Friday May 2nd, 2003

NEWS
Wage Review: Obasanjo Rules Out State, LG Workers | FG Moves to Stop Violence in Delta | Hostage Saga: Peace Talks Deadlocked | ANPP, 15 Others Against Swearing-in of President, Govs | Privatisation: NCP Okays Dangote for Nigeria Hotels, Chyzob for Properties | Electoral Malpractices Amount to Treason - ANPP, PRP | Lagos Obas Pledge Support for Tinubu's Second Term | Election Results Represent People's Wish, Says CD | Assembly Polls: Politicians Cautioned over Violence | No Regrets over Buhari's Choice, Says Bafarawa | 17 Parties to Shun May 3 Polls | Nwuche Congratulates Obasanjo, PDP | Rivers ANPP Boycotts Assembly Election | Obasanjo Wants INEC to Probe Polls Fraud | Osoba threatens to Sue PDP | Ibori Denies Identification Trial Report | PDP Advises Defeated parties in A/Ibom | Ibori to Buhari: Accept Presidential Polls Results | Oyinlola Pledges to Enhance Osun's Investment Profile | Unongo, ANPP Guber Candidate, Arrested | Group Urges Politicians to Accept Polls Results | NEPA Probes Outstations' Spending | Mbadinuju Raises 12-man Transition Committee | Shell Unveils Credit Facility to Promote Local Content | W/African Power Interconnectivity Ready | Youths Urge Lawal to Step Aside | Sokoto INEC Receives 2 Election Petitions | PDP Suspends 8 Chieftains | Rotary Hosts Americans in Study Exchange | Ahmadiyya Gets New Supreme Head | Mu'azu Chides Journalists | 6 States Get UNESCO Rural Library Projects | Groups Endorse Election Results | 8 Groups Fault Gana over Polls | My Administration Remains Unbeatable - Akande | Ogbeh Commended over PDP's Victory at Polls | Gov-elect Moves Against LG Creation in Ekiti | Politicians Cautioned Against Calls for Polls Cancellation | Kingmakers Urged Not to Impose Oba on Lagosians | Why Hashidu Lost in Gombe, by ANPP | W/Bank, 3 Groups to Wipe Out Polio in Nigeria |
BUSINESS
'How to Eradicate Touts from Sea and Airports' | Importers Accept Hike in Tariffs, Rice Discharged | US Airline Pilots Get Guns | A Safety Culture That Can Save Lives | 2003 Polls: The Challenge Before Organised Labour | Labour Day: Nothing to Celebrate in Africa, Latin America | Work Kills Two Million Annually | May Day Message From Ilo | American Airlines Chief Executive Resigns | ETB Promotes 383 Staff Members | Gulf Bank Elevates 95 Staff | FCMB Appoints New Executive Director Vice President | Customs May Suffer Revenue Shortfall from Licence | Maduekwe Rates NMA Board, Management High | Oil Spill Reported in Massachusetts Coast | Police Wade into ANLCA Crisis | Obasanjo Gives JODLIC Boss Another Three Years | 'Nigerdock Has Nothing to Do with Boat Accident' | IRS Airlines and the New Challenge | AMR Starts Anew Amid Bankruptcy Worries | American Flight Attendants OK Concessions | Lufthansa Provides Passengers with Wireless Access to Internet | 'No Fly ' List is Challenge in Law Suit - Rights Advocates | Sars on the Rise in India |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Travails of Nigerian Writers in Politics | Osofisan Dazzles America With Wesoo Hamlet | Luther Vandross Diagnosed of Tracheotomy | Enough is Enough from Super Story |
COMMENT
Elections: There is No Crisis | Elections and National Development |
EDITORIAL
The Ikorodu Fire Report |
LETTERS
Bisi Akande and Olagunsoye Oyinlola | Omisore and His Shaky Seat |
CITY DIARY
Determined to Have Them Hanged | Ifes, Modakekes Find Unity in Talkshop | Group Trains 40 on Vocational Skills | Cleric Canvasses Love, Assistance for Prisons |
POLITICS
How I Survived Attempt to Rig Me Out - Turaki | Abdulrazaq Urges Kwarans to Ensure Hitch-Free Polls | Despite Misgivings, No Boycott of State Assembly Polls | Facts to Ponder on the Presidential Election | 'Why this Democracy Must Endure' | Election 2003 Tasks Nation's Judiciary |
RELIGION
The Bridge From Man to Man |
TOURISM
The Yielding Allure of the Ranch | 'I Had a Passion for Beauty Pageants' | Sosoliso, What's Going On Here? |
FEATURES
Julie Useni, One Year After |
HEALTH
Minister, Analysts Caution on Banned Products | Firm Launches Anti-microbial Products | 'Fibroids, Not Major Cause of Infertility' |
SPORTS
Falcons Fallout: Ministry to Vet NFA's Visa Applications | NVBF Members Fault Courts | Ibadan Hosts Wrestling CWC Meeting | Enyimba Threatens CAF Protest | Malta Guinness Handball Postponed | Ejide Hungry for Action | Finidi Faces More Tests | Premiership: Must Wins for United, Bolton | Ameobi to Aid Newcastle Coffers |
EXTRA
Buhari, the Press and the Dance |