Wednesday March 5th, 2003

NEWS
Senate Encouraging Corruption, Says Obasanjo | House Joins Senate, Outlaws Coup | Bitumen: Bloc Winners Get Deadline to Pay Up | Buhari Wants Supporters to Resist Rigging | BPE Absolves Self over N25bn AP Debt | ValuCard: Value Loaded Hits N8bn | Workers Picket Elf Offices, Threaten to Shut Production | Party Asks Police Chiefs, Others to Resign over Insecurity | National Theatre: Workers Begin Anti-Privatisation Campaign | FG Inaugurates Panel on Fuel Shortage | PDP Chieftain Counsels Edo Workers over Salary Arrears | IGP Assures Policemen on Prompt Promotion | Calabar Free Trade Zone'll Boost Foreign Investment - Ngelale | African Private Sector Need to be Strengthened -Tukur | OPC Restates Own Relevance | 'Disregard of Oputa Panel Report, Cause of Political Violence' | Court Stops Installation of Lagos Chief | Insurance Directors Seek Accelerated Growth for Industry | Saraki Facilitates GSM Operation in Kwara | Army PR Moves to Reshape its Magazine | Strike : Ex-NMA Boss Calls for Caution |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
Polls: Politicians Can't Afford to Fail - Ogbeh | PDP Aspirants Sue Candidate, INEC, Ogbeh | Elections: Youth Preach Peace | Obasanjo Condemns Political Violence | Adesina Aborts Oyo Speaker's Defection Bid | APGA Alleges Rigging Plan By 3 Parties | Fawehinmi Pays Tributes to Democracy Heroes |
State of the States
12 Alien Invaders Arrested | Activist Accuses Northern Govs of Religious Misinformation | Muslim Youth Urge Faithful to Pray for Successful Polls | Enugu Chamber Donates N2m Gadgets to Police | Adamu Wants Local Input in Farin Ruwa Waterfall Scheme | National ID Card Co-ordinator Held Hostage | Display of Voters Register Begins |
POLITICS
PDP Scribe, House Candidate Predict Victory for Obasanjo | Kogi Guber Candidate to Recall Sacked Workers | Nwuruku Insists on Power Rotation in Ebonyi | 'Restructuring 'll Solve Nation's Problems' | PDP Must Not Lose Plateau State - Obasanjo | Senatorial Primaries: Ogun AD, Durojaiye Dragged to Court | 'April Elections 'll Demystify Saraki' |
BUSINESS
Sugar Coys: Workers Give BPE Conditions for Privatisation | NLNG Takes Delivery of 10th Vessel | 'West African Fraudsters Infiltrate UK Banks' | European Bourses Rise As Iraq Complies | Can SEC, NSE Curb Unethical Practices on Stock Market? | Cadbury Raises Profit By 38 Per Cent | HSBC Aided By Fall in Bad Debt Charges | Weak Insurance Prevents London from Gaining | Shareholders Invite Core Investors to Save NASCON | Banks Record Declining Profits | UK Pension Funds' Down by œ100bn | Unipetrol Management Begins Nationwide Tour | British Firm Set to Boost Nigeria's Ailing Gas Industry | Mr Biggs Wins Award | Oceanic Bank Relaunches Its 4 Musketeers | Licence Revocation: After Peak Bank, Who's Next? | Insurance Practitioners Indicted for Breach of Faith | Lister Insurance Boss Traces Rate Cutting to Target-setting | 'Annuity & Life Re Earnings Announcement to be Delayed' | A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of ULLICO Inc.'s Operations |
COMMENT
Lent: The Pope on Peace | Obasanjo and Nigerian Unity |
MARKET NEWS
SEC Directs Operators to Rate All Bond Issues | US Blue-chip Stocks Pull Back |
MONEY GUIDE
Kuye Ties Single Digit Inflation to High Productive Capacity | Naira Stabilises at N127.02 per dollar | Platinum Bank to Sponsor Customers to Disneyworld |
DEVELOPMENT
'We Have to be More Committed to the Environment' | Investing in Social Capital for National Development |
EDITORIAL
Illegal Campaign Donations |
LETTERS
The Charade Called Lagos AD Primaries | SOS to INEC |
EDUCATION
Marine Students Protest Closure of School | All Set for Cowbell Maths Competition Finals | Pacelli Holds Second Inter-House Sports | Challenges of Career and Parenting | Islamic Reading Centre for 10 Varsities | Queensland Academy Marks First Press Day | Examination Process Gets a Little Easier | Remembering Professor Gabriel Ogundeji Ogunremi (1933 - 2001) |
CITY DIARY
Balogun Gets Rousing Welcome to Ogun Command |
FEATURES
From Britain to Restore Learning |
SPORTS
Premiership: Newcastle, United battle to Keep Pace with Arsenal | U-23 Hot Shot Under Age Probe | Sports Ministry Inaugurates Interim Cycling Committee | Ipswich Pays Finidi N200m to Quit England | Gambia Arrives Tomorrow for Eagles | World Indoors: AFN Picks Emedolu, Onyali | FIBA Afrique Releases Fixtures | Agassi Suffers Surprise Defeat |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Shortcuts Can be Good for Democracy |
EXTRA
Too Many Panels, No Fuel ! |