Tuesday March 4th, 2003

NEWS
Again, Buhari, IBB Meet | THISDAY Begins S/African Operations | I Regret Buying Benue Cement, Says Dangote | INEC Okays 67m Voters | Elf Workers Down Tools | NLC to March Against New Anti-Graft Law | PDP Gives Ibori Clean Bill of Health | Ex-serviceman Hangs Self in Abuja | UK Police Seek Support on Dead Nigerian Boy | Court Orders Police into Peak Merchant Bank Premises | 9 Dead, 80 Missing in Boat Mishap | Polls: Court Hears Suit on Obasanjo's Eligibility Tomorrow | Govt Mediates in Gombe Assembly Crisis | Citibank Sued for N154m | SGF Inaugurates Panel on Fuel Shortage Today | Ojukwu 'll Not Withdraw - APGA | Badia to Enjoy Potable Water | Albarka Air Completes Pilgrims' Return Journey Friday | FG Budget Ready This Week, Says Mantu | 13th AOCOED Lecture Tomorrow | Lar Backs Dariye for Second Term | Odili Decries Poor Electricity Distribution | PAN Won't Lower Peugeot Prices - MD | Ogbeha Petitions Obasanjo, Alleges Threat to Peace | 'Abuja High Rise Blocks Lack Fire Safety Devices' | NSE Withdraws Ultimatum on M-Net/Super Sports Shares | 333 Undergrads Win Elf Scholarship | Hashidu, Modibbo Disagree over N320m NEPA Debt | Oshiomole Faults Gana on Fuel Scarcity | Unpaid Entitlements: Ex-commissioners Drag Akume to Court | NUC Seeks Lasting Solution to ASUU Strike | Association Denies Illegal Collection of Levies | Gombe Market Gutted by Fire Again | FG Donates N73m to Communal Clashes Victims | Privatisation: NSPMC Staff Served Quit Notice |
Politic Extra ... Ahead 2003
Dawodu Unserious, Working for PDP, Tinubu Alleges | NBC Apologises to Falana over Inadequate Coverage | President Lists Ingredients of Stability | Why Igbo Presidential Bid Flopped - Eze-Igbo | Obasanjo Won't Disappoint Igbo, Says Ex-Envoy | Bali Blames Dariye for Violence in Plateau | ... Campaign Train Moves to Kogi | ANPP Accused Odili of Moves to Stop Its Presidential Rally |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Future in Yesterday, Dreams Deferred | Law for Churches... for Presentation |
BUSINESS
BPE Moves Toward Power Sector Reforms | 'Weak Agric Policies, Cause of Poor Economic Growth' | OPEC May Raise Output to Cushion Drop in US Supplies | The Controversy Over Domestic Crude Allocation | Chevron Suspends Work on $1bn Agbami Oil Field | Shell Ships First Made-in-Nigeria Modules to UK | ExxonMobil Begins Development of New Deepwater Field | Kazakhstan Snaps Landmark's Petrobank Technology | ABS Offshore Gets FPSO Supply Deals | Behold The New Oil Sheiks | 'Insist on Self-sustaining Marginal Field Operators' | Gaslink Begins Construction of $8m Lagos Pipeline Project | How Costs, Government Policies Impact on Real Sector | Turkey, Pakistan, Others Book for Enugu Trade Fair | Red Star Express Wins Another Award | Home Depot Co-Founder to Focus on Customer | GM Sets New Sales Incentives for March | ELLA Offers Special Bargains At Kaduna Trade Fair | 18 Coca-Cola Ex-Employees Get N24m Loan | Standard Chartered Launches New Package for Smes | Implications of Forestry Outlook Study for Africa | Good Diet Essential for People With HIV/AIDS - FAO | $560m for IFAD to Fight Rural Poverty | Natural Resource Management Project in Kenya Receives IFAD Support | Nigeria, 24 Other Countries to Enhance Fishing Potentials | Expansion of Tobacco Farms: BAT Should be Encouraged -Food Workers |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Lagosians Groan Under House Rent Increase | Lagos Waste Dump Threatens Health | Ekiti State Develops N700m House in Abuja | Ocean Bay Estate Promises New Housing Deal | VIIRA Concludes Clean-up Exercise, Commences Monitoring |
POLITICS
Why Obasanjo Was Not in Kano, By Lamido | Enugu Govt: Opposition Vandalised Power Installations | UNPP Supporters May Embrace ANPP | 'Why We Support Obasanjo For 2003' | 'I am Confident of Victory in Ekiti' | Women Group Supports Udenwa for Second Term | IYM Denies Endorsing Ike Nwachukwu | 'There Are No Factions in Delta AD' | 'Our Party Leaders Have Failed Us' |
MARKET NEWS
Coral Properties Not for Liquidation - NSE | Wall Street Runs Out of Steam |
MONEY GUIDE
Falsification of Returns by Community Banks Worries CBN | Banker Seeks Review of Nigeria's Credit System |
COMMENT
Time for Economic Nationalism | Udenwa's New Day Blues |
EDITORIAL
Killings in Imo State |
LETTERS
Re: Political Representation of Okigwe | A Failed Government in Place | ASUU Strike: What Manner of Govt Response? |
LAW
Self Serving Agenda Unfolds? | Wake Up Call for Nigerian Lawyers | ...Has Corruption Won the Battle? | 'Death Penalty Should Stay' | Re: Death Penalty Should be Abolished...It Would be a Big Mistake | A Case for Its Abolition | Thumbs Up for Death Penalty | And You Thought Your E-mail Was Safe? | Judgment Debtor Not Party to Sale | Issue of Non-Service of Pre-action Notice to be Raised at Trial |
CITY DIARY
500-Level Medical Student Suffers Cancer of the Blood | Lions Construct N13.75m Ward at Island Hospital |
FEATURES
Amina Lawal: Activist, Sharia and Scam Story |
SPORTS
COJA Boss Wants Abuja Stadium Sold | Pepsi Boys to Face Turkey U-18 for Kanu | Club Owners Dare NFA Over Gulder | U-23 Team Intensifies Preparations for Abuja 2003 | Yekini Promises More Goals | Cosmopolitan Consolidate Lead | COJA Appoints 62 Media Officers | Union Bank Set to Rule Atlantic Division | Enyimba Back on Top | Tennis: Agassi Hunts Hewitt | Forlan Boost for Man Utd | Woods Wins Accenture Match Play | Jackson Leads Britain to Birmingham | NBA: Jazz Edges Nets | PSG Fans Attack Ronaldinho |
EXTRA
Odili and The Sergeant-at-Arms |