Wednesday March 12th, 2003

NEWS
Why I Joined AD, By Mbadinuju | N4bn Debt: NEPA to Cut Power Supply to Army, Others | Obasanjo Initiates Peace Pact Between Oyo AD, PDP Leaders | Abia Dep Gov Resigns | ICPC Law: Why House Will Concur With Senate - Na'Abba | Only Courts Can Disqualify Candidates - Guobadia | Govt Yields More Grounds to ASUU | Why Refineries Can't Produce at 100%, By Obaseki | Shell Directed to Pay Ijaw Aborigines $1.5bn | Ige: Omisore's Trial Begins Today | Police Smash Robbery Syndicate | Osoba Pays N60m for SSCE Students Fees | Obasanjo Participates in Nigeria-Algeria Bi-National Parley | Obasanjo Tasks Committee On Commonwealth Meeting | Fair Polls 'll Guarantee Democracy - Afe Babalola | Niger PDP Berates PDP over Call for Emergency Rule | A/Ibom Swears-in 6 New Magistrates | Ogwuegbu Retires from Supreme Court | Population Commission Begins Demographic Survey | USAID Spends $22m on Child Survival | Oyekan's Family Refutes Appointment of Acting Oba | Radio Kwara: Govt Descends on Labour Leaders | CAN Appeals for Calm over Ethnic Clashes | Mbadinuju's Ex-aide Accuses PDP of Fuelling Crisis | Mobil Boosts NDDC with $50m | Guber Candidate Pledges Face-Lift for Alli Varsity | Islamic Group Prays for Violence-Free Polls |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
DA Promises to Revalue Naira, Review Privatisation | Ex-minister Dissociates Self from PDP Hqtrs Clash | Atiku Reconciles Alamieyeseigha, Alaibe | 'Political Killings, Threat to Democracy' | Anambra UNPP Boss Alleges Threat to Life | AD, PDP Pact 'll Work in Kogi - Guber Candidate | Division Among Igbo Worrisome -UNPP Chieftain | Gani Vows to Recover Looted Funds |
POLITICS
Why Coup Won't be Possible Again - Nyiam | 'Why Our National Assembly Members Flounder' | 'Violence, Bane of Dishonest Politicians' | Senatorial Candidates Commend Bayelsans in Uk |
BUSINESS
Construction Sector Loses 40,000 Workers in Retrenchment | Job Cuts: 'Ask Employers to Seek Prior Approval' | Shareholders Move to Halt Sale of Agip House | What Hope for Peak Merchant Bank Depositors? | Banks May Make Lower Returns on Investment | Tokyo Stocks Dive to fresh 20-year Low | London Dragged Lower by Weak US Futures | Underwriters Criticise Democrats' Medicare Plan | Nestle Whets Investors' Appetite with Dividend, Bonus | NSE Lifts Technical Suspension on Neimeth Shares | June Date for Supreme Court hearing on Agip/Unipetrol Merger | The New Leadership Paradigm | CITN's Lagos Training Kicks off Next Week | U.S Diplomat Urges Nigeria to Diversify from Oil | Stewart Licensed to Issue Title Insurance in Australia | No Family-owned Insurance Company in Nigeria - NAICOM | Lister Insurance to Raise Capital to N450 Million Next Year | Actuaries Design Social Security Arrangements, Says IAA President | NICON Staffers Kick Against Asset Stripping | 'Health Insurance Costs Affect Hiring/Layoff Decisions' | Group Introduces Family, Personal Watercraft Insurance | Insurance Sector, D. Telekom Knock Eurostocks Lower |
ARTS & REVIEW
Knowing the Five-man Band Called 6 Team | What God Can Do for Hope Davies? | Enter the Musician Propeller |
COMMENT
Bleak House | The Hand of Destiny in Kebbi Politics |
MARKET NEWS
Multiple Function Operators Get Deadline on Recapitalisation | Crossworld Securities Assures Investing Public |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira Loses 7-day Stability at Dutch Auction | Bank Fraud Linked to Surplus Money | Gulf Bank Adopts New Corporate Strategy |
DEVELOPMENT
Not Yet a World Report | 'World's Top Goals Require Women's Empowerment' | Group Assists Women to Fight Desertification | Stop Farm Subsidies to Help Feed Africa - UN Scribe | The Environmental Scourge of Lagos | Indigenes, Residents or Citizens? | World Bank, IMF, MDBs Affirm Gender Equality |
EDITORIAL
Another Committee on Fuel: A Jaded Symbolism |
LETTERS
The Uses and Misuses of the ICPC | In Praise of Kayode and Falegan Over Adeniyi Adebayo | Intercellular: Service or Rip-off? |
EDUCATION
Federal Government Blinks, ASUU Wants More | Ensuring Ability in Disability | Borishade Convenes University Stakeholders' Forum | UBE Distributes 2.9m Books to Primary Schools | Damtops School Holds Inter-House Fiesta | Support Children's Interest in Sports, Parents Told | Tribute to Grand Pa |
CITY DIARY
Ogwuegbu Bows Out of Supreme Court | 'We 've Enthroned Ethics of Value for Money' |
FEATURES
Lagos: Between State and Federal Roads |
SPORTS
Handball Invites 30 to Camp | Ghana Signs Up for 2010 | Malawi Coach Talks Tough | Ogunjobi to Represent Nigeria at African U-17 Draws | M.K.O, Ordia, Others Bag Post Humus Awards | Madrid, Milan in Real Battle for Supremacy | As NFA Official Writes off Eaglets | Kwara Unites for Elephants | Cricket: Aussies' Comeback Shatters Kiwis | Veron Blow for Man Utd | Nwosu Takes Over Akwa Utd | Sacked Wilkinson 'Shocked' | Falcons, Banyana Banyana | UEFA Cup: Larsson in, Agathe Out |
EXTRA
Barth Nnaji: A Collapse of Idealism? |