Thursday March 20th, 2003

NEWS
Iraq: US Begins Bombardment | INEC, Police Raise Alarm Over April Polls | Warri: Shell Shuts 5 More Flowstations | 17 Iraqi Soldiers Surrender | The North's Pact With Obasanjo, By Kaita | Council Workers Draw Battle-line with Legislators | UBE Gets $100m Loan - Gana | NITEL: Pentascope Unveils Restructuring Programme | NEPA Plans Third Emergency Power Plant For Abuja | Minister to NEPA: Improve Electricity Supply Immediately | ANPP Chief Accused Minster, Party of Anti-women Acts | Tariff: Rice Importers Sue Govt | Adesina Blames Arms Smuggle on Porous Border | AIICO Liquidates Coral Properties | 'C'wealth Summit 'll Attract Foreign Capital' | NOA Chief Harps on Political Tolerance | 30 Nigerian Pilgrims Die in Mecca - Gwandu | IILL Deal: 'First Bank Didn't Follow Rules' | NITEL Promises 250,000 Digital Lines in Lagos | 3m Nigerians Infected with HIV/AIDS, Says Ogunkelu | Anyaoku to Chair NESG AGM | Group Urges Govt to Strengthen National Security | 'Why Econet is at Enugu Fair' | Obasanjo Asked to Release Programmes | Lagos Guber Candidates Face Tests Tomorrow | Shun Violence, Kwara Politicians Urged | Schools Renovation to Gulp N1.8bn | ID Card: Corrupt Officers 'll be Prosecuted | Osakwe Denies Involvement in ICPC Bill Passage | Group Condemns Suspension of Council Polls | PDP, ANPP Trade Thuggery Allegations | PDP Chief Urges Decampees to Return | Ogun INEC to Hire 10,000 Adhoc Officials | Imo Workers Accused of Blackmailing Udenwa | Vandalisation: NEPA Needs N25m to Restore Power in Owerri | Plateau Govt Decries Resurgence of Clashes | Anambra Assembly Passes N23.5bn Budget | Bic Storms Enugu Trade Fair | Guber Candidate to Host Atiku, IBB, Others | Imo AD Guber Candidate Flags Off Campaign | Violence-Free Polls Canvassed |
Politics Extra... Ahead 2003
I'm Not Paralysed, Says Tinubu | Obasanjo Assures of Violent-free Elections | Awka Agog as Mbadinuju Flags Off Campaign | April Elections Should Not Be Shifted - Falana | Jubril Aminu Warns Supporters Against Violence | Presidential Polls: PDP, INEC Dialogue over Date | Oshinkanlu Berates N/Assembly over ICPC Act | Lawal faulted on Assassination Plot Story |
e-BUSINESS
Call Centres: The New Opportunity for Self-Employmet | Gateway Faces Shortfall, Slashes Staff | 'The Challenges of Developing Local Software' | ExpertEdge Works Towards CMM Certification | Nigerian Silicon Valley: 100m Ordinary Shares on Offer | Plans for NISE 2003 Enter Advanced Stage | Impending GSM War: The Ultimate Weapon | Sparnoon Improves on Computer Disaster Recovery | ICT Development in Nigeria: The Journey So Far |
COMMUNICATIONS
Printing Industry in Nigeria Encouraging, Says Foreign Expert | Fashola Joins MTS First Wireless Team | 'Phone Repair is Big Investment' |
ARTS & REVIEW
Stampeding Politicians into Action | M-Net Kick-Starts Big Brother Africa Show | British Council Celebrates World Poetry Day |
COMMENT
Women and Politics of Difference | Wanted: Economic Rights Advocates |
THISLIFE
Where Have the Suitors Gone? | 'Food Can Enrich Us in Everyway' |
EDITORIAL
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan (1911-2003) |
LETTERS
Fighting Terrorism or Saddam? | Kudos to Igbo-Etiti LGA Transition Chairman | Ciroma and Azie's Audit Report |
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 | Vandalisation of NEPA Installations Puts Imo in Darkness | Group Donates Cash, Materials to Orphanage | 'We 've Enthrone Ethics of Value for Money' | Gombe Sings Success of Transport Firm |
POLITICS
Atiku in Yenagoa, Reconciles Alamieyeseigha, Alaibe | Confusion as PDP, AD Present Same Candidates | PDP Candidate Harps on Continuity | Candidate Decries Spate of Politically Motivated Violence | Again, Imo Govt Denies Complicity in OGB's Murder | Ekiti PDP Stalwart Chides Opponents of Guber Candidate | 'Why I Sent My Resignation Letter By Courier' |
MARKET NEWS
First Bank Posts N9. 92bn Profit in 9 Months | ICON Stockbrokers Reassures Investing Public |
MONEY GUIDE
Zenith Veers into Investment Banking | World Bank Advocates Business Budget for SMEs |
SPORTS
Dortmund_s Win in Vain as Real Snatch Last Eight Place | WC2010: Blatter's Remarks Frighten Ghana | We Won't Dump Our Neighbours - Odegbami | Atiku Inaugurates Bid Committee Today | Nigeria's Foreign-Based Cricketers Open Camp in London | Libya's $6bn World Cup Plan | Abuja 2003: COJA to Use Two Stadia Outside Abuja |
EXTRA
The Diplomat Who Spoke Our Minds | The Logic of 'Continuity' |