Tuesday January 28th, 2003

NEWS
S'Court: Civil Servants Can Join Political Parties | Ciroma Wants NNPC Probed | UN Inspectors Submit Report, Finds Nothing on Iraq | Impeachment: C/River CJ Sets-up Panel to Investigate Okpa | Anti-graft Panel Not Investigating Me, Says Attah | Why Nigeria Must Be Marketed, By Aig-Imoukhuede | PDP, ANPP Presidential Conventions Marred by Bribery, Says TMG | ... To Investigate NERFUND MD | 'Borno PDP Leaders Meet Obasanjo Over Guber Nomination' | FG May Order Bomb Experts Back to Ikeja Cantonment | ...Wake-up Call By Lagos Ex-Governor | Omisore Gets Leave to Apply for Bail | Police Arrest 4 Robbers in Lagos | Keyamo: Court Rules on Jurisdiction February 4 | Wage Review: Assembly, NLC Move to Avert Crisis | Obasanjo Urges Surgeons Abroad to Return Home | Presidential System Prone to Dictatorship - Sen. Owie | First Lady Insists on Education Input | New Primaries: Core Group Pledges Co-operation | Onitsha NBA Moves to Halt Mbadinuju's Guber Bid | Spillage: Community Protests Shell's Indifference | I'm in Govt to Satisfy God - Makarfi | Glaxosmithkline Earmarks N3.6bn to Fight Brand Faking | Onshore/Offshore Bill: I've Been Vindicated, Says IBB | Fire Guts Isolo NITEL Exchange, Disrupts Service | Obasanjo Approves New Salary for Judges | Bauchi Denies Receiving N1.9bn from FG | Oko Poly: 10 Face Corruption Charges | 2003: Alimi Predicts Peaceful Polls | Osoba Settles Workers' Salaries, Pensions | 2002 Bomb Blast: Lagos Residents Pay Tribute to Victims | Igbo Now Have a Choice in Nwobodo - Jambo | NYSC Bans Concessional Postings | IMF Wants Social Safety Nets for Developing Countries | NEPA Denies Stockpiling HPFO | Why I Dumped AD - Falana | NUJ Chairman Warns Members over Extortion | NEPA Owed N44bn Nationwide | FG Votes N10bn for Road Repair Agency | Court Adjourns 4 AD Aspirants' Suit | House Candidate Promises Labour Reforms | Osoba Advises Students Against Thuggery | Okogie Hails Court Verdict, Pleads for Convicts | Salary Arrears: Civil Servants Storm Accountant General's Office | Turaki Seeks Stay of Proceeding on Guber Suit |
Politic Extra ... Ahead 2003
Nothing to Reconcile with Ekwueme - Ciroma | Buhari Defends Tenure | Mbadinuju Slams N10bn Suit on NBA, The News | ANPP Convention: Shinkafi Refutes Alleged Northern Conspiracy | Dariye's Candidacy Was Conclusive - Deputy | Factional Speaker Expands Appropriation Committee | Kogi PDP Guber Candidate Debunks Allegations of Certificate Forgery | Bafarawa Accuses Obasanjo of Marginalisation | 'Election Riggers, Worse than Coup Plotters' |
ARTS & REVIEW
Professionals Enter the African VideoMaker | Towards a Socially Responsible Mass Media | A Stimulus for Political Leadership | He's Seen the Future in the Stars and Stripes |
BUSINESS
FG Reviews Bitumen Pact With 2 Explorers | Tariff on Sugar up by 50 Per Cent | Saudi Raises Oil Output | 'Why Nigerian Goods Fair Can't Hold in Germany' | Italy Mourns Death of Fiat Patriarch | Wine Producers May Need to Go Big | Fleming Says It May Stop Supplying Kmart | SON Declares War on Substandard Products | Fiat Chair: No Changes After Agnelli Death | Franco-Ghanaian Chamber Woos West African Businessmen | Intelsat Denies Withdrawing Bid for European Rival | FIDE 2003 Offers Market Opportunities to Furniture Merchants | WAMCO Nourishes School Children | A Tale of Two Major Fuel Marketers | Share Transfer Lands Pan Ocean in Court | Siemens Develops Live Access to Test Power Transformers | 'Schlumberger Records $2 bn Loss in 2002' | Chevron Completes Technical Evaluation of $2bn Gas-to-Liquids Plant | Amni Targets $50m Credit to Develop Oil Field | Nuclear Security Fund Richer by $8.5 million | Mobil Shortlists Bluewater, 2 Others for Erha Sub-contract | FISON Calls for Govt Intervention to Stem Piracy | Pharmacia Tries New Approach on AIDS Drug | Kmart Files Bankruptcy Exit Plan | 'We Can Avoid Cement Importation' | Codex Criticises Endorsement of Potentially Harmful Substances | African's Food Situation Worries World Bank/IMF | Executives Chart New Course for Fisheries Development | 'Venture Capital for Agribusiness'll enhance Economic Devt' |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Bar Beach: Groins or Breakwaters, FG Must Act Now | Presidency, Legislature Collaborate on Housing | FG, Lagos Government Agree on Channelisation of Macgregor Canal | Early Rains Cause 'Hell' on Lagos Roads | Land Acquisition Worries LSDPC, Commissions Affordable Estate | International Effort Supports Lead-Free Petrol |
POLITICS
Cross River Guber: Duke Vs Okpa | Bafarawa Alleges Plan to Undermine His Re-election | Lagos Guber: Anifowoshe Quits NDP | Jigawa Guber: Court to Rule on Application | PDP Carpets Ondo Govt Over N10bn Stadium Project | Can Obasanjo Break the Transition Jinx? |
MARKET NEWS
Intercontinental Bank's Shares to be Listed Tomorrow | FTSE 100 Slumps Ahead of Blix Report |
MONEY GUIDE
SmartPay Floats New Money Transfer Platform | SGBN Supports Children with Special Needs | MasterCard May Approve 9 Banks |
COMMENT
Leave Ibori Alone, Please | Drug Registration: NAFDAC's Policy Adjustment |
EDITORIAL
The Show of Shame at NICON Plaza |
LETTERS
Politics in Nigeria | Re: Adesina Blasts Anyim, Na'Abba | Well Done MTN, But... |
LAW
ICPC: Prisoner of the System? | Those Who Killed Bola Ige Will Not Go Scot-Free - Ajayi-Obe | Positive Acts Warrant Inference of Exlusive Ownership | Simple Acts'll Not Suffice to Discharge Burden of Ownership | Belgore Joins the fellows | Kerosine Explosions: Coalition Wants Edo State Govt Publish Relief Fund | Lawyers and Political Crises: The Nigerian Experience | Notes On Election Petitions |
CITY DIARY
When Tinubu Saved a Life | Frustration Trails Abandoned Lagos Millennium Housing Project |
RIGHT OF REPLY
It's Ambush, Not Marshall Plan | The Real Deal in Rivers State |
FEATURES
Crisis of Transition: Lessons from Poland | Day Obasanjo, Benue People Reconciled |
SPORTS
Arsenal to Bid for Yobo | Cadbury Bankroll Inter-Schools Chess League | Atiku Lifts Ibadan Polo Club With N2.5 Million | Yekini Thrills Fans at Abiola Stadium | Dream Team III Departs for Malaysia Tomorrow | Premiership: Babayaro Has All to Play for | St Thomas Wins Shell Cup | WC 2010: Iroh Raps Williams | Europe Top in Meridian Cup | Man Utd, Arsenal Set for FA Cup Showdown | Black Stars Coach States Case |