Wednesday Oct. 1st, 2003

NEWS
Buhari, IBB, 233 Others Honoured | Ige: Judge Lists 13 Grounds for Omisore's Trial | Okadigbo: Family, Police Trade Blames | Fuel Price: NLC Consults Civil Society | Fiscal Indiscipline Worries House Members | Savannah Bank Accuses CBN, NDIC of Bias | Shippers Owe FG N2.35bn - Maritime Boss | Vaswanis: FG for Out of Court Settlement | Okadigbo Stalls Public Hearing in N54m Scandal | Environment Worse Off, Says Atiku | Wabara Urges Nigerians to Nurture Democracy | It's Time to Reflect - Tinubu | PDP To FG: Stop Deducting States Debts at Source | US to Invest $333m in Education | Longe: Transfer of Trial Judge Stalls Judgment | Eso Counsels Judges on Frivolous Applications | Nnamani Blames Elites for June 12 Crisis | 15 Die in Auto Accident | 'How China Can Benefit Nigeria' | Daniel Chides Fuel Marketers over Hoarding | UN Won't Pressurise Obasanjo to Handover Taylor, Says Gambari | Amina Lawal: Shekarau Lauds Verdict | Bombs: House Summons Kwakwanso | FBN, Econet Settle Out of Court | US Withdraws Forces from Liberia | ASUU Threatens to Disrupt OAU Exams | Why We Can't Pay 12.5% to Workers - Igbinedion | Ijaw Write Obasanjo over NDDC MD Post | AIG Blames Stress for Police Vices | Ejigbo Crash: Widows Petition Masari over Entitlements | Prudent Bank Nets Pre-Tax Profit of N854m | Group Hails Amina Lawal's Acquittal | Kwara Gets New Sanitation Laws |
NATIONAL HONOURS AWARD
List of Recipients of National Honours Award For Year 2003 |
FOR THE RECORD
We Have Remained Focused - Obasanjo | 'I Believe in Nigeria, I Believe in Tomorrow' |
STATE OF THE STATES
DNCR Staff Petition National Assembly | NUJ Accepts Police Apology | Truck Owners Decry Harassment of Members | Group to Cater for Less Privileged Children | Akume Donates N10m to School | Gov Commissions Vocational Centre |
POLITICS
Nigeria: 43 Chequered Years, National Question Still Unresolved | Will the Nigerian Project Still Work? | 'Next Census 'll Provide Reliable Data for National Planning' | House Moves to Probe PAP | Group Disagrees With PDP Over 2007 Campaigns | I'm PDP's Senator from Anambra North-Emordi | 2007: Kaita Makes Case for Atiku |
BUSINESS
Japan to Cancel $3bn in Debts to Poor Countries | Issues Worth N61bn Raised in Capital Market | Port Reform: Maritime Workers Threaten to withdraw Services | Dirty Naira Notes: Bankers Blame CBN | How Oceanic Bank Creates Value for Customers | Producing and Packaging Vegetable Oil for Export | Linkage Assurance Projects N414m PBT | 'Nigeria's Governance Process for Review Under NEPAD' | Annan Gives Panacea for Africa's Development | NWC in Modest Performance in 11 Months | Activities of Quacks Worry Business Mogul | SEC Acts to Save Capital Market Funds from Liquidated Banks | Wall Street Trades Higher in Volatile Market | Manulife to Acquire John Hancock for $11bn | CBN, NIBBS: What a Game Plan? | ADF Funds Tanzania's Project with $21.78 | Stock Market Grows by 36 Per Cent in 9 Months | Pension Reform Bill: Journey to Disaster? | Pension Disaster: 24 Dead Ex-service Men on Display | Standard Alliance Group Invests N600 Million in Sparkling Breweries | Utmost Good Faith Makes Insurance Tick - Randle | Don't Enforce Recapitalisation Law Next Year, Says Veteran | Expert Explains Low Patronage of Life Insurance Products | Motor Insurance Claims, Investigation and Adjustment | Two Pension Impostors Paraded | NIMARK President Commends Global Soap | Africa House Prepares for Launch in China | Capital Deficiency in Nigeria - A Way Out |
COMMENT
At 43, Nigeria Still Groans in Pains | ...Any Cause for Celebration? |
MARKET NEWS
GTB's Deposit Liabilities Hit N66.2bn in 6 Months |
MONEY GUIDE
Oil Firms' $35m Inflow Fail to Save Naira | Bank Image Managers Restate Commitment to Duty | ADF Funds Tanzania's Project with $21.78m |
DEVELOPMENT
Nigeria @ Forty-three: Whither the Development | Open Letter to all Rural Women -2003 | 'Technology is Crushing African Economies'-Isoun | Development Tits Bits | LG Reform: Developmental Approach to Success |
EDITORIAL
Killing Industries with High Energy Cost |
LETTERS
Restructuring the LG for Good | Improving Education in the North: The Sheltima's Style | Omisore As A Scapegoat |
EDUCATION
FG Urged to Provide Infrastructure in Schools | NBTE Holds Workshop on Vocational Education | MAPOLY Suspends 5 Students over Cultism | Provost Warns Sandwich Students against Cheating | Computer Education Now Compulsory in Kwara | Leicester 2003 Summer Programme Ends | The Search for a Righteous Man |
FEATURES
Bauchi: Grappling with Strides of Governance | What Photojournalists Go Through |
CITY DIARY
Bloody Bus Robbery Claims 8 in Niger | Adamawa: Women Embrace Skills Acquisition |
SPORTS
Nigerian Sports At 43, Still Limping | Eagles Don't Need Foreign Coach - Ekpo | Abuja 2003: Games Torch Arrives from S/Africa | Botswana's Absence Favours Nigeria | Otutu Eyes Women Discuss Gold | COJA, SCSA Organise Medical Sports Seminar | Gymnastics: N50,000 for Gold | 15 Countries Arrive for Games | Globacom Splashes Millions on Athletes | LUBOAN to Reward Drivers | Firm Offers Free Medical Services | Shell Cup Gulps N40m | Porto Faces Real Test in Portugal | Falcons Cash Held | Magpies Deny Robson Departure |
DIPLOMATIC MATTERS
China Ready to Work with Nigeria - Ambassador |
EXTRA
A Nation in Endless Transition |