Monday June 16th, 2003

NEWS
Obasanjo Defends Wabara, Blames INEC for Mix-up | Fuel Price Hike: Oil Workers Give Condition | Liberia: US Set to Evacuate Citizens | States Responsible for Urban/Regional Planning - S'Court | STB Secures Higher International Debt Ratings | Obasanjo Predicts Hard and Tough Decisions | Don't Trivialise Ige Murder Trial, Says Tinubu | Ezeife Calls for Confederation, Two Party System | Niger, NANS 'Cold War' Resolved | Osun Teachers Suspend 5-month Old Strike | 2007: PDP Chieftain Counsels Atiku | Technical Grounds in Polls Verdict Bad, Says NBA Chief | Be Transparent, Selfless, Leaders Told | UNN Graduates 110 Doctors Friday | AD Senatorial Candidate Faces Partymen's Wrath | Ex-Kwara Gov Debunks N45bn Debts Claim | Bayelsa ANPP in N15m Scam | Ensure Industrial-Friendly Climate - KWACCIMA Urges FG | Speaker Assures of Better Deal | 'Works Ministry Not Involved in N1.53bn Road Contract' | Court Restrains FG from Arresting Accountant | Edo Govt Hands-off Primary School Pensions | Muslims Urged to Imbibe Good Character | Survey Identifies Lagos Pressing Needs | Muslims Urged to be Tolerant | Legal Tussle over N30m Contract Fee Continues Today | 'New Cabinet 'll Make or Mar Alamieyeseigha' | NDLEA Boss Turbaned Sarkin Bauran Katsina | Embrace Peace , Emir Tells All |
BANKING REVIEW
Those Behind Magnum Trust Bank |
POLITICS
Wabara: The Triumph of Reason | The Twist and Turns of The Local Council Polls | Ladoja Behind Pulling Down of Awo Statue, Says NCP | Tribunal: ANPP Stalwarts Fast for Hashidu | APGA Goes to Supreme Court to Void Obasanjo's Victory |
CITY DIARY
Fresh Trouble Brews in Rivers Community | Jigawa Govt. Backpedals on Housing Promise to Police | Police Record Appreciable Decline in Crime Wave | Okogie Worried over Lagosians' Disinterest in the Priesthood | Windstorm Wreaks Harvoc in Dutse | Destruction of Caked Rice in Public Interest - NAFDAC |
EDITORIAL
CBN, Banks and Advance Fee Fraud |
LETTERS
Why I take History with a Pinch of Salt | On NEPA's Importation of Health-hazard Tools- A Rejoinder | Before Another Building Collapses |
COMMENT
Agenda for National Conference | The NAFDAC Challenge |
BUSINESS
Nigeria Needs 3m New Jobs Annually - Manpower Board | Jigawa Targets N65bn in Gum Arabic Earnings | Customs Moves to Check Container Diversion, Others | 'Bizmen, Civil Society Hopeful About Africa's Economy' | WAMCO Holds Distributors' Conference 2003 | Kwara Gives Land to NEPA | 'Why OPEC Retained Production Quota' | Koreans Target Nigerian Manufacturing Sector | NDDC and Its Mandate | N0.65bn Loan Stock Aims at Strenghtening Neimeth Management | Italian Prime Minister, Berlusconi in Tax Fraud Probe | Dollar Dips as Confidence Data Disappoint | Totalfinaelf's Turnover Hits N56bn, Declares 700k Dividend/Share | Union Dicon Sells Salina Salt Field | Moody's Cuts GM Debt Ratings | Coca-Cola Sweetens Bid for Springwater | EU Disputes U.S. Trade Practices | Understanding and Trading Derivative Instruments in the Nigerian Stock Market | Europe Stocks End Lower | Oil Slides on Inventory Revision | IPWA Reduces Losses to N18.5m in First Quarter | Heineken, Diageo Raise Stake in Namibian Breweries | Korean Firm Chairman Jailed for Accounting Fraud | ECB Slashes Its Forecasts in Signal of Rate Cut | Setting Up Fish Drying and Smoking Plant for Export | Wholesale Prices Fall Again | Sentiment Rocks Stocks | BrandFaces Marketing Awards Moved to Lagos | APCON Holds Forum on Advertising Laws and Regulations | Saatchi & Saatchi Wins at the Clio Awards Festival | MIPAN Organises Management Development Programme | Cordiant Pressed to Test Rescue Plan | IPRA Hosts Talk On Democracy | Price Versus Quality | Pedro Commends Brand Health's Survey Report | Campaigns for Black Consumers | Zonal Contest of Maggi Cooking Competition Holds | Replay TV Recorder to Drop Ad-Skipping Button | Ragolis Takes On New Look | UACN Reaps Gains of Restructuring | N50 Million Invested in Lucozade 'Bib Bang' Promo | Ad Spending Up Despite Decline in Tobacco Sales | Gap Seeks Creative Agency | Oyo State Body Defies Court, Pulls Down Billboards | DDB Makes Another Sweep at Clio Awards | Mcdonald's Overhauls Global Advertising Strategies |
MARKET NEWS
Investors Stake N1.5bn on Lagos State Bond |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Introduces Bi-weekly OMO | Banks Cautioned on Credit Cards |
ARTS & REVIEW
Thirty-Second African Festival Holds in Brooklyn | Big Brother Africa: A Bout of kisses |
FEATURES
What Manner of Future for African Children? | So That Peace May Return to Liberia |
SPORTS
Funds Stall Appointment of Foreign Coach | Nigeria Lobbies ICC | Tennis: CBN Senior Open Serves off Today | NFA Launches Operation Beat Namibia | Abuja 2003: Private Firm Targets N1b for COJA | Senegal Qualifies for Tunisia 2004 | League: Ozurumba Leads | Nigeria/Brazil: COJA Absolves Self | Ojo-Oba Lectures Eritreans | Gaddafi's Son to Train for Perugia |
EXTRA
When Journalists Go On Firing Lines |