Friday Sept. 19th, 2003

NEWS
Fraud Mars Poverty Alleviation, Says PDP | Why NNPC is Being Restructured, By Obasanjo | Guinea Bissau: Coupists Promise to Step Down | UI VC Alleges Assassination Plot | 'House Never Authorised N8.9bn Expenditure on Liberia' | Alleged 419: Ibekwe, Okoro's Trial Kicks Off | FG to Monitor Oil Firms Contribution to NDDC | Nigeria, Total Sign Gas Supply Agreement | NANS Flays Increase in Varsities Fees | Goje Criticises FG's Road Maintenance Approach | Why Senate is Probing Parastatals - Lawmaker | el-Rufai's Allegation, Challenge to Senators, Says Osunbor | Plot to kill Obasanjo: Parties Call for Agoro's Arrest | Save Lake Chad from Extinction, Shagari Pleads | NDDC May Get New MD Next Week | 15,214 Make it to 99 Unity Schools | Army Unit at Mile 12 to Remain - FG | Ife-Ilesha Road: RCC Gets Final Warning | Group Asks FG to Revisit FRSC/Police Merger | Pregnant Woman, 4 Others Die in Ilorin Flood | 'Lagos Needs $2.5bn to Solve Water Problem' | Akume Forsees Cassava as Foreign Exchange Earner | Why National Talk is Necessary -PFN Boss | African Nations Tasked on Trade Barriers | FG Urged to Tackle Erosion | Reporter's Expulsion Sparks off Protest | Sharia: Okogie Seeks Review of Death Penalty | Ladoja Releases Blueprint on Education | 2 Killed, 55 Houses Razed in Clash | UBE Declares 'War' on Illiteracy | Fafunwa Pledges Support for Improved Teachers Education | Ajaokuta: House Completes Probe | Anambra Out With New Security Initiative | Edo Pledges 30% Counterpart Funding |
BUSINESS
NLC May Reject New Contributory Pension Scheme | Kirikiri Customs Generates N14.5bn in Six Months | Airports Record Inreased Passenger, Cargo Traffic | Will the New Pension Scheme Provide Succour for Workers? | Wage Review: Averting the Looming Labour Crises in States | Retired Teachers Owed 15 Months Pension in Aba | Management Line | NECA Holds Industrial, Labour Relations Seminar | Freight Forwarders Applaud Govt Over Non-CRI Goods, Others | Cabotage Regime: NPA, Others Tasked on Seafaring Devt | SSS Returns to Ports, Swoops on Importers, Others | Group Promises to Fight Corruption at Ports | IMO Lauds Nigeria on ISPS Code | NPA Wants COJA Vehicles Cleared at Ports | Managing Transition from under-devt to Fast Devt' | 'Explore Business Market Opportunities' | Flame Guard BV M.D. Visits Nigeria | Union Opposes Transfer of SAHCOL Staff to Nigeria Airways | Airlines Lose $25 Billion in One Year, Says Conference | Sosoliso Acquires Third Aircraft for Makurdi | Airport Development and Facilitation: An Overview | Obasanjo Commends IRS Chairman over Abuja Beautification | Marwa Applauds Yuguda's Appointment | Ritetime World Airways Boss Bags American Award | Virgin Atlantic, MTN Sponsor Golf Classic Tournament | Nigeria Does Not Need National Airline | The Centrality of Paradigm Shift in A Development Process |
COMMENT
Lie Now, Debate Later | Task Before FCT Minister |
EDITORIAL
El-Rufai and His Bribery Allegation |
LETTERS
GSM Operators and Poor Services | Big Brother Africa of Irrelevance | Okota NEPA Office Stinks |
CITY DIARY
Millennium Houses: Lagos Govt, Subscribers Spoil for War |
POLITICS
Daniel Blames AD for Poor Legislative Growth | Plateau Assembly Suspends Screening of Cabinet Nominees | Warri Crisis: Transition Chairman Backs Assembly Peace Moves | Council Inaugurates Task Force on Sanitation | Bafarawa Appoints UNPP Boss, Others | AD Convention: The Prospects, The Obstacles |
RELIGION
Approaches to the Qur'an- 2 |
WEEKEND REVIEW
The National Troupe is Alive and Well, Yerimah | OBJ Wades in to Save National Theatre |
MARKET NEWS
Hallmark Bank Boosts Equity Transactions |
MONEY GUIDE
FBN Merchant Bank MD Sacked | Naira Stabilises at N128.98 Per Dollar | Banks' Image Managers Seek Media Cooperation |
FEATURES
In Anambra, Is it Morning on Creation Day? |
SPORTS
Falcons Carry Africa's Hopes at USA'2003 | FIFA Picks Pepsi Academy for Goal Project | Coca-Cola FA Cup: SEC Hit-Man Leads Golden Boot Race | Rovers Boss Declares Support For Pillars, Sunshine | Abuja 2003: Group Threatens Boycott | Globacom to Splash N250m on Abuja 2003 | Abuja 2003 Website Comes Alive | IRS, NICON Set for Games | Abdullahi Drops Obodo | Awala Hotel Ready for Abuja 2003 | Italian Media Hails Obafemi | UEFA League: Inter Too Hot for Gunners | Wenger Defiant in Defeat | Davis Cup: Federer Carries Swiss Hopes |
EXTRA
Senator Mantu: Relax Our Code of Conduct |