Friday August 15th, 2003

NEWS
Nigeria to Extradite Criminals from Benin Rep | Senate 'll Probe N175bn LG Fund, Says Wabara | Warri Refinery MD, 2 Others Abducted, Released | NNPC, DPR Feud Stalls Marginal Field Operations | Massive Blackout Hits US, Canada | Senate Seeks More Information on Monetisation | Liberia: Obasanjo Inspects Tanks, Wishes Troops Well | Ngige: Anambra PDP Gives Condition For Peace | Taylor Visits Duke in Office | ...NUJ Wants Him Taken to War Tribunal | House Mandates FG to Fund Severance Allowance | Babangida Seeks Better Executive-Legislature Ties | Nigeria's Interest Should Shape Foreign Policy - Masari | DPR to Probe US Firm, Schlumberger | Ngige: Royal Fathers Want Coupists Punished | Ohanaeze Chief Faults Relocation of Enugu Tribunal | NLC Disowns Fake Labour Buses | 30 Cops Paraded for Corrupt Practices | Why We are in Liberia - Agwai | 'Fuel Importation Inimical to Naira Value' | Rulers Decry Call for Scrapping of NDDC. | Lawmaker Condemns Proposed LG Reforms | Why Poverty Persists, By Masari | FG Won't Privatise Education - Osuji | MTN Launches New Product | NDDC Refutes Probe Allegation | Customers Owe NITEL N300m | Ibru: Bamaiyi, Mustapha's Motion for August 19 | Hausa Leader Sues for Peace | Years of Neglect, Cause of High GSM Tariffs | France Heat Wave Kills 3,000 People | SMIEIS: Banks Contributions Hit N18.6bn - CBN Gov | US Marines Move Into Monrovia as Rebels Withdraw | Odili Decries Legislature's Judicial Powers | NITEL MD Promises Quick turn Around | Guinea Worm Infestation Still in Ebonyi | Police Assure Officers on Promotions | Owerri Gets Mobile Sanitation Courts |
BUSINESS
Aviation Stakeholders Seek Duty Waiver on Spares | Apapa Customs Generates N37bn in Six Months | Chemical Workers Demand Fresh Welfare Package | Management Responsible for Unilever Crisis - Gwadebo | Okeke Joins Cadbury as Prudent, Gateway Elevates Staff | Challenges of Rebuilding Nigeria Civil Service Union | Importers, Freight Forwarders Lament Seme Border Closure | 'Jobless Claims in UK Fell July' | Stakeholders Defend Operations in Bonded Warehouses | Ship,Trawler Collide at Sea | Sekibo and the Task Ahead | Crack in Agents' Central Working Committee | Dockworkers Commend JOMALIC | Shippers' Council Defends Importers | Conserving the Ocean | Seattle Using Cruise Boom to Navigate through Tough Economy | Nigeria Airways: Institute Wants Barter with Boeing | N10bn Needed to Pay Off Nigeria Airways Workers | Virgin Altantic Offers Reprieve to Stranded BA Passengers | Nigeria Airways: Going, Going... | Confusion, Intrigues Trail Liquidation of Nigeria Airways | 'Why Pan Express Boss Was Attacked' |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Integrating Culture into National Consciousness | Nine Comedians Host 2003 Emmys |
COMMENT
Putting the Parliament in Perspective | Anambra: Uniting the Home Front |
EDITORIAL
CBN and Distressed Banks |
LETTERS
Still on COJA-PAN Affair | Replacing Nigeria's Currency With Coins | Alamieyeseigha, this is Unfair |
CITY DIARY
Arebamen Decries Public Perception of Police | Pharmacists Frown at Herbal Medicine Adverts in Kaduna | Corps Members Donate to Leprosy, Tuberculosis Centre | NITEL to Digitalise 2,000 Telephone Lines in Bauchi | Communites Chide Basin Authority |
POLITICS
Taylor Doesn't Deserve Asylum in Nigeria - NCP | Rivers Governor Tasks Public Officers | Ebonyi Assembly Passes Bill on Traffic Control | Speaker Wants FG to Equip Police | FG Urged to Implement Assembly's Laws | Bayelsa Assembly Assures on Good Laws | In Rivers, Odili Harps on Ethical Re-orientation |
RELIGION
Meaning of Zakah - 1 |
TOURISM
'Branding 'll Give Tourism a New Face' | South Africa Turns to PR for Tourism Boost | Manchester City FC Signs Thomas Cook |
MARKET NEWS
Shareholders Flay SEC, NSE Charges on Firms |
MONEY GUIDE
Abuse of TC's: CBN Indicts 21 Banks | Magnum Trust Bank Deposits Hits N16.5 bn | Naira Down by 9 Kobo at Dutch Auction | Broad Bank Commisions Rivers Branch |
FEATURES
Celebrating Federal High Court at 30 | Seeking Holistic Approach to Women's Right |
HEALTH
GSK Slashes Prices of Anti-HIV Drugs | 'Beware of Advertising Uncertified Drugs' | Lagos Plans Survey on Non-communicable Diseases | WHO Advises Countries to Adopt Smoking Cessation |
SPORTS
Eagles Coach: You Goofed! | Okocha Now Bolton's Captain | Heineken Tennis: Phadke Stops Udofa | Ministry Rescues Stranded Athletes | Enyimba, Wikki Clash in Bauchi | ... Replaced by Babangida for Japan | Finland 2003: Cameroon, S'Leone Draw | Nigeria Battles Angola in Final | IOC Sends Out Athens 2004 Invitations | IGI Hosts ECOWAS Forum | Athletes Depart for Paris World Tourney | Don't Crucify Rotimi | We Don't Need Aso Rock - Famuyide | Civil Service Begins Mock 8th All Africa Games | Support Coca-Cola | The Rise of Freddy Adu | Bafana Bafana Snub Premiership Stars |
EXTRA
Not Exactly a Goodbye ... |