Thursday January 9th, 2003

NEWS
Election 2003: A NATION CONFRONTS ITS FEARS | How Obasanjo, Buhari Emerged | Avoiding Another Descent into Abyss | PDP, ANPP: How They May Vote | Court Clears the Coast for AD Convention Next Week | FG Earmarks N86.7bn for Railway Line Extension | Ogbeh to Ekwueme: Your Comments Are Uncharitable | Onshore-Offshore: Obasanjo Agrees to Revisit Bill | Anyim Testifies in N1bn Libel Suit Against Nzeribe | Presidency Stops Deductions from Bayelsa Allocation | 494 Delegates for Labour Congress | ...Insists on 12.5 Per cent Pay Raise | Alamieyeseigha Urges Pilgrims to Shun Scandals, Suspicision | 9 Civil Servants Receive Productivity Award | ICPC Investigates Fraud Charges Against Minister | ECOMOG Troops for Cote d'Ivoire Soon | NIPC Gets New Chairman, Secretary | NCP Nominates Gani As Presidential Flagbearer | PFN Warns Politicians Against Extortionists | Benue UNPP Guber Primaries Stalemated | Six Aspirants Back Adeleke in Osun | NOA Hails PDP, ANPP over Conventions | Lagos Hosts NUJ Biennial Confab | Falana Gets Ekiti NCP Guber Ticket | Forum Declares Support for Alamieyeseigha | 10 Charged with Unlawful Possession of Arms | SSANU Decries Poor Funding of Varsities | Onitsha Killings: Police Arrest More Suspects | NLC Ties Workers' Votes to Salary Raise | ASUU Vows to Continue Strike | Orient Petroleum to Build N1bn Refinery | UNPP C/River Accused of Favouritism | Dariye Launches Armed Forces Emblem Fund |
Behind The News
How ANPP Election Was Won and Lost | The Road to Consensus | The Protests, the Withdrawal | The Road to Convention | The Glamour, The Odds | The Buhari/Okadigbo Ticket |
e-BUSINESS
Who is Afraid of Globacom? | Techcast Introduces Digital Printing Lab | 'Supermaster UPS, Stabilizer Quality Authenticated' | Online Child Safety Drive Launched | Identifying Different Types of UPS Systems | Tech Doctorates Decline Seven Per Cent | IBM to Sell Cisco Storage Networking Switches | E-Tailers Cheer Holiday Sales' Surge | PeopleSoft Releases New Business Applications | Gateway Appoints New Division Heads | New FCC Commissioner Against Media Consolidation |
COMMUNICATIONS
Director Cautions on Fluidpower-related Downtime | The True Position At DHL | AT&T Sacks 3,500, Sees $1.5bn Pre-tax Charges | Econet Starts Operations in Enugu | Business Moves to High-Tech Hotel Rooms | Nigerian Youths Seek African Progress Through ICT | Prizes for All in Sele Telecomm Bonanza | 'I Can Solve 80 Per Cent of Africa's Science Problems' | FCC May Ease Local Telephone Sharing Rules |
ARTS & REVIEW
Eighteenth Fespaco Celebrates African Actors | Tumbling for the Music Impressario | Ross May Face Trial for Drunkenness | Rap, Country Dominate Year of Slumping Sales |
COMMENT
Nigerian Politics, Players and Electorate | The Loss of a Devoted Ogoni Activist |
THISLIFE
Biodun's Big Heart for Children | Okeke: Mysterious Birth, Harvest of Miracles |
EDITORIAL
Adopt Fiscal Restraint, Please |
LETTERS
Educational Progress in Ogun State | Containing Illegal Arms Acquisition | Banks and National Economy |
CITY DIARY
Experts Identify Flux in Nation's Crime Management | ASIS Marks Decade of Operation in Nigeria | Baba Aladura Visits Ekiti | When Presbyterians Converged on Calabar for 15th General Assembly | Onosode Celebrates with Sceptre Christian Congregation | Women Constitute 60% of HIV/AIDS Sufferers-Group | 2003 Would Be Tough-Cleric |
POLITICS
Why I Want to Be President - Dafionne | Abia PDP Chieftain Canvasses Igbo Support For Obasanjo | Otitoju Zoned Out of Ekiti North Senatorial Race | Why ANPP Disqualified Ned Nwoko | Pressure Mounts on Ogbeh to Revisit Alamieyeseigha Screening | I Have not Pocketed AD in Ekiti State-Adebayo | Re-election of Lawmakers 'll Ensure Better Legislature- Bewaji | Protest Trail Edo ANPP Guber Ticket | Lawrence Onoja: The Force for Positive Change In Benue State |
MARKET NEWS
Equity Market Relapses into Bearish Situation | US Stocks Close Narrowly Mixed |
MONEY GUIDE
Why Olagundoye is Leaving National Bank, by Chairman | Mbonu Forsees Brighter Future for SGBN |
SPORTS
Aghahowa, Okoronkwo Head for Dubai | WC 2010: Ghana Backs Nigeria | AYC: Mali Edges Towards Semis | Brazil Re-appoints Parreira Coach | Globacom League: Plateau Picks Kaduna | Jordaan Confident of South Afica's Bid | Cross River FA, Rovers Protest Poor Treatment | Magnum Cricket League Rounds -off Prelims | Oliseh Close to Bochum Switch | Africans Line up Euro Moves |
EXTRA
Obasanjo and Echoes from the Past (1) |