Monday February 17th, 2003

NEWS
Kalu Wants Immunity Clause Expunged | 2003 Budget: House May Peg Oil Price at $24 | Councils: Assembly Speakers Undermine Us | NNPC, Chevron to Spend $4bn on Three Oil Projects | Survivors of Kwara Shooting Narrate Ordeal | Obasanjo, Na'Abba Reconcile for PDP Victory | Guber Election: Daniel's Campaign Posters Destroyed | Onshore/Offshore Bill: We Are Satisfied - S/South Parliamentary Caucus | Resign Your Position, Delta Govt Tells Guber Candidate | Lawmaker Petitions IG over Okrika Crisis | 'Edo Spends N225m to Service Foreign Loans Monthly' | Court Dismisses Shell's Appeal on Firearms Import | Obasanjo Group Faults Parties Coalition | Adegbite Urges Soyinka to Show Restraint | One Killed, 3 Injured in Owo Clash | 'No Obstacle Can Deter My Second Term Bid' | PENGASSAN Begins Indefinite Strike | Guber Election: PRP Uncovers Blackmail Threat | ADB Finances Agriculture with $19m | City Express Bank Vs Lagos: Court Ruling Feb 19 | Adhere to 12.5% Pay Raise, FG Told | Neglect of FG Property Bemoaned | Lagos Wages War on Indiscriminate Dumping of Refuse | 320 Customs Agents Renew Licences | Ashorobi Advises PDP Members | Commissioner Urges Widows, Orphans to Improve Selves | Appeal Court Okays Ex-Senator's '419' Conviction | FG to Build 200 Healthcare Centres | Ibori Flags-off Re-election Campaign | Residents Bemoan Activities of Scavengers | Oshoffa Predicted Crises in Celestial Church - Brown | Bush Plans $15bn for AIDS Scourge |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
Gemade Decamps to UNPP Today | Oyinlola Predicts Victory in Osun | Anambra PDP: Obasanjo, Ogbeh Parley Ngige, Others Tomorrow | AD Accuses Dawodu of Anti-Tinubu Campaigns | Why Middle-belt is Controlled by PDP -Janfa | Osun PDP Protests Obasanjo/AD Governors Pact | PDP'll Not Withdraw Its Guber Candidates in S/West - George |
State of the States
Oil Workers' Strike Threatens Fuel Supply to Abuja | Mbadinuju Lauds Adamawa People | Corporate Organisations Commend Federal Fire Service | Kwara PDP Denies Attack on Lawal's Convoy | ANPP Ratifies Nomination of 3 Guber Candidates | FG Distributes 44 Tricycles in Imo |
POLITICS
'I'm Out to Tackle the Rot in Lagos' | Protect Your Candidates, PDP Advised | Williams Flags Off Campaign, Gets Rulers Support | Imo Guber Tussle: Court restrains ANPP, Anumudu | PDP Chieftain Pledges Support For Egwu's Re-election | Kogi PDP Guber Candidate Woos Opponents | Senatorial Candidate Pledges to Provide Infrastucture | Dust over Enugu ANPP Guber Candidate Yet Not Over | Don't Use Traditional Rulers for Politics, Katsina ANPP Tells PDP | Orji Kalu Speaks on Electoral Violence | Our Choice Between Obasanjo and Buhari | Okadigbo Lists Benefits of ANPP Govt | 'Dividends of Democracy Shouldn't Be Tied to GSM' |
CITY DIARY
Relief, As Nuova Vetro Introduces Security Doors | Ovadje Now Brigadier-General | Group Works to Enhance Lagos Community | Corps Members Tasked on Commitment to Service | Lions Construct N13.75m Ward at Island Hospital |
EDITORIAL
The Pentascope Affair |
LETTERS
Message on US Visa | Maduafokwa and His Ihiala Transformation Agenda | Where is NITEL Probe Panel White Paper? |
COMMENT
Iraq: Old Europe Versus New America | The Odds Against Ndigbo |
BUSINESS
Stockbrokers May Jettison Controversial Amendment Bill | Freight Forwarders Plan Strike to Protest Extortion, Arbitrary Charges | NSITF Accused of Flouting Pension Harmonisation Directives | Setting Up Water Project: Purification, Bottling & Packaging | First Atlantic Matches Quality Products with Branch Expansion | 'Pension Schemes Can Provide Liquidity for Financial Sector' | Expert Lists Hindrances to Foreign Investment Inflow | Barclays Hit by Bad Debt Provisions | Unipetrol Merger: Shareholders Allege N4bn Rip-off | Lloyds Lifts Dividend Despite Profits Fall | Peak Targets the Hearts of Children | Glaxo Faces Lawsuit over AIDS Drug Advertising | Ad Practitioners to Face Panel over Tobacco, Other Violations | Banker Wins N.4 Million in Guinness Time Cash Bonanza | Tobacco Adverts Banned in UK |
INTERVIEW
'Local Manufacturers Can't Compete with Foreigners' |
MARKET NEWS
Stock Market OnThe Upswing | IMB Morgan Calls for Capacity Building in Issuing Houses |
MONEY GUIDE
CreditRegistry, Banks Move to Reduce Bad Debts | CITN Tasks Govt on Efficient Management of Public Funds | CBN Keeps N53.5bn |
ARTS & REVIEW
Kindell Rewards Staff, Advocates Quality | Victor Enang: An Emerging Sound Prodigy | Tonyman Continues Singing On The Pulpit |
FEATURES
Moving Towards National Consciousness |
SPORTS
Kanu Issues Wenger Ultimatum | Guinness/Ogbe Hardcourt Tennis Serves-off | Jay Jay Seeks Magic in Dubai | COJA Kicks-off Abuja 2003 Marketing Drive | Cricket: Fleming Stuns South Africa | Jordan At 40: A Career in Four Acts | Where Next for Jordan? | Minister Disbands U-17 Team | Easy Win for Els | ...FA Scribe Threatens to Quit | Doubts Over Tyson Comeback | ...As Woods Hits the Front | Toppmoeller's Mission Impossible |
EXTRA
Between Alamieyeseigha and Tinubu |