Tuesday December 31st, 2002

NEWS
2003: PDP Renominates 20 Governors | Kibaki Takes Over in Kenya | Mint Gets New MD | Oil Prices Hit $33 Per Barrel | On-shore/Off-shore Bill 'll Determine Obasanjo's Fate - Alamieyeseigha | Bodija Market Fire: Traders Count Losses | NNPC Fire: NANS Disowns Nwokobia | 2003: NDP Plans Coalition with Five Parties | ASUU Insists on Strike | Varsity Campus Ready Next Year | 2003: Imo Budgets N22.33bn | Onshore/Offshore: NGO Warns Against Blackmail | North-east Voters 'll Reject PDP - Yobe Gov | Nwodo Faults NNPC Fire Panel | Airways Plane Delayed Six Hours in Owerri | Lagos Relapses into Garbage Heaps, Say Experts | 2003: Minister Calls for Balanced Media Report | Bafarawa Vows to Push Ahead with Sharia | Niger Sharia Panel Refutes Liquor Story | NITEL Subscribers Owe N6bn | Area Council Distributes 50 Wheelchairs to Disabled | FAAN Introduces Cobus Buses | Conduct Bureau Plans Six Zonal Offices | 160 Housing Units Ready in March |
Politic Extra ... Ahead 2003
Withdraw Suit or Be Expelled, AD Tells Mamman's Faction | Kwara PDP Guber Aspirants Decry Saraki's Antics | ANPP Threatens to Boycott LG Polls | 'Too Many Igbo Presidential Aspirants, a Drawback' | PDP Chieftain Hails Udenwa over Victory | AD Govs Storm Maiduguri Sunday for Kachallah | Falana Dumps AD for NCP | PDP Chieftain Calls for Cancellation of Primaries in Orlu |
ARTS & REVIEW
Come Let's Celebrate Feminine Virtues | Morrison Puts Son's Memories into Print | ...as Eastwood Sues Biographer for Libel |
BUSINESS
DPR Strengthens Monitoring of Deepsea Operation | Dangote Group Invests $650m in Cement Plants | 'Dearth of Capital Funds'll Impede Economic Growth' | UN Agency Begins Study of Nigeria Export Sector | Addax Launches Bid for Drilling Rig to Develop Oil Field | ChevronTexaco Makes New Deepwater Discovery | Ocean Energy Budgets $1bn for Oil Operations in '03 | Halliburton Faces $2.8bn Injury Claims | Shell Acquires 2nd New LNG Carrier | ExxonMobil Gets Managers for FPSOs | Coal Production Boosts US Economy | Statoil Develops New Solutions for Treating Drilling Waste | If War Erupts, How High Can Oil Prices Go? | Current Policy for Revitalising the Industrial Sector | Pfizer Wins Approval for Migraine Drug | Japanese Industrial Production Falls Further | Premier Table Water Enters Market | NWC Assures Investors of Better Performance | FAO Forecasts Pulse Production Increase in 2002/03 | FAO Ships Fishing Gear to War-affected Southern Sudan | ... Forecasts Increased Sugar Production in 2002/2003 | Globalisation Will Enhance Africa's Post-harvest Sector - Expert | World Cereal Stock to Plunge by 110m Tonnes in 2003 | Research Urges Farmers to Reduce Stress on Crops | Natural Product Unleashes Plants' own Resistance | 39 Countries Face Food Emergencies at End of 2002 |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
African Countries Require US$18bn Annually for Infrastructure Development | Surface Temperatures Rise in Nigeria"s Cities | FG Launches NYPA Palm Eradication Programme to Rivers State | WMO Decsribes 2002 as Second Hottest in 142 Years | Surveyors Call for National Mapping Agency |
POLITICS
'Why I Want to Take over from Osoba' | PDP Guber Candidate Explains Priority Areas | House Aspirant Rejects Result of Primaries | Woman Leader to Open APGA Office in US | Obi, Guber Aspirant, Pledges to Revitalize Education |
MARKET NEWS
Investors Renew Interest in AP's Shares | Global Tensions Weigh on Wall Street |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Withdraws N99bn from the Economy | Co-operative Development Bank Declares N142m Profit | Wema Bank MD Awards Man of the Year 2002 |
COMMENT
Ekwueme as Option for Nigeria | O.A.U at 40 |
EDITORIAL
Cross-carpeting: A Question of Honour |
LETTERS
Re: NPA Woos Ships, Importers to Delta Ports | Chris Okotie as Politician | National Stadium of Shame |
LAW
Notable Cases of 2002 | A Case For Continuing Legal Education - cont'd from December 17 | Is Payment of Pensions to Legislators Constitutional? | Re: Court System Not Commercial Enterprise | Invoking Court's Power Under Wrong Rule Not Enough to Refuse Order | Representative and Represented Must Have Common Interest in Suit |
RIGHT OF REPLY
The Problem With Nigeria | Re-A Different Kind of Endorsement |
FEATURES
UNFPA Report: Women Still Wallow in Poverty |
SPORTS
U-23 Team Wins Niger Tourney | Okpodu Prepares World Cup Blueprint | Kaduna Yula Wins Dangote Cup | Players Queue for MTN, Shell Cups | IOC Tasks NOC on Match Tickets | Abuja 2003: AFN Begins New Year Camping | Bacher Calls for Guidance |