Wednesday April 16th, 2003

NEWS
ANPP, 11 Other Parties Reject Results | NLC Blames Govs, Ministers for Political Violence | Powell: US Has No Plan to Attack Syria, Iran | Marginal Field: Major Oil Firms Place Fresh Conditions | How My Name Was Removed from INEC List - Senator Okon | Nwankwo, Momoh Reject N/Assembly Polls | Yoruba Elders Flay AD Governors | Atinuke, Ige's Widow, for Burial May 2 | Ige: Fryo's Confessional Statement Admitted as Exhibit | Presidential/Guber Polls: Atiku Rallies Arewa's Support for PDP | ...Enugu to Deploy Soldiers to Volatile Areas | Shagari Berates INEC over Voters' Cards | Over 1000 Members Dump ANPP in Ilorin | Elections: Police Commission, Ministry, Score Officers High | Ogboru Gives Conditions for Future Polls in Delta | FG Bars Students from Nov/Dec SSCE | Minister Explains NEPA's Load Shedding | George to Electorate: Vote According to Your Conscience | INEC Official Absconds with N/Assembly Results | PDP Raises Alarm, Says AD Wants to Rig in Osun | FG'll Improve Miners Condition, Says Adelaja | Couple Loses 3 Children to Flood | PDP Wins 2 Senatorial Seats in Delta | Kwara PDP Rejects Results, Alleges Conspiracy | ANPP Accuses INEC, PDP of Electoral Malpractices | Guber Candidate Decries 'Political Blackmail' | Polls: APGA Denies Pact with ANPP | Two INEC Officials Declared Missing | INEC Urged to Improve on Logistics | Electoral Violence: Alamieyeseigha Visits Shagbama | Lagos PDP Accuses Arebamen of Supporting Rigging | Police Alert on Religion-based Campaigns | More Polls Results Released in Adamawa | Petition Galore in Anambra over Election Results | PDP Leads in C/River | Oshiomhole Flays AD forAdopting Mbadinuju | Lagos CJ Chides Female Magistrates over Dressing | Turaki Thwarts Arrest of Campaign Director, 2 Others | Verify Facts Before Publishing, Journalists Told | Lagos Downpour Records Casualty | All States Joins FOREX Market, Elevates 1074 Staff | Polls: Group Warns Parties to Eschew Violence | Enugu Guber: Mbaka Endorses AD Candidate | Army Directorate to Officers: Abide by Constitution |
POLITICS
'We'll Restore Hope in the People' | 'Payment of Salaries 'll Be My Priority' | The Travails of Ibori | NDP Candidate Calls for Review of Elections in Ohimini LG | Attah, Ekaette End Feud | Group Mobilises Support for Obasanjo/Atiku in US |
BUSINESS
Labour Demands 8.5% Budgetary llocation to Steel Sector | Gulf of Guinea: Chrome Clinches Rights in 6 Oil Blocs | ADB to Assist Nigeria in Rice, Coffee Production | NBM Bank Leverages on Savings Culture | How to Avoid Losing Money | Tinubu Lauds Standard Chartered's Excel Banking | World Bank/IMF Claim Progress on Iraq | Lion Bank to Invest N400m in Info-Tech | AshakaCem Records Mixed Performance in 2002 | Benue May Soon Appoint Foreign Core Investor for BCC | Eurozone Benefits Will Not Balance Costs | 'How NBL Made N14bn Operating Profit in 2002' | Pay-off Pushes ex-Cadbury Man's Pay to 3m Pounds | Citibank, Habitat Partner to Shelter Homeless | Defining the Optimal Investment System | Dollar Steady as Earnings Season Begins | Gordon Brown's IMF Plans Meet Opposition | 'Support Prospects for Stronger Growth in Low Income Nations' | AIICO Settles Rift with ASSBIFI | Fortune Seeks to Bridge Insurance, Banking Services Gap | Cornerstone Regrets Industry Agreement | Rate Cutting: Workers Back NIA, Call for Stiffer Penalties | Fiona Becomes Insurance Woman of The Year for 2003 | Insider's Tale of Crooked Stock Analysts | Retirement Legislation Urges Workers to Boost Income with Annuity |
COMMENT
The Way to Golgotha | Buhari and the Nigerian Project |
MARKET NEWS
Blue Chip Firms Depress Stock Market |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira Gains 24 Kobo as CBN Sells $153.7m at DAS | Banks Not Stalling Economic Growth - Akinfemiwa | ACAMB to Assist Late Journalist's Child |
DEVELOPMENT
Who Needs Participation? | 'Civil Society Can Check Importation of Mass Destruction Weapons' | Journalists Urge UN Scribe, Kofi Annan to Resign | Position of NGOs, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs): Overview |
EDITORIAL
Making Our Airspace Safe |
LETTERS
And You Too Agunloye? | Tinubu, Afenifere and Dawodu | Agagu's Political Nemesis |
EDUCATION
'All for Girls' Education' | Politics of Resumption at UNILAG | Fedex Lecturer Enjoins Nigerians to be their Best | 38 Female Students Get Scholarship | Becoming a Learned Gentleman the Easy Way | Methodist Girls Holds 123rd Sports Meet... |
CITY DIARY
When Epe Honoured Mogaji, Wife | Why I Left the RCCG' |
FEATURES
For a Constitution That's Women Friendly |
DIPLOMATIC MATTERS
'Reflections On the 2003 Elections: A Historic Moment' | Titbits |
SPORTS
NOC Releases Grants to Sports Federations | Radcliffe Targets New Marathon Record | Sponsors' Response Excites Adamu | English Premiership Title Race Hots Up | Arsenal Dismiss Ferguson's Taunts | Vieira, Keane Set for Title Showdown | Cantona Tips Man Utd for Title | Hewitt to Sue ATP' | Beckham, Barthez Fit for United |
EXTRA
Transition: Will Nigeria Get It Right This Time? |