Monday December 30th, 2002

NEWS
Obasanjo: I'm Ready for Debate with Ekwueme | Ige: How Omisore Was Arrested | Political Office Holders May Get 300% Severance Pay | Kibaki Elected Kenyan President | Crude Oil Price Hits $32 Per Barrel | ASUU Begins Indefinite Nationwide Strike | Privatisation: Payment Deadline for Nigeria - Re Today | INEC Enjoins Parties to Uphold Ideals | S/West to Embrace Sharia Soon - Adegbite | 'Ban on Religion Programmes Uncalled for' | Agagu Supports Obasanjo on Onshore-Offshore Bill | Guber Aspirant Dumps PDP for UNPP | Mandatory Seat Belt Use: FRSC Insists on Jan. 1 | Police Arrest Wife of Slain Chachangi Pilot | Fake Products Patronage Blamed on Poverty | IG Donates 2000 Mattresses to Police College | NULGE Wants Joint State, LG Account Cancelled | Army's Role in Civil Crises Lauded | FG Urged to Fight Prostitution, Child-Trafficking | Anglican Schools to Retain Old Fees | Exam Board to Award Scholarship for Best GCE Candidates | PDP Primaries: Brume Commends Ogbeh over Results | 'Delta PDP Still Committed to Party Goals' | Shinkafi Hails Bafarawa's Achievements | Party Chief Chides Press on Professionalism | Shelphidi Eyes Gombe Govt House | Amana Heads Investment Commission | Aspirant Accuses Attah of Hijacking Electoral Process | Edo ANPP Guber Candidate Emerges Friday | Deputy-Gov Vows to Expose Shady Deals | Presidency: Pressure Mounts on Aikhomu to Run | Ex-minister Dumps PDP | Group Seeks Creation of Afemai State | Ogun INEC Refutes Violence Report | FUTY Students Hold Workshop on Gender Issues | Onshore-Offshore: Senatorial Candidate Seeks Truce | 29 Commissioners Idle in Jigawa |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
Primaries: PDP Clears Mbadinuju, Nyame | Ex-PDP Chieftain Vows to Reveal 1999 'Northern Agenda' | Osun Primaries: Oyinlola's Victory Voided, Run-off Soon | South-west AD Releases Guidelines for Primaries | PDP Denies Ordering Repeat Primaries Today | ...Irate Mob Attacks Afolabi | PDP Releases Results of Anambra Primaries | Nwuche Dumps PDP, May Join ANPP | Ripples in APGA over Ojukwu's Adoption |
POLITICS
Constitution: Ogbeh States PDP's Position on Amendment | North'll Work with Okadigbo, Say Maccido, Aliero | Guber Aspirant Wants Lagos PDP Primary Result Voided | 2003: Opposition Lays Siege on Odili | 'Mbadinuju's Exit Has Brightened My Chances' |
CITY DIARY
Troubled Times for Armed Robbers |
EDITORIAL
Civil Servants' Strike |
LETTERS
Police and Crime Control | Checking Collapse of Buildings | Politics of Onshore/Offshore Oil |
COMMENT
Functions and Problems of Xmas | The Wise Choice for Imo ANPP |
BUSINESS
Nigeria, Sao Tome Meet Over Gulf of Guinea Blocs | W/African Power Pool: FG Gets $15m ADB Grant | ExxonMobil Plans $100bn Investment Package | Producing Gum Arabic for Export | Leadership of Zonal Shareholders May Change Soon | UNIC Out of the Woods, Announces N4m Profit | Pepsi Loses Appeal Against Coca-Cola | Euro Hits Three-year High Against Dollar | Goldman Tops Global M&A Advisory Rankings in 2002 | Shareholders Group Welcomes Investment Tribunal | Mixed Reactions Greet Appointment of Acting CEO for Afribank | Only a Disaster Can Save Japan and Germany | Leading Socgen Banker Killed in Car Crash | Global Tensions Weigh on Wall Street | UK Housing Prices to Slow, Say Lenders | Equity Market Declines to 69.9m Shares | Insurers to Gain from Law Revision in Taiwan | TotalFinaElf to Boost Angolan Oil Output | May & Baker Nigeria Adopts Strategic Financing | FTSE Slips Below 3,900 on Weak Banks and Drugs | Nitel GSM Scam: Financial Crimes Body Absolves Officials | 'NIPOST's Inefficiency Not Responsible for Illegal Courier Business' | Nigeria Solicits Sweden's Technical Aid in Solid Minerals Devt | Kpakol Explains Employment Policy Thrust | Otudeko Predicts Bright Future for Econet | Sat 3 Undersea Cable Becomes Operational | Texaco Nigeria Rewards Loyal Customers | Munchies Moves to Awolowo Road | Marketing in 2002: The Pains, the Gains | Managing Nigeria's Debt for Growth and Development (2) | Thoughts on Regulation of Tobacco Advertising |
MARKET NEWS
Dunlop's Half Year Profit Declines by 16.4 Per cent |
MONEY GUIDE
Afri-Finance Sues Union Homes over US$171,789 | Christian Pilgrimage PTA: CBN Appoints 4 Banks | Fortune Bank Unveils Two New Products |
ARTS & REVIEW
An Unusual Ritual for Bakassi | Afrobeat Grandson's Grand Debut |
FEATURES
Oil As the Goose That Lays Golden Egg |
SPORTS
S/Africa Budgets N100bn for World Cup 2010 Campaign | Globacom Contract to be Signed at NFA AGM - Ogunjobi | Akiga Craves More Slots for Africa | Amun, Grassroots Organisers Sign Pact | Premiership: Liverpool hold Arsenal | CAF Names Three Best Players Today | Hopman Cup: Australia Cruise Past Italy | Henman to Miss Aussie Open | Lewis Rejects Tyson's Overture for Rematch |
EXTRA
Obasanjo And His Continental Shelf |