Monday June 30th, 2003

NEWS
FG, Labour Talks Deadlocked | Fuel: N/Assembly to Broker Acceptable Prices - Masari | Liberia: Taylor Gives Condition to Step Down | CBN to Punish Banks for ATM Fraud | Accenture to Manage MTS Network Roll Out | Strike: Ex-parte Order Unconstitutional, Says NCP | Tribunal to Hear Obi's Motion in Anambra | Hashidu Accounts for 'Missing' Govt Vehicles | Assassination Threat: Shango's Allegation Untrue - Benue Govt | Strike: Groups Caution on Hijack by Hoodlums | Police Warn against Breach of Peace | 'How to Avert Today's Strike' | Pro-strike Leaflets Flood Ogun | Students, Labour Leaders Mobilise for Strike in Kwara | Communities Threaten Shell over Land Lease | I'm Ready to Face Anti-graft Panel, Says Hashidu | Bayelsa Civil Servants to Enjoy Internet Facilities | Akume's Counsel Faults Unongo's Petition | Assembly Wants Contract Procedures Overhauled | Delta Set to Sell Transport Firm | We'll Make Education Priority - Gombe SSG | Strike: ABU ASUU Expels 17 Erring Dons | 'AD Boss Nomination Disappointing' | Bayelsa to Fish out Ghost Workers | 'Don't Sell Fuel Above N40' | Parents Role in Curbing Cultism, By UNILORIN VC | N5m Osoba Gift Tears Traders Apart | My Emergence, An Act of God - Female Speaker | LG Boss Refutes Serial Killer's Report |
BANKING REVIEW
Those Behind UTB |
State of the States
Resource Control 'll Kill Nigeria, Says Ekwensi | How Nigeria Can Gain from AGOA - Expert | Union Seeks Shake-up in Kwara Water Corporation | FG Urged to Re-award Road Contract | Akande Seeks Support for Anti-Graft Crusade | Govt Creates 3 Ministries | Pay Attention to Spiritual Growth, Cleric Tells Leaders | MOAN Holds Seminar on Double Taxation | Osun Owes N2.13bn Local Debt - Oyinlola | Road Project: 4 Firms Get N43m | Group Plans Home-made GSM Handsets | Speaker Tasks Journalists on Nation's Unity | Muslim Group Wants Old Petroleum Prices Back | Group Endorses NLC action Against FG over Fuel Price | Speaker Seeks Newsmen's Co-operation | LG Reforms: Four Panels Established | Group Hails Wabara, Imo Peace Accord |
POLITICS
Saraki Canvasses Support for Kwara Ministerial Nominees | S/East Group Backs Wabara | Akinyele Blames Buhari Over Attacks on IBB | 'Soldiers Attack on Community Politically Motivated' | Ogun Speaker Assures on Sound Executive/Legislature Relationship | Gombe AD Crisis Deepens | Fuel Price Hike: Any Hope of a Truce? | 'There 'll Be No More Legislature/Executive Face-off' | 'My Return 'll Reconcile PDP Factions in Anambra' |
CITY DIARY
Lagos: Worrying Popularity of Homosexuality Among Youths | Doctor Accuses South Africa Airline of Breach of Contract | Katsina Raises Alarm over High Drug Consumption | Man Held for Severing Boy's Organ for N1.5m | Group Donates Electricity Plant to Orphanage Home |
EDITORIAL
NEPA's Missing Pensions Funds |
LETTERS
Obasanjo's Insensitivity | Not Even in the Worst Military Dispensation | Who Owns Nigerian Currency Notes |
COMMENT
George Bush's Visit to Nigeria | Ferrostaal Not Again for ALSCON |
BUSINESS
NACCIMA Dissatisfied with Economic Reforms | Shippers Protest 400% Increase in SON's Testing Charges | Employers' Association Rejects New Fuel Prices | Coral Properties' Offer Aborted, Subscribers to get Refund | Nestle gets US clearance for Dreyer's deal | Shareholders Approve Name Change for Totalfinaelf | Fisher in $714m Bid for Sweden's Perbio | Foreign Creditors Get Tough Over SK Global | Aborted Offers: Centre-Point Bank, 2 Others to Return Money | Acquisition of SUN Insurance by Cashcraft Voided | Dollar Flat After Spending Remains Sluggish | BAT Fondation Launches Poverty Alleviation Programme | NAL Releases N1bn Unit Trust Scheme into Market | Delphi Postpones $300m Debt Issue | NBC Defends Acquisition of Schweppes | Accounting Irregularities, Financial Fraud and Corporate Governance | NSE's Operations and Share Delivery Procedures | ICT Handbook Enters Nigerian Market | Hill & Knowlton, JSP Sign Exclusive Agreement | Battle for Cordiant Control Intensifies | Nexans Kabelmetal Comended for Launch of New Product | Whir, Click, Thump - An Ad's Alluring Rhythm | South Africa's M-Web Launched in Nigeria | NIKE must Face Ad claims, Says Court | Nestle Completes Dreyer's Acquisition | PRCAN Institutes Public Relations Awards | Brandfaces Marketing Awards Commended | Why Most Lagosians Play Lottery | How Communications Coys Can Increase Profitability -Workshop | SmartPAY Restates Leadership Position in Local Market |
MARKET NEWS
Total Defends High Dividend Payout Policy | C and I Leasing Pays N36m Dividend |
MONEY GUIDE
Nigeria's Debt Conversion Receives Cold Feet | NASB Boss Canvasses Review of Companies Act |
ARTS & REVIEW
Gaemania Rules Big Brother Africa House |
FEATURES
The Strike Option for Fuel Prices | Rescuing Women from the HIV/AIDS Menace |
SPORTS
It's 97 Days to the 8th All Africa Games | Lyon in Mourning After Foe's Death | Cycling: Rivals Predict Armstrong Win | Winter Olympics: Candidate Cities Await 2010 Vote | Ralf Tastes Home Victory | Chambers Hits Form, Crushes Montgomery | Man Utd Targets Hughes as Ferguson's Assistant | Calzaghe Knocks Out Mitchell | Agassi, Serena, Henman Face Big Tests | Golf: Golding Claims Maiden Win | HFN Decamps Players for Guinness | Ecuador Names Squad Against Eagles | Nigeria Cricketers to Tour Tanzania, Uganda | Oceania Protest FIFA's World Cup U-turn | Junior Tigers Battle China in Opening Game | Gaddafi Signs Two-year Deal With Perugia | Premier League: Okoye Saw Red in Jos | AmaGlud-glug Holds Kenya at Home |
EXTRA
For Right Education Policy |