Tuesday Sept. 2nd, 2003

NEWS
LG Reforms Chairman, Etsu Nupe, is Dead | Amnesty International Seeks Taylor's Arrest | Major Industrial Crisis Hits Oil Sector | ANPP Faults Senate Report on Burnt Hqtrs | Econet: Otudeko Explains Role in Takeover Bid | 'Private Sector To Assume Leadership Role' | Warri: Mixed Reactions Greet Proposed LGs | ...LG Boss Seeks Relief for Displaced Victims | Nigeria Recovers 14 Stolen Vehicles from Benin Rep | FG Set to Reform Hajj Operations | Omisore: 'Oyo Won't Debrief Akande' | Nigeria 'll Benefit from Hosting CHOGM - McKinnon | Kaduna Procures 11,633 Okada for Teachers | Obasanjo Concludes One-day Visit to Liberia | Ohanaeze Backs Council Reforms But... | APGA Supporters 'Mob' Peter Obi As Tribunal Begins Hearing | Gombe Raises Committee to Recover Vehicles | UNIBEN Medical College Digitalised | Trade Fair Holds Forum for 5,000 SMEs | Enugu Airport Gets International Status Soon | Warri: Ijaw Pray, Fast for Peace | Striking Shell Workers Vow to Cripple Production | Group Petitions Atiku over Attack on Photo Journalist | Deputy Gov Stresses Christians' Roles in Nation-building | UNIBEN Appoints 2 Deputy VCs | Prudent Bank Shores up Capital Base to NI.5bn | FG Needs N240m for Railway Pensioners - Minister | Govt Business Too Costly, Says Obasanjo | Senate Urged to Pass Mapping Agency Bill | Obasanjo Donates Computers to Ivorien Journalists | US Visa Lottery Goes On-Line November | Navy Ready to Curb Bunkering | UTB Proposes N1.5bn Project for Ondo | Corps Members 'll No Longer Serve Own States - DG | Police Kill 2 in Luxury Bus Robbery | Ebonyi Police Nab 5 Robbers | Govt Voids Caretaker Committee Employment | Atiku Apologises Over Photo-Journalist's Ordeal | Port Rejects Ship With Suspected Toxic Waste Cargo | FG to Labour Unions: Submit Your Financial Report for Scrutiny | Warri Crisis: Delta Assembly to Co-operate with FG | Benue to Float 10,000 Telephone Lines |
STATE OF THE STATES
Customs Commence Special Operations in Ports | Court Freezes 4 Oil Firms Accounts | FG Plans Community-Friendly Police | Govt to Establish N56m Drug Firm | Rima Radio, STV Administration Restructured | Kalu Accused of Seizing Private Property | APGA Commiserates with Warri Crisis Victims | FG Urged to Address Crime Rate | Group Flays Demolition of Stores | Legend Launches New Ad Campaign | Niger Gets 2,400 Tonnes of Fertiliser | NCP Chief Tasks Youths on Hardwork | '70 % of Nigerians Remain Poor' | Assembly Assents Farmers Bill | SPEB Builds 1,407 Classrooms | ...Reverses Quit Order on Punch Correspondent | Nigerian Heads International Communication Body | Amnesty International Holds Rights Education Meet |
BUSINESS
PPPRA Proposes Withdrawal of Subsidy on Kerosene, Diesel | Gulf of Guinea: JDZ Selects Host For Licensing Round | Vegetable Oil Development: 'N50bn 'll Be Wasted' | Shell EA Field Exports 9m Barrels of Crude | NLNG Quenches US Thirst For Gas | Implications of the 'Coup' in Gaslink | Nigeria-Sao Tome Joint Development Zone: A Novel Idea | ChevronTexaco Establishes Business Information Centre | AMEC Targets $1 Billion Iraqi Oil Contracts | Taking the Burden Off Trade | Informal Sector Development Slow, Says STEP Boss | Reviving Vegetable Oil Production in Nigeria | Presco's Turnover Hits N1.3 Billion in 2002 | FNCCI Urges Members to Utilise 110m Euro Proinvest Fund | The Curse of the Pipeline | Star-AP JV Legal Tussle: Oil Firm Sticks to New MD |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
FG Courts WCMC on Wildlife Depletion | African Lowland Gorillas Face Extinction | PMIs Urged to Buy Lagos Housing Project | Royal Family, Others in Land Dispute | Resolution of Niger Delta's Boundary Disputes Underway | Ekene Dili Chukwu, L S D P C in Partnership | Forum Advocates Conservation Fund | Customer May Sue Lordmart Over Generating Set | Prudent Bank Puts Lekki Homes in Property Market |
POLITICS
Shekarau Sets-up Committee to Probe Kwankwaso | ... Decries Religious, Ethnic Sentiments | Olabimtan: Obasanjo Condoles Daniel | Police Orderlies: The Politics of Withdrawal | For Etsu Nupe, Umaru Sanda Ndayako, the Curtain Falls |
MARKET NEWS
Flour Mills Reels on Sharp Profit Decline |
MONEY GUIDE
State Governors Pass Resolution Endorsing NEEDS | Diamond Bank Introduces ATM Services | Equity Bank to Collect Lagos Taxes, Water Rates |
COMMENT
The Limit of Big Brother Diplomacy | LG Reforms and Political Stability |
EDITORIAL
Police and Public Security |
LETTERS
Fight Against Exam Malpractices: No to Blackmail | Obasanjo's Sao Tome and Liberia Initiative | Gov Idris, Remember Lokoja for Appointment |
LAW
NBA 2003 Conference in Enugu: Lawyers Poised to Build | 'Taylor's Asylum: FG Insensitive to Citizens' Yearnings' | Plaintiffs Estopped from Re-litigating Same Issues | Copyright: More than Just Music and Entertainment |
CITY DIARY
Travails of Police Sergeant Musa | Jigawa Traditional Ruler Supports Polio Vaccination | Crises Engulf Aeromaritime as Workers Protest Injustice | Immigration Moves to Check Influx of Illegal Allians | Police Murder: Group Petitions IG, Demands N5m | Drama at Swearing-in Ceremony in Yola |
FEATURES
Education: Quest for Right Policy |
SPORTS
My Story, by David Beckham | Abuja 2003: Nigeria'll be Ready-Atiku | Jeffers Joins Everton | Rooney Returns for England | Eagles Coach: Minister Issues Ultimatum to NFA | NFA Invites Metsu, Kasperczak | FIBA-Afrique Removes Tourney from Nigeria | CAF League: Kalu Assures on Enyimba | Participants Arrive Minna for ITF Course | Globacom League: Enyimba, Sharks Clash |
EXTRA
El-Rufai Goes to War |