Tuesday April 1st, 2003

NEWS
Workers Begin Strike As Talks Fail | Amend Electoral Law to Avert Crisis, Says ACF | Mubarak: Iraq War Will Produce 100 Bin Ladens | Currency in Circulation Hits N438bn, Says CBN | NITEL GSM: FG Signs $155.7m Expansion Contract | Warri Crisis Cuts Power Output at Egbin | OPL 245: House Orders Shell MD Arrested | Ban on Militia Groups Still in Force, Says Obasanjo | Ibori: Appeal Court Continues Hearing Today | Ericsson, Reltel Sign $145m Contract | FG Rehabilitates 3 Highways in Adamawa | Doubts over LG Polls' Conduct Before May 29 | FG Restates African Institutions Benefit from NEPAD | Youth Demand Naval Commander's Redeployment | 'Courts Can't Alter Election Dates' | 2 US Naval Patrol Ships Arrive Thursday | UNILAG Resumption Plan Backfires | Varsity Staff Shun NUC Stakeholders' Meeting | Why Tourism Can't Thrive, By Chiejina | Workers Out to Derail Democracy - Akande | APIN, NAFDAC Fight Fake Drugs | Group Proffers Solution to Political Violence | Rufus Giwa: Ondo Denies Attack on Adefarati | Econet Launches BBC News on Demand in Nigeria | Afenifere Condemns Repeal of ICPC Act | Court Asked to Compel Probe of Adefarati, Others | Suit Against Guber Candidate, Fayose, Withdrawn | ECOWAS Gets N12.7m to Fight Illegal Trafficking | Police Move to Absorb FRSC | Ebonyi Police Tasked on Security | Warri: Itsekiri Sue for Peace | Lagos Gives Fish Farmers N20m Grant | Kwara PDP Promises Free Education | UNIJOS Student Held over Robbery | How Interest Rate Can Tumble, By Devcom Boss | Benin Bye-pass Project Won't be Abandoned - Obasanjo | 'Shun Tribal Sentiments in Politics' | Politicians Urged to Accept Defeat in Good Faith | Dad of Slain Man Rules Out Political Motive | NAFDAC Confirms Influx of Contaminated Products | Ex-Chief Judge Gets Colleagues' Accolade | Atiku Lays Foundation of N3.7 bn Dam Project | Political Killings, Bad Omen for Nigeria - Ex-commissioner | ANPP Youth Leader Unfolds Plans for Youths | SAEB GCE Forms Out | Typhoid, Malaria Scourge Claim 30 Lives in Kwara | UN Agency, NGOs Seek Peaceful Conduct of Election | New Emir of Hadejia Installed | Cleric Urges Youth to Shun Political Violence |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Chariot Worth Joining | Exploring Oil Prospects in the Savannah |
BUSINESS
Nigeria, Sao Tome to Award Oil Blocs in June | Shell to Lay Off 2,500 Workers | IITA Develops Organic Pesticides for Locust Control | Genetically Modified Organisms and Global Food Needs | IITA Research Boosts Plantain Yield | Fertilizers Vital to Meet Global Food Needs | IITA Moves to Enhance Safe Use of Agro-chemicals | Elf Plans Improved Health, Safety and Environment Standards | OPEC Criticised for Pumping More Oil | Privatisation: How NEPA Workers Lost The Battle | Iraq: $22bn Windfall Awaits OPEC Members, Say Analysts | Bitumen: Expert Warns on Environmental Hazards | Fuel Scarcity : DPR Moves Against Hoarding, Diversion | Formosa Turns Out New Range of Products | APGlobal Trade Talks Raise Worries | TotalFinaElf, Partners Record Drilling Success in OPL222 |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Nigerians Deserve Better Physical Development | Developing Countries Require $180 billion annually for Water Security | Bitumen Explorers Should Provide Reclamation Programme | Africa's Environment Ministers Finalise Marine Component of NEPAD |
POLITICS
OGB: Wife Vows to Realise His Dream | Ekiti Group Donates Campaign Material to Adebayo | PDP Candidate Harps on Protection for Women | Williams Pledges Infrastructural Development in Lagos | My Fears About The General Elections, By Wada Nas | 'Why I'm Quitting Bank for Senate' |
MARKET NEWS
Shareholders Seek Better Understanding of Capital Market | War Continues to Weigh on Dow, Nasdaq |
MONEY GUIDE
Avoid Policy Shocks, Banker Tells Regulators | ADB Grants Egyptian Banks $220m | SGBN Explains Rationale Behind ATM Cashpoint |
COMMENT
Lawal's Legacy of Projects | Iwuanyanwu and His Politcs |
EDITORIAL
Judiciary: For a State of Emergency |
LETTERS
Attention: Nigerian Medical Association | America's Selfish Agenda | Benefiting from Difficult Times |
LAW
Electoral Act 2002: Critical Lapses, Omissions and Commissions | 'Let's Test Sharia at Supreme Court' | Power to Enact Tribunal of Inquiry Act is Residual | Objection to Jurisdiction Must be Resolved First | Atake: Elegy to a Judge and Senator | My Idea of a Law Office | Impotent Law Agencies and 2003 Elections |
FEATURES
Counting the Losses of ASUU Strike | Experts Brainstorm on Cardio Vascular Diseases |
SPORTS
MTN/CAF Awards: Diouf Clear Favourite for Title | Dwindling Profile of Nigerian Players | Eagles to Launch Abuja Staduim with Elephants | We Can't Continue to Wait for Globacom - Fashanu | Eagles Not Stranded - NFA | Swaziland 2003: Eaglets Face Cameroon, Ethiopia | Falcons Beat Bayana Bayana in Soweto | Niger Wins Hamama Volleyball Open | Eagles Dare Bafana Bafana |
EXTRA
A Victory Foretold |