Sunday May 18th, 2003

NEWS
Speakership: S/West, N/Central Members Endorse Masari | Appoint Petroleum Minister, Aminu Tells Obasanjo | Kerosene Explosion: We're Not Responsible, Says NNPC | Ibori Asks Supreme Court to Quash Appeal | ANPP Won't Join Obasanjo's Govt, Says Aikhomu | Akogun Chides N/Assembly over Speakership Rule | LG Boss Blasts Bode George over PDP Electoral Victory | Abia ANPP Seeks Annulment of Atuma's Election | 27 Cops Fired over Extortion | Progressive Action Party Suspends Sarah Jubril | Audu Inaugurates 6-man Transition Committee | Consumer Price Index Rises - CBN | Community Warns Against War | APGA Guber Candidate in Anambra Goes to Tribunal | Mu'azu Sets UpTransition Committee | Anambra May Recede into Anarchy, Says Emordi | Strange Creature Forces Maru Women Indoors | Egwu Reconciles Warring Communities | Jigawa Election Tribunal Receives Five Petitions | Imo Guber Poll: Tribunal Permits Uzodimma Access to Election Materials | Bizman Rallies Support for FG | Okogie Tasks Priests on Indecent Dressing | Nigeria Yet to Achieve Electoral Success - Youth Group | Poly Warns Students Against Cultism | Imo LG Boss Suspended | FG, Italy Sign $35m Contract to Furnish Abuja Hotel | FIDA Outlines Factors for Women Empowerment | Igbo Group Advises Senate on Resolutions | Group Condemns Call for 'Mass Action' | NURTW Congratulates Obasanjo, Atiku, Others on Re-election | Former Ompadec Director Lauds NDDC |
COVER
A MATTER OF SENIORITY | Seniority and the US Senate: The Case of Lyndon Johnson | The Road to Peace |
ARTSTAND
A New Beginning |
WEEKEND BUSINESS
A Brand New Economy |
COMMENT
PDP Captured, Didn't Win Yorubaland | Elections 2003: A Personal Opinion |
LETTERS
Who Bugged INEC's Website? | Osoba is Not Being Persecuted | Letter to National Assembly Mem bers | One Area Where Obasanjo Has Failed Us |
POLITICS
What Next for Them Too? |
SPORTSXTRA
Arsenal Retains English FA Cup | Mauresmo Outstrokes Serena in Italia Masters | Henry Agrees New Deal with Arsenal | Rogge Boost for London Bid | Anderson Gets England Call | Piston Seal Series Win | Deschamps Condemns Confederations Cup | African Champions, Zamalek Set to March on | Yobo Closes Everton Deal | South Africa Coach Slams English Premiership | Cadbury Cup Air Assault Golf Club Defends Title | Ascot Oil and Gas Roams to Ghana | Elections, Late Rains Stall Minna Tournament |
RELIGION
Standing for Truth |
ENCOUNTER
'Why I Refused to Ditch Obasanjo' |
SUNDAY COMMENT
The President and His Bureaucracy |
DISCOURSE
2003 Polls: Raising The Scepter of June 12? | On the Closure of the Nigerian State |
SUNDAY EXTRA
Walter Sisulu (1912 - 2003) |
TOURISM
What's there to see at Nigerian Parks? |
INTERVIEW
Nyiam to Obasanjo: Address Zonal Imbalances |
INSIGHT
Has Yoruba Council of Elders Upstaged Afenifere? | Rethinking the 30-party State? |
MOTORING
Vehicle Backlog Hits New Highs | Kia Makes Nigeria Regional Training Centre | Ssangyong: From Musso to Rexton | 'How Toyota Maintains Quality, Spread' |
BACKPAGE
Saving our Schools |