Monday Sept. 15th, 2003

NEWS
FG: Debt Cancellation, Looted Funds to Top Agenda | Guinea Bissau President Overthrown | Agbami Field: Local Firms to Benefit $1bn | Econet Shops for New CEO | Nigeria Recovers 80 Stolen Vehicles from Benin Rep | Why Prolonged Strike is Unacceptable - Osuji | NLC Backs States' Demand for More Allocations | FG to Return American Peace Corps | Pension Operators Require N2b Under New Law | Tinubu Wants More Low-income Housing Schemes | Lawmaker Chides Envoy on Warri Crisis | Marie, 9, Wins Little Miss Nigeria Contest | Why Gombe Lacks Classrooms - SPEB Boss | Group Tasks Youths on Poverty Eradication | 'Bulama, Ex-BON MD, Victim of Blackmail' | De Klerk to Chair Anyim-Osigwe Lecture | Nurses Threaten Strike Action | 54 World Bank Assisted Projects in Abia | Fuel Scarcity: Gombe to Seek Obasanjo's Intervention |
POLITICS
Their Lordships' Verdicts Put Democracy to Test | Udeh's Impeachment: Will It Deepen Anambra Crisis? | AD's Future Rests on Lagos - Tinubu | Oguta Council Boss Pledges to Reactivate Water Project | Owokoniran Canvasses Support for Tinubu's Administration |
CITY DIARY
How Soldiers Brutalised Me | Quiela Birds Ravage Gombe Farms | Edo Dangles Axe on Unregistered Schools | Policeman in Battle of Life with Bus Robbers | Lawmaker Donates Books, Drugs to Constituency | Group Calls for Religious Affiars Bureau | Journalist Heads Rotary Club of Ikoyi |
EDITORIAL
FG and South-east Roads |
LETTERS
Breaking the Barriers of Tribalism | PDP Government and the Nigerian Project | Let's Encourage Ibori to Achieve Peace |
COMMENT
A Valediction | A Sceptic Re-thinks |
BUSINESS
Vehicle Import Picks Up at RORO Port | TUC Opposes Implementation of 12.5% Pay Rise | CBN Urged to Curb Hawking of New Notes | BPE selects 28 Banks, Others for Privatisation Loan | European Bourses Dampened By Us Sentiment | NNPC/Mobil JV Gets $700m From Yoho Oil Field | Reliance Agency Appointed Official Travel Agency for NIM Confab | Duke Woos Investors | Nigerian Computer Company Advocates Zero Tax for Firms | Access Bank, Afribank, AP lead in Lean Market | Eurozone Pressure on France Grows | Inmb Bank Goes Commercial with N1bn Capital | Power Sector Reform: BPE Opens talks with World Bank, Others | N150bn FG Loan: Rate of Return Benchmarks on MRR | Dumez Shifts AGM to Sept 24 | Microsoft Doubles Annual Dividend | Pechiney Accepts Revised Offer from Alcan | CFAO Raises Profit by 13 Per Cent in Half Year | Union Dicon Salt: Shareholders'Dilemma | Branding, Colours and Team Nigeria | AAPN Holds 2003 Annual Media Forum | More Nigerians Share Coke's Mega Millions | Universal McCann Sends Staff for Training Abroad | M-Web Nigeria Boosts Internet Knowledge | 'Indomie' ll Like to Have Competitors' | Outdoor Advertising in Nigeria and Its Challenges | OAAN Appoints Tinubu Patron | Setting Up Quality Vegetable Oil Production Plant | Privatisation Share Purchase Loan Scheme (PSPLS) (II) |
MARKET NEWS
All-share Index Drops by 1.1 Per cent | Total Nigeria's Profit Hits N1.3bn in 6 Months |
MONEY GUIDE
Banks Renew Call for Dutch Auction Fine-tuning | Savannah Bank: Depositors Accuse FG of Insensitivity |
ARTS & REVIEW
M-Net's New Direction for Soyinka Festival | Country Music Legend Johnny Cash Dies at 71 |
FEATURES
Expanding the Frontiers of Education Funding | Towards Effective Financing of Telecom | Drug Abuse: United Against a Menace |
SPORTS
Jersey Crisis Rocks NFA | Abuja 2003: Sports Minister Slams 'Greedy' Athletes | Chelsea Eyes US Starlet | Igbinovia Confirms Supremacy at Chevron Tennis | COJA, Coliseum Hold Abuja 2003 Concert | Totti Inspires Roma Romp | Berger for Champions League | African Stars Ready for UEFA League Challenge | Lions Keeper Unhappy with Coach | Drugs: How Maradona Cheated | Okpodu Unveils 'Killer' Falcons | Emulate Indomie -Amun |
EXTRA
Securing the Future Through Pensions Reform (I) |