Tuesday January 7th, 2003

NEWS
Ekwueme: PDP Convention a Charade | ...May be Drafted by ANPP | IMF Worried Over Nigeria's Worsening Poverty | New Parties Call for Release of Voters' Register | Privatisation: Two Foreign Advisers Appointed for Downstream Oil Sector | Controversy Brews over NITEL GSM Contract | Osoba Congratulates Obasanjo | Allocate 25% of Budget to Agriculture, FG Told | South-south Leaders to Meet on Onshore-Offshore Bill | First Bank: Court Refuses Longe's Joinder Application | Group Pledges Support for Tinubu on Second Term | ANPP Chief Accuses Attah's Govt of Corruption | Okadigbo Accused of Plotting to Destabilise APGA | 2003 Polls: Why I Seek ANPP's Ticket - Okorocha | Presidential Aspirant Seeks Review of Election Time-table | PDP Guber Candidate Predicts Victory in Kogi | Ex-Deputy Senate President Joins NDP | Lagos NCP Picks Guber Candidate | 'UNPP 'll Dislodge PDP in Anambra' | Lagos Seals Barracks' Shops | LG Plans to Sustain 'Operation Red-handed' | 'Adamawa Lecturers' Strike over Soon' | INEC, Parties Urged to Emulate PDP | Old Boys Seek Better College Funding | Police Arrest Man over Murder | NACFA Donates to Motherless Babies | UNPP Splits, Leaders Head for Court | NEPA Raises Alarm over Threat to Staff | Group Faults Keyamo's Detention | Hashidu Gives Condition for Decentralisation | Lawyers' Forum Documents Tinubu's Feats | Muoghalu Pledges to Rescue Anambra | Adebayo Condoles Fajuru's Family |
ARTS & REVIEW
Science, Health and Religion, Unusal Wedlock | Understanding Europe's New Far Right | 'It's the Death of others that Kills You'... Amis | Ralph, My Hero |
BUSINESS
Manufacturers' Resort to Gas Boosts Capacity Utilisation | World Sugar Production to Rise | Ban on Tokunbo Vehicles Reduces German Export to Nigeria | Happy Days Back as NNPC, JV Partners Open Oil Taps | Arab Countries Urged to Seek Nuclear Arsenal | Candle Manufacturer Gets Govt Aid for Backing Import Tariff | Consumers' Demand for Cleaner Fuel Rises | Gaslink Grows Gas Utilisation by 80 Percent | Kuwait Makes Emergency Production, Export Plans | Brazil's Petrobras Eyes 100,000 bpd Output in Nigeria | Prices of Milk and Milk Products Rebound | Prices of Oils, Others to Continue Recovery | End of Season Stocks to Decline | MV Ibom: The Triumph of Outsourcing | Fertilizer Prices Irregular at End of '02 | How Mission Statements Are Transformed Effective Performance | Why Seven-Up Won Best Pearl Award for 2002 |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Water Talks in Tokyo, Options for Nigeria | 2002: Drain Ducks Clears 1.3 Million Tons of Silt | Urban Planning: A Challenge to Governments | Housing the Nigerian Population: Problems and Prospects |
POLITICS
Osibogun, Ogun AD Guber Aspirant, Withdraws from Race | APGA Crisis: US Chapter Absolves Okorie of Fraud | Ukwa Seeks Abia Deputy Governor's Slot | Adamawa ANPP Boss Nullifies Primaries | PDP Flagbearer Faults Enwerem's Claim on Primaries | 'Why APGA Chairman was Suspended' | New Parties Deserve to be Nurtured, Says Obioha | The Curtain Falls on PDP Convention |
MARKET NEWS
Deals in Vitafoam Shares Raise Volume |
MONEY GUIDE
Dutch Auction Opens New Year with $100m | ACB Appointed NEPAD Official Banker |
COMMENT
Alaibe's Futile Complain Against Alamieyeseigha | Still on GSM Tariffs and Services |
EDITORIAL
Triumph of Democracy, Rebirth of Presidency |
LETTERS
Developing Human Resources | The Impact of Negative Cultural Notions |
LAW
2003: What Direction for the Profession? | A Day in the Life of a Governor | Terms of Lease and Date of Commencement Must Be Ascertainable | Order Determining Rights of Parties Final Even If From Interlocutory Application | Remembering J.I.C. Taylor | Bakkasi: Consequences, Options and Lessons |
CITY DIARY
2 Ekiti Communities Get N2.6m World Bank Assistance | A/ Ibom Community Launches N25m Devt. Fund | Group Cautions on Imo-Abia Waste Project | 2003:Cleric Tasks Nigerians on Peace |
RIGHT OF REPLY
'A Different Kind of Endorsement': Matters Arising' |
FEATURES
South Africa: One World in a Country |
SPORTS
Foreign-based Athletes Give FG Ultimatum | WC 2010: Nigeria Formally Joins Race | Port Harcourt Agog for Niger Delta Polo | Yusuf Faces Tough Battle Today | Swimming Federation Sure of Medals Sweep | Portsmouth Celebrate Aiyegbeni Capture | Nigerian Stars on the move in Europe |
EXTRA
Nigeria: The Blight is Real |