn Out to Celebrate Christmas | Lagos Govt Urged to Review Revenue Laws | Another Fire Outbreak at Ijora Market | Friday, Dec. 27, Declared Holiday in Kaduna | Attah Appoints 15 Special Advisers | Obasanjo Laments Pre-1999 Rot | ... Open Market Shops for Business | Jigawa Spends N18m on Computer Centres | 'FG Spends N50bn on South-east Roads' | Haruna Insists on Lecturers Mass Sack | Yobe Awards N4bn Contracts | Aspirant Accuses Kano Govt of Misappropriation | Ogun AD Vice-Chairman Dies | Treat Children with Respect, Tinubu Tells Parents | Police Kill 2 in Bank Robbery | Inept Leadership, Bane of Anambra - Guber Aspirant | Group Initiates Youth Peace Clubs | LASU Suspends 3 Student Unionists | LG Needs N2bn to Curb Erosion, Says Lawmaker | Igwe Accuses Govt of Neglect | New Parties: Adamawa Loses N100m | Minister Commissions Ultra-Modern Printing Press |
Politics Extra... Ahead 2003
Presidency: Maccido Wishes Nwodo Goodluck | Yar'Adua Seeks Tolerance, Understanding Among Politicians | PDP Panel Screening Provisional, Says Shekari | Guber Aspirants Accept Defeat | ...Ladoja, Waziri Win in Oyo, Yobe | Women Urged to Play Active Politics | PDP Flagbearer Promises Youth Employment |
BUSINESS
'Allow Nigeria Airways Access to BASA Account' | More Security Agencies Back at the Ports | Workers Ask Obasanjo to Assent to Onshore/Offshore Bill | Labour 2003: Divergent Views on Presidency | UTB Makes Four Management Appointments | FCE (Special) Oyo Gets Acting Provost | Olushekun Elected into CIS Governing Council | Steel Workers to Query Obasanjo on Legacies | Workers Call for Abrogation of NHF Law | NLC Promises to Fight for Senior Citizens | NPA Moves to Introduce New Security Measures at Ports | Rise in cruise illness forces federal probe | JODLIC Inaugurates Seafarers Committee | British Energy Agrees US$495m Canadian Sale | The Many Pores of A Diseased National Carrier | KLM Cuts Costs to Prevent Another Loss in 2003/04 | US Airways Files Reorganisation Plan | ICAO Sets Up Global Financing Facility for Aviation Safety | Albarka Bags Best Domestic Airline of The Year Award | Keeping the Skies Cellphone-Free | BA Offers Concorde to London for $2003 | China Airlines Places Largest Boeing 747-400 Order | NURTW Cautions Drivers on Safe Driving | FRSC, Drivers May Clash Over Regulation | Road Truckers Wins Best Market Driven Auto Award |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Film in Year 2002: A Rave of Controversy |
COMMENT
Apologia for Jim Nwobodo | A Plea for the Healing of the Genders |
EDITORIAL
Before the Financial Shut Down |
LETTERS
Need for Surveillance Cameras at Bus Termini | Ede Consumers and NEPA | Coping with Adefarati's Critics |
CITY DIARY
When Adeoye Read Riot Act to Mopol Men |
POLITICS
Lagos PDP Primaries: Between Transparency and Politicking | Kogi West: It Is Battle Between Ogbeha and Sheidu | Attah Wins Akwa Ibom PDP Guber Ticket | 'I 'll Set Standard of Governance in Anambra, Says Guber Aspirant | NDP Guber Hopeful Pledges Good Leadership | Abaribe's Group May Dump Ubani |
HEALTH
Dideolu Hospital: A Dream Fulfilled |
FEATURES
Nigerian Children: A Yearning to Be Heard |
SPORTS
2002: Year of the Super Falcons | On The Marble... | Eagles Spearhead African Premiership Charge | League Kick off Uncertain | Abuja 2003 : Egypt Threatens Nigeria | Turaki's N1.9m for Gumel Open | Premiership: Okocha's Magic Stuns Newcastle | Meridien Cup: Eaglets' Early Departure Not Feasible - Ogunjobi |
EXTRA
NNPC Fire and the New Terrorism |