Monday Sept. 22nd, 2003

NEWS
NLC: Obasanjo's New Economic Policy Empty | Oil Majors Inflate Production Costs, Says BPE | CBN to Sanction Banks Over Dirty Notes | First Bank Sues Econet Over Shares | FDI Investments Slump | Adedibu Declares War on Ladoja | Works Minister Seeks Varsity Experts' Services | Govs Reject 12.5% Pay Rise, Says Ngige | Kick Out Polio, UNICEF Urged | FG, Rivers, NEPA Parley over IPP | Govt Lists Gains of WTO Summit | 3rd Speakers Conference Today | Bozimo Pledges Better Police - Civilian Ratio | Ekwueme Urges Govts to Invest in Youth | 'Why Research Benefits Elude Nigeria' | How To Tackle Warri Crisis - Lawmaker | Health Sector Audit, Act Underway | Globacom Launches in Lagos, Ibadan This Week | 'Debt, Hindrance to Investment in Nigeria' | Ex-Gov Lawal's Father Dethroned | STB Targets Ghana, Gambia | French Appointed World Bank's Chief Economist | LG Officials Arrested over N4m Fraud | Delta Steel Begins Production 2004 | Minister Insists on Restructuring NEPA, DSC | Govt to Reintroduce 6-3-3-4 System | Lecturers Boycott Semester Exam over Unpaid Salary | Electronic Directory Takes Off in Abuja | Oyedepo On Ways to Business Breakthrough | Group Holds Forgiveness Day |
STATE OF THE STATES
Poly Lecturers May Down Tools Today | Akume Swears-in 8 New Perm Secs | Public Health Workers Charged on Sound Environment | Sharia Commission Moves to Decongest Prisons | Igbinedion Inaugurates Christian Pilgrims Board | Govt Sets Up Panel on Industrialisation | Agency Raises Alarm over Flood Threat | Council Inaugurates Task Force on Sanitation |
POLITICS
Why AD Lost South-west to PDP -- Ogunlewe | House Member Gives Recipe for LG Reform | Delta Election Tribunal Upholds Brisibe's Victory | Group Urges Obasanjo, Ogbeh to Support Information Bill | In Lagos, Post-election Crisis Rocks PDP |
CITY DIARY
FRSC Tasks Motorists on Safety Consciousness | Jigawa: Panic over Flood | Oduaro Family Again Warns Usurpers on Oke Aro, Environs |
EDITORIAL
An Economic Summit With A Difference |
LETTERS
The Minna Rally Revisited | Letter to Gov Ibrahim Idris | Panacea for Economy Growth |
COMMENT
September 19 and Mobile Telephony in Nigeria | Why Anambra Will Remain A Boiling Cauldron |
BUSINESS
'Big Firms May Be Forced to Stock Market' | Non-CRI Goods: Freight Forwarders Seek More Time | Nigeria Loses 'Complete' Control of Textile Market - UNIDO | 'We'll Abolish Stamp Duties, Review Capital Market Laws' | Provide Adequate Funding for SEC, FG Advised | 'Nigeria Records N1.3 trillion Deficit Budget in 26yrs' | Samsung to Move Most PC Production to China | Dutch Government Sells 12 Per Cent Stake in KPN | 'Govts Can't Misuse Funds from Capital Market' | Japan's Growth Lower Than Announced, Say Govt Officials | Collapse of WTO Talks Reverberates in Dubai | Mobilising Capital Flows For Nepad | Nigeria, Cameroon to Check Illegal Animal Trade | Bauchi Govt Pledges to Encourage Entrepreneurs | WAPCO Awards Scholarships to 200 Students | Tantalizers Opens Another Outlet in Lagos | Germany to Appeal Against Eu's Tobacco Ad Ban | Flour Mills Adopts Cost Reduction Strategy | PR As Nail for Hammer of Advertising | Guard Changes at J. Walter Thompson | 'Purple PR is Nothing but Public Relations' | Bien Table Water Enters the Market | Hershey on $30m Ad Campaign for New Products | Advertising Poses Hurdle to TV Merger | Ad Sales, Agency Employment, Media Outlets Remain Sluggish | E-Mail, New Favourite at Churchill Downs | Agency Makes Gain From Gov's Recall | United Steelworkers, Companies Launch Ad Campaign in Support of Tariffs | Processing Coconut For Export |
MARKET NEWS
CSCS Targets New Business Model |
MONEY GUIDE
Banks Urge CBN to Reappraise Role | Insolvent Banks: UTB Boss Blames Management | Mapoly Community Bank Earns N4.77m | City Express Bank Grows Profit by 16 Per cent |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Plethora of Themes at ICAN's Exhibition | MTN Abuja, Port Harcourt with Y'helloFest |
FEATURES
Houses Everywhere, But None for the People | Re-positioning Ahead of the Pack |
SPORTS
Adidas Chieftain Writes off Okocha, Yobo | Abeokuta Fans Hail Yekini | Nigerian Athletes Hit Abuja | CAF League: Enyimba Stuns ASEC | USA Beat Sweden | Games Will Hold on Schedule -COJA | Coca-Cola FA Cup: Sharks, Lobi Final | Tunisia 2004: All the Qualifiers | Cycling: London Bids to Host 2006 Tour | Tearful Nozal Piles on Vuelta Pressure | Davis Cup: Argentina Fight Back Against Spain | Cricket: S/Africa Pulls out of Pakistan Tour | Arsenal Hold United, As Boro Win at Last | Cricket: Pakistan Offer New Itinerary | 2004 Ryder Cup: One Year Still Counting | Spurs Sack Glenn Hoddle | Record Run Delights Radcliffe |
EXTRA
Securing the Future Through Pensions Reform (II) |