Wednesday June 25th, 2003

NEWS
Senate Begins Screening, Demands Asset Declaration | NLC Okays Indefinite Strike Monday | N68bn Made from Privatisation, Says El-Rufai | Obasanjo Promises Civil Service Reform | Pipeline Explosion: Kalu Rules Out Compensation, Blames Traditional Rulers | Mass Action: Okadigbo Leads Delegation to EU, US | Ugochukwu Reappointed NDDC Chairman | Security, Necessary Evil, Says Obasanjo | Judge Pleads for Faith in Election Tribunal | NNPC Fire: Probe Panel Begins Public Hearing | Atiku for US-Africa Summit | 'CBN FOREX Utilisation Largely for Raw Material Importation' | Oyinlola Probes N100m Borehole Contract | Saraki Decries LGs' Reckless Spending | Judge Threatens Arrest of Naval Chief Over Court Order | NYSC: FG Tasks Banks' on Job Creation | Obasanjo Greets Erediauwa at 80 | Daniel Submits Commissioners List to House | Ondo Holds LG Election, September | NLNG Exports Liquefied Gas to US | New Fuel Prices 'll Discourage Smuggling, Says Senator | Fuel Price Hike Unacceptable, Says Freedom Organisation | Nigerdock Sacks 300 Workers | Editor's Snatched Car Recovered | Assembly Approves Ibori's 15 Advisers | Group Rejects Postponement of LG Election | Court Sentences 15 Lagos Residents Over Refuse | Women Account for 58% of AIDS Cases in Africa | NNPC Boss Greets Erediauwa at 80 | Cleric Condemns Fuel Price Hike | Udenwa Pledges to Recognise Experience | Army Chief Off to US | Guinness Chief Seeks More Investment on Youth |
BANKING REVIEW
Those Behind IMB International Bank |
Behind The News
The New Ministers on the Block (I) | How THISDAY Scooped Ministerial List |
POLITICS
Discordant Tunes Greet Council Reform | History of LG Reforms |
BUSINESS
SMIEIS : Banks Render False Returns to CBN - Report | NAICOM Denies Existence of Fake Treaties in Industry | Why NSE Suspended Trading in Co-operative Bank's Shares | Dollar Rallies as Fed Decision Looms | Credit Suisse sells Winterthur's Italian Arm | Glass Force to Produce Bottles for NB's Ama Brewery | Sun Insurance Raises Investors' Hope in First Quarter | Tighter Rules Agreed on Money Laundering | NBM Bank Fulfills Financial Assist Account Promise | Money Laundering: How Far Can CBN, Police Go? | Recent Developments in CBN | Longman Copes with Challenges of Operating Environment | Manufacturing Polythene Shopping Bags | Oil Service Firm, PGS, Announces Major Restructuring | Ajibola to Address June IoD Members' Evening | CFAO Plc Holds Agm Tomorrow | Men May Live Longer as Smoking, Drinking Takes Toll on Women | Falling Interest Rates Worsen Pension Woes | Bailey Charges Northerners to Make Career in Insurance | Pension Firm Cuts 900 Jobs | Goldlink Insurance Company Holds AGM Next Month | Survey Predicts Increased Demand for Specialist Insurance Cover | Insurance Costs Fuel Bus Exodus |
ARTS & REVIEW
Emotional Exit of Bruna, Big Brother Africa's Celebrity |
COMMENT
Democracy and Good Governance | NAFDAC and Deadline Extension |
MARKET NEWS
New Issues' Market Value Declines by 64.4 Per cent | US Blue Chips Edge Up | TotalFinaElf AGM Holds Tomorrow |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Worried Over Depreciation of Naira | SMIEIS: Sanusi Canvasses Equity Financing Option |
DEVELOPMENT
Rural Telephony: Key to Nigeria's Development? | Popularising the Cotonou Agreement | A Stitch in Time | Migration, Economic Development in Nigeria | A Mandate for the 2003 National Assembly |
EDITORIAL
The Largest Fuel Price Increase |
LETTERS
Taming Corruption from the Pulpit | What Nigerians Expect in Return for Fuel Price Increase | Obasanjo and the Beginning of Failure |
EDUCATION
Education: The Social Vaccine Against HIV/AIDs | NBC Commends Participation in Fanta Art, Essay Contest | Lekki British Junior School Appoints Sasegbon | A Mother's Agony....and Plea | Joint UNICEF/World Bank Workshop on Education Begins | Onosode Condemns Parents' Wrongdoings | Death Can't Stop Adeife's March | ZOD Libraries Host Cyprian Ekwensi |
CITY DIARY
Yaba Military Hospital in Sorry State | Ije, Dolphin Estate Residents Raise Alarm over Flood | A Lawyer's Gruesome Death from Electricity Plant Fire | Emir Tasks Parents on Education | Church Assures on Spiritual Immunisation Against SARS, Others |
FEATURES
HIV/AIDS: Clergymen's Response to Stigmatisation |
DIPLOMATIC MATTERS
Time for Real Peace in Liberia | A Plea for Ugandan Children | US Cuts Visa Time | Capital Flow Report Released |
SPORTS
Turkish Revenge Knocks Out Brazil | Kanu Shuns Invitation to U23 Team | KLM Lifts Tennis Players to S/Africa, Ghana | AFN, MTN Target 25,000 Marathoners | Players Complain of Crowded Draws | Hoopers Target N10m to Support Tigers | LG CUP: Chukwu Gives Ijeh Second Chance | Serena Breezes Through as Dokic Struggles | Tight Security as Turkey Confronts France | Madrid Sacks Del Bosque, Hierro | Kenya Protests to CAF | Tunisia 2004: Ziese Feels Ghana Heat |
EXTRA
Federal Republic of Dystopia |