Tuesday March 18th, 2003

NEWS
INEC, Parties Sign Anti-violence Pact | Violence Rocks Sagamu | Bush Issues Saddam Final Ultimatum | UBE Gulps N13bn, Says Education Minister | Warri Crisis: Shell Shuts Down 2 Oil Flowstations | Mobil, Local Firm Get Preferential Oil Blocs in Gulf of Guinea | Bitumen Exploitation 'll Attract Foreign Investors - Obasanjo | NDLEA Seizes 599.312kg Drugs, Arrest 128 Suspects | Oyekan: Family Maps Out Strategy for Successful Succession | 9 Die in Auto Crash | Oath Violation Suit Against Attah Struck Out | Manage Funds Prudently, Martin-Kuye Tells Govts | National ID Card: FG Affirms 18 Yrs Age Limit | Lam Adesina's Convoy Attacked by Protesting Students | 47 Policemen to Face Corruption Charge | Bishop Urges Politicians to Eschew Violence | Rivers NULGE Embarks on Strike | Funsho Williams Deputy, Campaign Co-ordinator Held Hostage | Envoy Commends NLNG over Gas Production | Benue NULGE to Down Tools over Statutory Deductions | Shun Dangerous Weapons, Youth Advised | Senatorial Candidate Condemns Political Killings | AD Chieftain Counsels Against Violence | Benue NULGE to Down Tools over Statutory Deductions | Shun Dangerous Weapons, Youth Advised | NAPEP Distributes N4m Tricycles to Unemployed Youth | AD Chieftain Counsels Against Violence | Senatorial Candidate Condemns Political Killings |
Politic Extra ... Ahead 2003
Jigawa Guber: Supreme Court Okays Turaki | Political Violence Threatens Democracy, Says ASUU | OPC Condemns Attack on Fawehinmi | Delta PDP Denies Pact with AD | Kure's Campaign Team Attacked | Odili, Awuse Flag-off Guber Campaigns | Lanre Razak Explains Delay in Flagging Off Campaign | AD Wants Attack on Politicians Probed | Anioma People Insist on Ibori |
State of the States
3 Students Killed in School Clashes | We 'll Solve Water Problem, Says Idris | Court Continues with Eletu's Suit | Vote Obasanjo, Reject Other Candidates, Osoba Tells Voters | Bush, Another Hitler, Says Cleric | Polls: Group Calls for Caution | We 'll Develop Benin By-Pass - Igiehon | Govt Urged to Revitalise Printing Industry |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Poet's Silent Noise Over Loud Issues | Do You Understand What You See? |
BUSINESS
'Multinational Oil Firms Undercut FG's Local Content Policy' | Poor State of Agriculture Blamed on Shagari | SRI Criticises NEPAD's Programme, Makes Recommendations | Nigeria, China and FAO Sign Ground-breaking Cooperation Agreement | Association to Optimise Profitability in Cashew Trade | Developing Nations Urged to Produce More Crops With Available Water | Loss of Forest Cover Threatens Freshwater Supplies, Says FAO | 2 Million Face Serious Food Shortages in West Africa | FAO Reports Progress in Implemeting Sustainable Forest Management | ...Raises Alarm Over Deforestation in Africa | Asbestos, Three Pesticides Two Lead Forms for Trade Control | Fuel Crisis: Operators Seek Urgent Sale of NNPC Refineries | OPEC Output up 1.32mbpd in February | WAGP Project to Select Main Engineering Contractors Soon | TotalFinaElf to Invest $1 Billion in Algeria | Veritas Pays FG N382 Million for Oil Surveys in Deepwater | OPEC to Keep Output at Current Levels | Norway Calls Tenders for 18th Licensing Round | Global Coalition Against Nuclear Terrorism Launched | 'Govt Should Make Pharmaceutical Manufacturing a Priority' | Envoys Sues for Establishment of German-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce | Sunola Oil Begins Free Salt Promo |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Estate Surveyors Decide, As Annual Conference Begins in Akure | LBIC Plans Low-cost Estate Rehabilitation | LSDPC, FMBN to Initiate Housing Finance Pact | LASPOTECH to Improve Nigerian Environment, Launches Journal | Museum Commission Develops N500m Mall | Planning Consultants Blame Government for Nigeria's Poor Physical Development | Refuse in Lagos, LAWMA Alleges Sabotage |
POLITICS
ANPP in Port Harcourt, Makes Politics of Harry's Murder | 'My Aim is to Change the Face of Kebbi' |
MARKET NEWS
Liberty Bank Posts Loss of N686.3m | Stock Market Dips by N2.9bn |
MONEY GUIDE
Indemnity Finance Asset Hits N3.8bn | ETB Rewards Honest Staff with N.25m | CRIMA Holds Conference on Professionalism |
COMMENT
Egwu and Ebonyi Politics | Re: Dangerous Trends in Ogun Politics |
EDITORIAL
Beyond the Politicians' Summit |
LETTERS
Obasanjo's Lost Friend | Why Has Ibori Forgotten Ndokwa People? | Calling on Lagos State Minstry of Environment |
LAW
April: General Elections: Between the Constitution and Electoral Act | 'Most Presidential Candidates are Weak on Message and Ideology' | Supreme Court Will Not Depart From Earlier Decisions Without Hesitation | Place of Performance is Place of Resolution of Contract | Atake: Life Devoted to Pursuit of Truth and Justice | Display of Companies' Name and Logo on Vehicles Not Advertisement | Banks, Bankruptcy and Debt Recovery | Re: Death Penalty Should be Abolished...It Would be a Big Mistake |
CITY DIARY
'How Robbers Paid Their Way through Police Points to Rob Us' | Group Donates N2.5 Million for Medical Staff Quarters | ...Another Worried over Politicisation of Gbong Gwom Jos' Vacant Stool |
FEATURES
Making Integration Process Work in West Africa | President Bush's Lonely March | . . . 'Saddam Had No Respect for Our Military Then' |
SPORTS
Birmingham Flop: Danger Signal for Abuja 2003 | Abuja 2003: Matori Sad Over Athletes' Poor Preparation | Sharks:Amodu Calls for Patience | Galadima Warns Referees | Awardees Accept NOC Award Nominations | Diouf Misses Celtic Tie | Ogunjobi Orders Eaglets to Lagos for Turkey | UEFA League: Nail Biting Evening for Real, Juve Fans | Olisadebe Strikes Again | Lawal Strikes Twice |
EXTRA
Marshal Harry: An Update |