Wednesday August 13th, 2003

NEWS
I've Come to Stay for Good, Says Taylor | Foreign Reserves Drop to $7.7bn | FG Sets Up Committee on New Airline | Senate Probes GSM Operators | Ngige Did Not Resign - Anambra AG | How to Avert Nigerian/Camerounian Clash, By Envoy | ANPP Fire: Senate Directs SSS to Question Etiebet | Border Closure: Kerekou Sends Emissaries to Obasanjo | President Promises Less Politicking | Deposed Senator, a Misfit, Says Ngige | Borishade Prolonged ASUU Strike - Fashina | FG Mops Up Excess Grains | UME Results: Salim Alleges Threat from Parents | Masari Tasks Panel on Hitch-free Census | Pension Burden too Heavy-Agagu | Loan Defaulters: FG to Set Up Special Courts | Oil Vessel Seized over Breach of Contract | NAFDAC Warns Media on Product Adverts | Gowon Urges Govt Not to Scrap LGs | Vehicle License: Road Traffic Services, FRSC on Collision Course | Pipeline Disaster: Group Seeks Justice for Victims | Arewa Faults FG's Council Reforms | 'Why Police Banned Officers from Carrying Firearms' | S/East Govs Want Roads Rehabilitated | 5 Killed in Auto Crash | Police Pays N15m to Families of 30 Slain Cops | Oyinlola Seeks Roles for Traditional Rulers | Asaba Indigenes Reject Commissioner Nominee | Yar'Adua Tasks Northern Leaders on Education | Akume Seeks Support for Police | Shekarau Promises Better Civil Service | OAU Raises Team to Find Missing Don | NBTE Gives Guidelines on Industrial Attachment | Committee to Oversee Ajah Land Set Up | Lawmaker Decries State of Akwa Ibom Roads | Olanrewaju Remembers Grandmother | Nigeria Hosts CBA African Regional Conference | Ijaw Kick Against Planned Amendment to NDDC Act | ETF Donates 800 Books to unijos | 'Don't Spend Public Funds on Adverts' | Police Finger Lebanese over Cross-border Robbery | Cleric Calls for Action Against Hunger | Minister Orders Uniport Water Scheme Completed |
BEHIND THE NEWS
Homosexuals: In Deferrence to God or Mammon? | ...It's Unscriptural -Osu | ...We are Nearing Endtimes - Imam | The Man, Gene Robinson |
POLITICS
Odili Canvasses New Work Ethics for Office Holders | Tribunal Voids Imo ANPP House Candidate's Election | PAC Urges Election Into Councils | Akume Nominates 16 Commissioners | Group Flays Leadership Struggle Among the Igbo | 2007: Road Map to the Presidency |
BUSINESS
Mergers Imminent as NAICOM Enforces Insurance Act | Textile Companies Threaten to Close Down Operations | China's Recovery from SARS Boosts Global Oil Demand | 'Monetisation Would Not Harm the Economy' | Standards Help with Competition | Facts Behind UBA's Improved Financial Figures | Ex-Finance Director Lists Union Dicon Salt's Problem | Embrace Mergers, Bailey Advises Insurance Coys | WAPCO Records Mixed Performance in 18 Months | Vodafone Agrees to Buy Singlepoint for œ405m | NEPA Blames Self over N2bn Debt in Abeokuta District | Group Mobilises Support for Commonwealth Meeting | IGI, Other Underwriters Revive Railway Insurance Scheme | ... Pays N3.8 Billion Claims in 18 Months | A&G Pays N0.5m Death Benefit to Usim, Bawa Too | Sovereign Trust Splashes N0.9m on Drivers' Workshop | Insurance Compendium for Launch | Sanni New Cornerstone Trustees' Managing Director |
ARTS & REVIEW
Celebrating Prof. Uche Okeke At 70 | Twist at Fifth BBA Nominations |
COMMENT
Musa Must Not Die | Police and Ngige's Abduction |
MARKET NEWS
Stock Market Rises By N4.5bn |
MONEY GUIDE
Prestige Assurance Shops for N252m | Naira Stabilises at N128.01 Per Dollar | Fortune Bank Boss Assures Depositors |
DEVELOPMENT
NEPAD... Development for Who? | Poverty: A Volcanic Threat to Democracy | Trade Reform for Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction | Tobacco-related Deaths to Rise - WHO | Experts Proffer Fish Farming to Fight Global Hunger | LG Reform and Constitutional Review in Nigeria (2) |
EDITORIAL
JAMB and Examination Malpractice |
LETTERS
The New Cabotage Law and NNPC | Coping with Oshiomhole's Sincerity | Tainted Image of Lagos |
EDUCATION
University Is its People -Omolewa | WAEC Launches Photo-embossed Certificate | ...Redeploys Principal Officers | Nigeria at JAI | Fayose, CBN Happy with Maths Centre | Arresting the 'Witch Weed' | NUC Suggests Way Out of Varsity Congestion | Jibril Delivers NAL Lecture |
FEATURES
'Quietly Burying Our Dead' |
SPORTS
Eagles Job: Robson Calls Ogunjobi | Abuja 2003: Ministry, COJA on Collision Course | Heineken Tennis: Udofa Returns, Cruises into Second Round | Eaglets Take on the World for Soccer Glory | Egypt 2003: Tigers Roar into Semis | Sharks Protest Against Jigawa | Berger Boss Heads to Court | Olympic Draws for Tunis | Nasarawa Fc Bank on Baraje for Glory | Handball: Border Closure Stalls Calypso Championship | PGA Tourney: History Beckons on Oak Hill | Egypt Can Host the World - Minister | Clubs Chase UEFA League Berths | Kleberson, Ronaldo Sign for Man Utd | Vieira, Pires Pen New Deals |
EXTRA
'In The Long-Run We Are All Dead' |