Tuesday January 14th, 2003

NEWS
Abacha Loot: FG Constitutes Fresh Legal Team | New OPEC Quota Excites Oil Companies | Bribery Scandal Rocks Transparency International | There Was Pact to Return All PDP Govs -Mbadinuju | Okorocha Meets Obasanjo, Commences Discussion with PDP | Ogun Drivers Protest Seat-Belt Policy | FG to Build Another Port in Lagos | Lagos Assembly Screens New Dep Gov Today | AFREXIM Investment in Nigeria Hits $1.5bn | ANPP Accuses PDP of Plots to Destabilize Edo | Rival Political Groups Clash in Minna | Hajj Pilgrms Airlift May Start Tomorrow | Fresh Voters' Registration to Hold in 774 Centres | 'ICPC Already Commenced Probe of Agagu' | ASUU, Govt Parley to Continue Monday | Gunmen Invade Oyo ANPP Secretariat, 4 Injured | Capital Market Not Ripe for Privatisation Programme - Abba-Gana | Nigeria Needs New Orientation - Obasanjo | FCT: 10,000 Rendered Homeless in Demolition Exercise | 31 Killed, N211m Property Destroyed in Oyo | 2003: Lagos NUJ Commends Peaceful Primaries | 2003: Immigration Set to Check Movement -- Nwizu | APGA Supporters Protest, Join ANPP | NTI Set to Commence Degree Programmes | Ondo Ticket: Aggrieved AD Aspirants Seek Redress in Court | Odili Deserves Second Term - NOA Director | Sango Takes Campaign Drive to UK | Don Decries Intellectual Capital Flight in Varsities | Odili Signs 2003 Appropriation Bill | Immigration Promises To Check Influx Of Aliens | Structural Problem Stalls Ajaokuta Steel Take-off | NURTW Threatens to Hike Transport Fares | Police Disperse Protesting PDP Supporters | NDP Won't Condone Ethnicity, Says Party Chief | Obasanjo Greets Mbasogo on Electoral Victory | Seat Belt: FRSC Arrests 362 in Rivers | Plateau Crisis: Commission Rejects Fresh Memoranda | Fake Drugs Importers to Bag 7-year jail Term | Fire Guts Market in Badagry | National Assembly to Fight Homelessness | 2003: Bafarawa Urges Prayers | Marketers Task RCM Operators over Welfare | N/Assembly Urged to Sign NCAA Autonomy Bill | Anambra Youth Oppose Labour on Revenue Consultants |
Politic Extra ... Ahead 2003
'Why Ekwueme Missed PDP Presidential Ticket' | Kwara Primaries: 6 PDP Guber Aspirants Seek Justice | Buhari Optimistic | Buhari 'll Give Obasanjo a Good Fight - Lawmaker | DA Urges FG to Fund New Parties | INEC Urges Parties to Educate Members | Igbo Group Backs Ojukwu |
State of the States
Ondo AD: Reconciliation of Guber Aspirants Fails | FG Stresses Goals of TVE | ANPP Candidate Promises to Tackle Insecurity | 36,000 Students Vie in Cowbell Maths Contest | Bafarawa Counts Sharia's Blessings | Youth Condemn Detention of Keyamo | Balogun Fire Victims Complain of Neglect |
ARTS & REVIEW
I Don't Want my Poems to be Sentimental... Andrew Motion | Memories of Frank Sinatra on TCM |
BUSINESS
NACCIMA Tasks FG on Financial, Fiscal Discipline | FG Pushes Fresh Deep-water Licensing Round to Third Quarter | TotalFinaElf Plans Aggressive Exploration Programme | Strategies for Developing Nigeria's Gas Resources | Nigeria to Dominate E&P Investment in Africa | AES Under Fire Over Cameroon Power Outages | Venezuela Sacks 700 Oil Workers Over Strike | Agip Awards $2m Pre-commissioning Contract for Deepsea Field | Offshore Oil Rig Demand Steady | Shell Develops New Technology to Boost Efficiency Petrochemical Plants | Global E&P Spending to Hit $130 Billion This Year | Over 1,000 Oil, Gas Properties for Auction Jan 30 | OPEC Self-Interest To Help West Avoid Oil Shock | 'Implement Made-in-Nigeria Goods, Infrastructure Policies' | Nigerian Breweries Honours 32 Staff for Long Service | 8 French Companies to Invest in Nigeria After Election | 'Shop And Distributive Trade Sector Holds Out Much Potentials' | NCAA to Sustain Economic Audit of Airlines | 'Invest in Animal Health Research to Alleviate Poverty' | Locally Produced Maize Can't Meet 10 % Poultry Demand - Expert | Fan Milk to Focus on Local Agro-based Raw Materials |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
UN Raises Alarm on Water Scarcity | Show Interest In Rural Water Supply Projects, Banks Urged | Use Natural Resources for Socio-economic Development, African Leaders Advised | Lagos Cautions Communication Companies On Erection of Mast |
POLITICS
ANPP Ratifies House of Reps, Assembly Results in Enugu | Ogun NCP Flagbearer Warns Money Bags | House Candidate Harps on Issue-Orientated Politics | Brisibe-Dorgu Commends Ogbeh | UNPP North-east Vice Chairman Resigns | Forum Declares Support for Alamieyeseigha | NAC Chieftain Carpets Ojukwu, APGA | Buhari and the Burden of History | Dalhatu's Burden, Jigawa's Dilemma |
MARKET NEWS
Bullish Trading Pushes All-Share Index to 13,060.08 |
MONEY GUIDE
Access Bank Targets N1bn Profit | Prudent Bank Posts N523m Profit | Afribank Canvasses Investment in Retirement Plan |
COMMENT
PDP and the Charade in Abuja | BBC at 70 |
EDITORIAL
Abuse of Expatriate Quota |
LETTERS
Why Nigerian Banks Need to Merge | Of Police Killings and Arms Handling | Beware of PCD Courses in FUT Minna |
LAW
Are IBB and Buhari Eligible? | Law School Needs Further Deregulation | Procedure for Summary Judgment Should Not Lead to Rough Justice | Justice Sector Reform: Where are the Road Maps? | Why You Should Make a Will |
CITY DIARY
Why the Child Rights Bill Must Be Revisited | Focusing Your Family On God This New Year |
FEATURES
Making Progress with Polio Eradication |
SPORTS
Premier League: Globacom Threatens to Pull Out | Egypt Name Squad for Friendly Match | Els Wins Mercedes Championships | Bekele Victorious in Brussels Cross Country | Akiga Says 2003 Games is on Course | Capriati Falls at First Hurdle | ...Agassi, Venus March On | Baltacha Exit Ends British Dream | Serena Plans to Remain on Top |
EXTRA
ANPP and Southern Aspiration |