Friday February 28th, 2003

NEWS
Ige: Drama, as Omisore Resists Arraignment | Fuel Crisis 'll End this Weekend, Says Obasanjo | Hoodlums Vandalise Oil Pipelines in Warri | We're Ready for Sponsors of Political Violence - IGP | Etiebet Heads ANPP Presidential Campaign Team | Anambra PDP 'll Not Settle for Second Best - Mbadinuju | FG Won't Establish New Varsity, Says Obasanjo | Lagos Pupils Get Nutritional Supplement | ...Hails Nigeria-Cameroun Panel | Dangote, Julius Berger Sign N9bn Cement Firm Contract | National I.D Card Registration: Group Advocates Continuity | FG Didn't Sack Auditor-General - Presidency | Warri Crisis: Okumagba Gives Conditions for Lasting Peace | Globacom Takes Delivery of Equipment for March Roll Out | New Teachers Salary Ready Soon - NUT Boss | Costain Appoints New Company Chiefs | Fuel Scarcity: Prices of Food Items Go Up | 'EAS Airline Abandoned Crash Victims' | ASUU Strike: 102 Scholarship Opportunities Lost | NPP Guber Candidate Sued over Unpaid Loan | Police Force Students Out of Campus | Armed Robbers Raid Nnewi Market | Taxi Drivers Protest Menace of Checkpoints | ICPC Law: 'This is Legislative Terrorism' | House Repeals NCC Act, Passes New Bill | Director Wants Varsity Status for Gwagwalada Hospital | NCP Seeks FG, ASUU Crisis Resolution | Subscribers Carpet NITEL over Poor Billing | Beko Decries Auditor-General's Removal | Extortion: 3 Mopol Men Dismissed | Youths Disrupt Haruna's Re-election Campaign | Igbo Chiefs Condemn Political Assassinations | Sale of N300m Standard Assurance Shares Begins | Youths Disrupt Haruna's Re-election Campaign | Igbo Chiefs Condemn Political Assassinations | Sale of N300m Standard Assurance Shares Begins |
Politics Extra... Ahead 2003
Appeal Court Quashes Dalhatu's Suit | 2 PDP Senators Defect to ANPP | House of Reps Frown at Na'Abba's Re-election Campaign | Presidency: Coalition Candidate Emerges March 6 | Ngige Wants Mbadinuju Sanctioned for Anti-party Activities | Ex-PDP Chieftain Lauds Buhari-Okadigbo Ticket |
BUSINESS
Government Postpones Destination Inspection | Customs Service Seizes N2.5bn Goods | Agents Condemn Closure of NAHCO, SAHCOL Warehouses | Osoba Woos Prospective Investors to Ogun State | Trade Bank Drags Commissioner to Court | How Workers See Obasanjo's Economic Policies | The Importance of Writing | 'Military Supported Tourism More Than Civilian' | Why We Cannot Pay Workers, NRC MD | City Express Bank Elevates 86 Members of Staff | Dangogo Joins Ipra Council | STB Rewards Excellence, Promotes 154 Staffers | Phenonmenon of Deceit NNPC Management | Ports and the Pilferage Tradition | New US Federal Rules Sow Confusion Among Shipping Community | Women Urged to Participate in Shipping | Pay More Attention to Industry Than Just Sailing, Cadets Told | FG, Stakeholders Tasked on Maritime Manpower Development | Planned Strike Puts Freight Forwarders in Disarray | Concorde May Be Withdrawn, Future Under Review | EU Seeks 'Open Skies' Accord With US | How Airlines Can Handle Period of High Anxiety | Airline Touting On-time Record | SAHCOL Takes Over Virgin Atlantic PH Operations | Virgin Atlantic, BA, Others Win Travellers' Award | Boeing Unveils New 777 | Aerospace Notebook: Boeing Pushing In-flight Internet | Airbus Receives Japanese Technology for A380 | Calabar Port Maritime Security Committee Inaugurated | 20 Traders Get Ncws, NAPEP Loans | Afribank Plans Big for Kaduna Fair | Business Women to Hold Trade Fair | Boeing Wins $81.2m Helmet-Mounted Cueing System Contract | Disney World Cuts Some Workers' Hours | Is NTDC Gearing Up for International Tourism Exchange? | Dyer Wins Orlando Mayoral Election | Kyrgyzstan: Foreigners from Developed Countries Get Reprieve | Britain Issues Saudi Travel Advisory | Ori Olokun's Production Costs N8.2m |
COMMENT
Azie as a Symbol of Patriotism | The Igbo and National Politics |
EDITORIAL
As ASUU Strike Lingers... |
LETTERS
Awuse, I Disagree | Re: Pentascope Affair | Obasanjo's and Another Round of Globetrotting |
CITY DIARY
NAFDAC Prohibits Advertisement of Herbal Drugs | Ohazulike Charges Igbo on Coming Elections | Rotary Mobilises Against AIDS |
POLITICS
The Essential Murtala Mohammed | Nobody Can Disqualify Me, Says Awuse | Our Generation 'll Remain Grateful to IBB - Adegoroye |
FEATURES
Edda People Chart New Development Course |
MARKET NEWS
Nestle Shares Remain Investors' Delight | US Shares Build on Early Gains |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Shocks Speculators as Naira Gains 94 Kobo | S/Africa Budgets US$41.75bn for 2003-04 | Bank Depositors Flay Issuance of Mutilated Notes |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Next Stop to the Undertaker | I am Also a Victim | The Future is Possessed |
HEALTH
Nigerians Reject Female Genital Mutilation- Report | AIDS Vaccine: Hope for Blacks, Asians | First African Traditional Medicine Day to Be Observed |
SPORTS
Contract Face-Off Costs Yobo Everton Place | Falcons to Test Superiority in Gabon | Gulder: NFA Warns Clubs | Kenya Dares FIFA | Cosmopolitant Tests Might Against GCI | Odu-Thomas, Mohammed Eye Final Ticket | Premiership: Babayaro in St. James Tango | Woods Wins, Els, Goosen upset | Records Fall in Aussies' win over Namibia | Oliseh Jnr. Comes of Age | Pacers Can't Stop losing |