Wednesday January 1st, 2003

NEWS
PDP Changes Gear On Zoning, Clears Rimi, Gemade | 2002, A Difficult Year, Says Obasanjo | Despite Drops in World Market 2002, Stock Exchange Records 16% Rise | NNPC Fire: FG May Lose $3bn to False Claims | Guobadia Approves New Changes in INEC | Fallout on Omisore's Impeachment: Osun House Suspends Member | Army Defends Ajah Killing | Driver's Licence, Number Plates Fees Hiked | Ambassador Scores Nigeria-Japan Relations High | Abuja Residents Speak on 2002 | Labour Group Insists on Pay Raise for Workers | Obasanjo Approves Road Rehabilitation Projects | US Agency to Assist Kogi over Solid Minerals | FG Re-affirms Commitment to Women Development | FRSC Arrests 47 Motorists over Cellphone | Igbinedion Restates Commitment to Education | Odili Approves New Salary for Perm Secs | Film Board Cautions Against Provocative Films | Boy,16, Crushed in Auto Accident | Cleric Warns Politicians, Parents onThuggery | Committee Members Fight over Postponement of Anambra PDP Guber Primaries | Female Guber Aspirants Blame Male Chauvinists for Failure | Adefarati Promises Peaceful AD Primaries | 2 PDP Guber Aspirants Set to Decamp | Guber Aspirant Dumps AD for ANPP | VNET Inaugurates New Board | Primaries: Group Hails Enwerem's Failure | NSCE Becomes Varsity Soon | Celestial Church Gets New Leader, Rejects Founder's Son | Group Commends N/Assembly on Onshore/Offshore Bill | MOSOP Honours 17 Persons, Organisations | Senator Counts Blessings, Flags Off Campaign | Eschew Violence, Haruna Urges Citizens | Widows Urged to Shun Idleness | NGO Vows to Continue Free Medical Services |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
APGA NEC Suspends Party Boss | ... Picks Enugu, Anambra Guber Candidates | Nnamani Returns to Enugu with PDP Ticket | Gemade: Court Begins Hearing Tomorrow | Lai Mohammed Urges Kwarans to Vote Wisely | Senatorial Candidate Appeals to Defeated Guber Aspirant | Bayelsa PDP Defends Alamieyeseigha's Victory | 'Senatorial Primary Election Result Must Stay' | Adebayo Picks AD Guber Form |
State of the States
Benue to Spend N39.7bn | Oyo Budgets N28.5bn | Akwa Ibom Proposes N32.7bn Budget | Plateau Votes N16.2bn for Services | ...As Osun Budgets N14.5bn | Cleric Calls for Cultural Redefinition | Econet Launches Services in Jos | Risonpalm Gets New Chief Executive | NUJ Commends Guinness |
POLITICS
Enugu ANPP Fails to Reach Consensus on Guber Candidate | Guber Candidate Warns AD Govt Against N2.3bn Diversion | House Aspirant Denies Withdrawing from Race | Beware of Money Bags, PDP Delegates Told | Solomon, Adeyina Declare For Lagos West Senatorial Seat | I'm Humble in Victory, Says Ogunwale | PDP Governors and the Party's Future | Ojukwu And APGA's Crisis? | It is Leadership, Stupid | Leadership Made Easy: A Primer | Structural and Institutional Constraints | Selection as Problem | Corruption, Public Enemy No.1 | Law and Order Always in the Breach | An Economy on the Brink | 50 Leaders Nigeria Needs | Civil Society, Last Bastion | Time for Change? |
BUSINESS
'Lift Barriers to Private Participation in Gas Sector' | FG Urged to Re-think Investment in Big Industries | Last Minute Rush for Blue Chips Raises Capitalisation | Banks Flout Ethics Committee's Order | Banks Scout for Credible SMIs to Invest In | Dollar Hits Fresh Lows as War Jitters Persist | European Markets Recoup Recent Losses | When Will NACS Get it Right? | Investors Cry Out over NASCON | Returns Attract Investors to First Bank, Union Bank | Nedlloyd Pushes for Container Group Listing | Not Yet Uhuru for Banking Industry | Mixed Performance in the Industrial Sector | Energy Sector: Confusion, Crises Mar Gains | CDB Strives to Regain Market Share |
ARTS & REVIEW
Hendrix, Originality and the Nigerian Musician | 2003: NANTAP Moves Against Office Holders | Adventures of an Ambitious Governor's Wife |
COMMENT
What to Expect in the Year 2003 | Letter to ANPP National Caretaker Chairman |
MARKET NEWS
Nestle Share Hits N87 as Stock Market Gains N103bn in 2002 | Bourses End Firmer as Oils and Financials Rise |
MONEY GUIDE
Director Condemns Rising Incidence of Frauds | Reduction in Crude Oil Production: Major Setback to Economy in 2002 | 'Cost of Governance in Nigeria Extremely High' |
DEVELOPMENT
Do You Want to Re-elect Obasanjo | FG Urged to Involve the Poor in Policy Formulation, Implementation | 'Ensuring Reproductive Health, Rights Would Help Overcome Poverty' | USAID Predicts Drop in W/African Cereal Production Forecast | As UNEP Marks 30th Anniversary |
EDITORIAL
2003: Avoiding the Predictable Landmines |
LETTERS
Oil Dichotomy: A Stakeholder's View | Northern Governors and Insensitivity | Gov Kure, this is Unfair |
EDUCATION
2002: Broken Promises and Harvest of Strikes |
FEATURES
Ushering in 2003 with Showers of Blessings |
TOURISM
Overview of Tourism in 2002 | Command Guest House Woos Customers |
SPORTS
Aghahowa, Utaka Miss Top African Prize | Yobo Returns to Team of the Week | Agent Denies January move for McCarthy | Abuja 2003: Overseas-Based Athletes Demand Trainning Grants | Ministry Denies Allocating Stadium Shops | Falcons, Black Queens Clash Again | Enqvist makes Adelaide exit | Dariye Draws Curtains on Jos Polo Tourney | Premiership: Arsenal, Chelsea in New Year Fireworks | Malawi striker gets Marseille Call | Ref Defends Jeffers | Soccer Diplomacy Missing at Arab Cup | Glamour Queen Serena RulesTennis | Hopman Cup: Williams Leads American Sweep | Cricket : World Cup Spot for Injured Trio | Paris-Dakar Rally Flags Off | Queen Honours Torrance,Wilkinson |
EXTRA
2003: Any Need for Crystal Balls? |