Tuesday August 19th, 2003

NEWS
Displaced Residents Flee Warri | Police: Omisore Involved in Ige's Murder | No Crisis in Banks, Says CBN | Afenifere Warns of One-Party Dictatorship | AP in Fresh N4bn Debt Problem | Shell Petroleum Gets New Chief Executive | GSM: NCC Unhappy with Quality of Service | Only 5 percent of Rural Dwellers Could Afford Phone - Report | ANPP Challenges Appointment of New INEC Commissioners | Ngige: Udeh, Uba Others Stand Expelled - PDP | Nigeria in 176m Euro Trade Deficit with Germany | ... I Won't Transfer Cases to Enugu - Egbo-Egbo | 'Gas Flaring, Threat to Niger Delta' | 'N/Assembly Not Target of Monetisation' | Assembly Seeks Board of Govs for LGs | Liberia: Govt, Rebel to Sign Peace Deal | Nnamani Challenges Relocation of Tribunal | 2007: Beware of Sycophants, Atiku Told | Nigeria to Spend N50m on Film Festival | Minister Probes NTA/Police Clash | Jigawa Citizens Advise on LG Reforms | Marabouts Dupe Makarfi's Aide | 'Integrate Varsity, Host Community' | Military to Benefit from Monetisation - Kwankwaso | Ogun Police Parade 19 Cultists | Waku Faults Govt on Asylum for Taylor | Sanni Expresses Doubt over LG Reforms | Gombe Advocates Penalty for Councils | Tin Miners Accuse FG of Neglect | Odili Inaugurates Body on Good Governance | CMD Seeks Govts' Aid for Aminu Kano Hospital | Imo May Repair Federal Roads | Kwara Launches Waste Management Scheme,Employs 1,500 | Ngige Sets Up Contract Evaluation, Debt Recovery Tribunal | Adamawa Inaugurates Primary Education, Pension Boards | Pedro Tasks Army on Democracy Dividends | Edo Commissions Committee on Kerosine Blasts Victims | NDLEA Arrests 67 Suspects | Why We Accepted 29 LG Structure - Commissioner | Isreali Envoy Promises Agric Dev |
STATE OF THE STATES
9 Varsities Get N20.8m US Grant | New Warri Conflict, a Surprise - Police | Siamese Twins: Pedro Hails Nigerian Surgeon | Commerce Chambers to Visit S/Africa | $18m Debt: Minister Threatens Shipping Firms | Poverty Level Blamed on Neglect of Agric | Sani Opposes Abolition of Death Penalty | Sharia Group for Death Penalty | I Won't Probe Akande, Says Oyinlola | 'Shun Harmful Practices Against Kids' | UNIPORT VC Welcomes Private Varsities | Student Sues Employer over Detention | NEPA's Improved Services Explained | 'KIND' Launches Internet Cafe | Govt Sells 1,500 Tonnes of Grains | Bafarawa Dissolves LG Panels |
ARTS & REVIEW
Surprise Booker Longlist, Snubs Carey, Includes Amis |
BUSINESS
'Distribute Oil Wealth Directly to Nigerians' | Blackout Shuts 7 US, Canada Refineries | Nigerian Economy Becomes More Import Dependent - MAN | NLNG Quenches US Thirst for Gas | Shell, Total Clinch $5 Billion Saudi Gas Project | Marginal Fields: Operators May Protest to Presidency | Agricultural Research and Improved Livelihood in Nigeria | FG Urged to Enforce Ban on Textile Import | NASSI Training to Enhance Access to SMIEIS Fund | German Trade Fair Beacons on Nigerian Investors | Obasanjo to Commission WAPCO/LAFARGE Plant | Industrial Action Looms Large in Petroleum Industry |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Works Ministry's N365bn Contracts Raise Performance Concerns | . . .To Review Toll Plaza Operators' Revenue Returns | FEDEX Commissions Onitsha Office | Consulting Engineers Hold New Members' Day | Community Protests Demolition of Gedegede Water Fronts | Housing Corporations Task National Assembly | Architects Set Building Materials Policy Agenda | ...To Discuss Policy at General Meeting | Stallion Property Plans Abuja Terrace | Former Minister Appointed IBC Deputy DG |
POLITICS
Workshop Advocates Autonomy for INEC | Election Tribunal: Anosike, Emordi Know Fate Today | 'National Assembly Committed to National Rebirth' | Pedro Tasks Military On Democracy | Group Chides FG Over Uba | Where is the Opposition? | 'Why Taylor is in Nigeria' |
MARKET NEWS
Investors Clamour for Gulf Bank's Shares | Wall Street Opens with Gains |
MONEY GUIDE
Bank of the North to be Partially Privatised | City Express, ETB Open New Branches | Hallmark Bank Boosts SMIEIS with N146m |
COMMENT
The Problem With Nigeria | Obasanjo and Politics of Abdication |
EDITORIAL
The Campaign to Cleanse Lagos |
LETTERS
Telephone Scam: NITEL Staff Are Not Involved | Another Lesson from Adam | WAEC, Please Release My Certificate |
LAW
Between Local Government Reform and The Constitution | ' Taylor Must Account for His Crimes Against Humanity' | Compulsory Land Aquisition: Need to Review Land Use Act | Prisoners' Rights: Still A Case for Concern | Child Adoption and the Law | Injunction Against Ngige: Uba Lacks Locus |
CITY DIARY
Tension at Iddo Rice Market | Mu'azu Wants Muslims to Pray for Nation's Unity, Democracy |
FEATURES
Nigeria: Challenge of the Girl-Child |
SPORTS
Okocha Doffs Hat for Ronaldo | Abuja 2003: Injuries, Weather Hamper Athletes Training | Heineken Tennis: Udofa in Image Redeeming Mission | Berger Diffuse Tornadoes | Juventus Too Sharp for Milan | Finland'2003: Eaglets Dare Argentina | Supporters Club Protest to FIFA | Will Finland Produce The Next Kanu? | Clijsters Makes History, Now No. 1 in Women's Tennis |
EXTRA
Snapshots of Nigeria |