Friday August 29th, 2003

NEWS
419: FG Investigates Bank Accounts | House Summons IGP over State of Security | Obasanjo Meets GSM Operators, Negotiates Tariff Reduction | Pension Backlog Stands at N2 Trillion | Ajaokuta: Senate Wants Obasanjo to Suspend Action on FG/Solgas Pact | How to Ensure Realistic Allocations to States, LGs - RMAFC | NEPAD Inaugurates Outreach Committee | 'ICPC Received 942 Petitions Since Inception' | Lawmaker Faults Govt Bond Funding of Deficit | FG to Establish Trado-Medical Council | Japan Expends N36.2m on Community Projects in Nigeria | FG Awards N2.65bn Contract for S/East Roads | ...Raises Panel on Violence | Fuel Crisis Killings: Senate Asks Police to Punish Culprits | Poultry Association Receives N250m Facility | ...Blames ANPP Fire on Intra-party Crisis | Yayale Inaugurates Monetisation Committee | LG Creation 'll Resolve Warri Crisis - Ibori | 7 States to Benefit from IFAD's $68.5m Devt Package | Ladoja Wants New Law on Secondary Education | Steyr Set to Assemble Luxury Buses | NUJ Disowns NAWOJ Elections | Amoisonic Confirms Geosanna as Agent | 'Ibru Jetty Not Sealed Off' |
BUSINESS
Bonded Warehouse Operators Worry Over MOU with NPA | 17 British Companies on Trade Mission to Nigeria Sept | FG Cedes UTC Workers to Food Union | First Bank Retires 3, EIB, Guardian Make Fresh Appointments | STB Sets Aside N2bn for NB Plc Distributors | Entrepreneurs Advised on How to Secure Loans | Issues to Define Industrial Relations Climate in Last Quarter | Customs Battles Fraud, Increased Import Violations | Mitigating the Effects of Retrenchment in Nigeria | FOTOB Seeks Review of Workman's Compensation Act | NSITF Invests in 20 Major Economic Sectors | It's Holiday Time: What Are You Doing? | Int'l Routes: Chanchangi Wants FG's Approval for Domestic Airlines |
COMMENT
NAFDAC and Chinese Drug Monopoly | Idi Amin: Demise of a Dictator |
EDITORIAL
From Gas Flares to Foreign Exchange |
LETTERS
Coping With Cornelius Adebayo Gimmicks | Help, Before the Chinese Kill Our Economy | On Ndukwe's BBC Interview |
CITY DIARY
Catholic Church, NGOs Train Health Workers | Work Begins on Traditional Ruler's Who's Who | NIPOST to Demolish Shops at Ilorin Post Office |
POLITICS
Tinubu, Oba Akiolu Take Centre Stage in Lagos |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Lagos Goes Gaga for New Oba | ITS' Okhai Returns from Avid Training | Venice Gets the Giggles as Woody Opens Film Fest |
MARKET NEWS
Bail-out: Shareholders Caution Union Bank |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Bans 5 Firms from Forex Market | Access Bank Impressive Performance Tickles Shareholders | Sanusi Counsels African Bankers on Professionalism |
FEATURES
British Education for Ebonyi Indigenes |
HEALTH
LUTH: Tackling Problems of Finance, Indigent Patients | Expert Counts Success Rate in Assisted Conception | Kwara Embarks on Free Eye Treatment | Clear Essence Cosmetics, Edge of Beauty Redefined | Youth Advised on HIV/AIDS |
SPORTS
FA Chieftain Raps Eguaveon | Businessman Boosts Team Nigeria | Malta Guinness: Grasshoppers Win League in Style | El-Kanemi Appeals for Banned Players | Globacom League: Minnows Battle Relegation | Politics Dampen 3SC's Celebrations |