Wednesday April 2nd, 2003

NEWS
Nigeria Airways: FG, Swiss Firm in Fresh Deal | INEC Moves Resident Commissioners | Iraq Urges Muslims to Join 'Holy War' | Govt, Labour Agree on Wage Increase | 11 Parties Vote for Interim Govt | Ibori: Factions Clash at Appeal Court | Electoral Law 2002: Appeal Court Delivers Judgment Next Week | Oil States Yet to Get N12.2bn Derivation Fund - Martins-Kuye | NBC's Axe Dangles on Edo Radio/Television | ASUU Strike: NANS Alerts on Students Disenfranchisement | 'FG Spent N200bn on FCT Since 1999' | Unilorin, Kwara Poly Record Fresh Cult Activities | 1m Candidates to Sit for 2003 UME | Shell Earmarks $57m for Roads in Niger Delta | Obasanjo Urges Anambra to Vote for PDP | Ambassador Wants Nigerians Evacuated From Liberia | N500m Scam: Court Strikes Out Case Against Commissioners | Warri: Itsekiri Accuse Military of Bias | Kaduna Riots: CAN Needs N4.5bn to Rebuild Churches | Suit Against Lagos CJ Quashed | Stella Obasanjo Sympathises with Benue | Mob Set Police Station Ablaze in Kano | Muslims Tasked on Care for Poor | Fuel Scarcity: Fares, Food Prices Go Up in FCT | Peak Asks Court to Disclaim Winding Up Petition | 'Journalists Should Uphold Ethics' | AD 'll Capture Kwara - Adebayo | Tinubu Extols Akesode's Virtues | Gani Blames Fuel Scarcity on Corruption | 'God Has Decided to Use Me' | IOD Organises Debate for Lagos Guber Candidates |
Politics Extra ... Ahead 2003
How to Abort Rigging Plans, by Buhari | Alamieyeseigha Promises Rapid Growth for Bayelsa | ...As Tinubu Warns Against Polls Rigging | Court Orders Gbenga Daniel's Posters Removed | Upsurge of Violence Blamed on Sit-tight Politicians | Youth Decry Poor Preparation for Elections | 5m Nigerians Abroad Set to Vote | Kwara: Party Leaders Agree to Make Peace | Rufus Giwa: PDP Seeks Probe into Accident |
POLITICS
Six Parties Jostle for Adamawa Govt House | 'We Have No Plan to Rig' | APGA Guber Candidate Unfolds Plan for Enugu | 'Yusufu No Threat to Buhari's Chances' | Group to Open Talks With Guber Candidates | Osun Is Out of Reach for PDP - Akinfenwa |
BUSINESS
Market Performance Unaffected By Delayed Budget | Insurers' Association Suspends 2 Firms for Cutting Rates | Dollar at War Lows as Duration Fears Remain | BOC Gases Targets Higher Turnover | Abrogate Statutory Deposits in Insurance, Practitioner Tells Govt | Practitioners Foresee Prosperous Year Ahead for Insurance Industry | Guardian Trust Management and Staff Go on Retreat | Insurer Indicts NSITF for Companies' Lapses on Remittance | Fears over Iraq Weigh on Market | NIMARK Vows to Protect Consumer Rights | Econet Spends $685m in Nigeria | 'The Economy is Not Really Growing' | SEC Investigates Transfer of Sun Insurance's Shares | Lion Bank Earmarks N0.5bn for Networking | ICAN President Visits Ikeja District Society |
ARTS & REVIEW
Rainbow Songs for the Patient Poet | Creating the Amazon in the Delta | Omotoso is Big Brother Africa Cultural Advisor |
COMMENT
Bogey of a Presidential Debate | Tribute to Awa Kalu at 50 |
MARKET NEWS
Guinness Makes N1bn Profit in First Quarter | US Stock Market Rally Gathers Strength |
MONEY GUIDE
NLNG, Mobil Inject $15m into DAS | Broad Bank Moves to Boost Deposit Base | CIBN Examines Negotiation Skills |
DEVELOPMENT
Thinking for the President | HIV/AIDS Vs the People of Nigeria: The Case of Life and Death |
EDITORIAL
Oil Companies and Their Games |
LETTERS
A Note to Nigerians on Elections | The Need to Merge Emuren with Ikorodu | Attention: Lagos State Ministry of Environment |
EDUCATION
Panacea for an Ailing Sector | Spanish Embassy, UNICEF Donate N1 m Materials to FCT Schools | Close-up on the Cowbell Maths Competition | Lagos Students Participate in Shell Open Day | Home Science Pry School Holds Inter-House Sports |
CITY DIARY
When Nigeria's Oldest Pensioner Turned 90 | 'We 've Enthroned Ethics of Value for Money' | An Evening with the Gospel Princess | Youths' Group Charges FG on Police | Leadership Training Centre Tasks Participants on Discipline |
FEATURES
Season of a Strike Long Foretold | Hypertension: Threat to Healthy Living |
DIPLOMATIC MATTERS
Gambian Oil Deal for Financial Crimes Commission | Crooks milk UK visa seekers |
SPORTS
Jay Jay to End Career in England | AAC Election: I'm Alone, Amu Tells Nigerians | Galadima Praises Chukwu | I Will Build Three Stadia in Anambra - Oduenyi | Abuja Stadium Lights up Africa |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Barth Nnaji: Counting Our Losses |