Monday January 13th, 2003

NEWS
Buhari Makes Peace with Babangida | Nigeria Gets 7% Increase in Oil Output | Financial Indiscipline, Bane of Govt - Audit Report | 'Why PDP Won't Reconcile with Ekwueme' | Atiku Can't Deliver Northern Votes -Isyaku Ibrahim | Three Firms May Supply Nitel GSM Lines | NDIC Receives Court's Nod to Remain in Savannah Bank | FCT Facelift: FG Shops for N40bn | Delta to Spend N28m on Mission Schools | IBB Ruined Ekwueme's Political Career - Nyiam | Osoba Lauds Nigeria, Benin Joint Patrol Scheme | Lagos AD Primaries, a Success, Says Tinubu | TMG Report Indicts INEC over Voters' Registration | Corporal, 2 Robbers Die in Clash | UNILAG Mass Comm Alumni Meet | Nwodo Denies Decamping from PDP | 2003: Money Politics Won't Work - AD Chieftains | Members Canvass New Celestial Church Constitution | ANPP, Viable Alternative to PDP, Says Lawal | Nigeria Hosts Int'l Investment Forum | Ex-Kwara Gov Advises Community Dev Groups | NYSC: DG Urges National Focus | PDP Denies Lobbying Nwuche to Stay | ...Enechukwu Happy with Anambra Branch | Yobe Gov Warns Against Polls Violence | 'Accommodation, Corps Members' Big Headache in Yenagoa' | 15 Anambra Muslims for Hajj | Senatorial Aspirant Boycotts Run-off Election | Group Seeks New Chairman for NDDC | Adeboye Predicts Peaceful General Elections | ASUU Links Strike to FG's Intransigence | JORA Seeks Support for LG Revenue Drive | INEC Gets 14-day Ultimatum to Withdraw ANPP's Certficate | 'NNPC Responsible for Xmas Fuel Scarcity' | NDP Picks Gaya |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
Kwara PDP Guber: Adisa Opposes Saraki's Candidature | 6 PDP Aspirants Reject Osun Guber Primary | Kure Pledges Support for Obasanjo |
POLITICS
Blame Okorie for APGA Crisis, Says Nwosu | NNPP Chief Urges Nigerians to Make Positive Change | Nwuche Not a Factor in Rivers PDP, Says Scribe | House Candidate Pledges to Promote Education | Atiku Cannot Save Obasanjo, Says Isyaku Ibrahim |
CITY DIARY
NAFDAC Sets Target to Sanitise Drug Distribution System | Cleric Raises Hope on Nigeria | Christians Tasked on Tolerance | Njdda, Afibank MD, Becomes Dallatun Ganye |
EDITORIAL
IMF's Worries Over Nigeria's Economy |
LETTERS
Open Letter to Justice Adegbite | Searching for Elusive Government Quarters | Dakaiyawa Town Needs a Bank |
COMMENT
Party Conventions: The Beauty in Ugliness | ANPP Should Close Ranks |
BUSINESS
FG in Dilemma over 12.5% Wage Increase | Aluminum Producers Want ALSCON Back in Operation | 'Ports' Anti-Corruption Committee A Cover-Up' | Fear Grips Investors Over Union Dicon Salt | Portland Paints, Elephant House for Sale to Fund Ewekoro Works | NB Plc Leads Others on NSE, Value Hits N117bn | Textiles Importation A Threat to Local Manufacturers - Afprint Boss | The Marketing Potential of Globacom | NPA, NMA Workers Receive Mass Promotion | Venus Skin Toning Cream: Preaching Beauty and Safety | Costain (W.A) in Going Concern Situation | Finance Director Makes Surprise Bow from UACN |
INTERVIEW
'Govt Should Make Cheap Funds Available for Industries' |
MARKET NEWS
Afex Bank Makes N231.4m Profit in 9 Months | Wall Street Battles Early Weakness |
MONEY GUIDE
As NNPC, Banks Withdraw N32bn | Banker Commends CBN's Monetary Policy | Life Insurance Companies Record N5.2bn |
ARTS & REVIEW
Ti Oluwa N'Ile Goes on DVD/VCD | American Music Awards Berths in Nigeria |
FEATURES
Gas: Charting New Course for Nigeria's Industries |
SPORTS
NFA Board Goes Tough | Romanian Players Protest Union Leader's Ban | Meridien Cup: Eaglets to Play in Lagos | English FA Declines Zimbabwe Offer | Serena, Agassi Hope for Better Outing | Arsenal Brush Blues Aside | Capriati Begin Hat-trick Quest | Hewitt Set for Kuerten Tie | Ex-Russian Striker, Tishkov, Shot Dead |
EXTRA
Ekwueme: The Anatomy of a Defeat |