Tuesday Oct. 7th, 2003

NEWS
Vodacom Takes over Econet for $600m | Strike: NLC Rejects Senate's Plea to Back Down | Bribery: Intrigues, as el-Rufai Testifies Today | Oil Marketers Suspend Import Plans | House Moves to Reshape the Military | How PDP Rigged Polls in Ogun, by ANPP | FG Pledges Adequate Water, Urban Sanitation | Ngige: More Top Govt Officials May Lose Jobs | Why FAAN MD Was Retired | Bayelsa Initiates Award for Peaceful Communities | Saraki Pledges to Fix Ilorin Water Problem | Ladoja Releases N51m for Teachers' Benefits | Nigeria's Sacrifices Not in Vain - Liberian Presidential Aspirant | NANS Faults NLC's Planned Strike | Amnesty International Condemns Fuel Price Hike | Minister Seeks UNESCO's Assistance on AIDS | Group Calls for Scrapping of PPPRA | Bad Roads, Bane of Kwara Devt-Sarak | Lawyers Explain Role in Vaswanis' Case | Insurers Meet on Pension Reform Bill | Ibori Decries Poverty in Nigeria | UNN Honors Coscharis Boss | Benue Cement: Akume Assures on Dangote Industries | I Won't Abandon Responsibilities to Oil Firms - Odili | Settle Teachers Pensions, NUT Tells FG |
ARTS & REVIEW
Agege: A Roll Call of Patriots | NANTAP Tightens AIDS Grip Project | Idowu Otun Prepares Patterns of Life |
BUSINESS
Warri Crisis Costs Chevron N65bn in 2 Months | 'Nigerian Factor No Barrier to Business Success' | Globalisation: Shell Appoints Implementation Committee | $1.2b Amenam Oil Field Hits 40,000bpd Output | Shell Committed to Participation in West-east Gas Pipeline | Chevron Appoints New GM | ExxonMobil in $25b Bid for Russian Oil Firm | OPEC Fund DG Gets Austrian Award | Economic Integration: The Nigeria/Sao Tome Example | Shell, BP Queue for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts | Shell's $2.7bn Bonga Deepwater Project Hits Home Stretch | Investment Challenges in the Energy Sector | Bomb Blast Caused Bayelsa Oil Spill, Says Agip | NEPA District Reads Riot Act to Staff | Gulf of Guinea: JDA Woos Investors With Tax Incentives | ConocoPhillips Plans US LNG Terminal | Okomu Hits N395m Profit in Six Months | Marc & Mei Diversifies, Commissions New Office | Exhibitors Get Set for Lagos Trade Fair | Light Level Expands, Appoints New M.D | 'Sound Management Decisions Vital for Business Success' | PETCO Announces Grand Opening of Plano, TX Store | Biotechnology Promises Progress for Poor Farmers | Science-based Regulation of GMOs'll Promote Free Trade - US | Agricultural Biotech and the Developing World | World Forestry Congress Calls for Harmonisation of Peoples Needs | Mainstreaming the Capital Market in National Policy Formulation (II) |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Works Minister Challenged to Expose Corrupt Engineers | Expect Planet Change From Unchecked Greenhouse Gases, says Annan | Gombe Govt Awards N991 Million Municipal Roads Contract | Nigeria Needs Solid Infrastructure, says Engineering Academy | Aquarium Trade in Europe Threatens 20 million Tropical Fish | Delivering Government Housing and Urban Policies | Africa Gorilla Fund Up By US$1 million |
MARKET NEWS
7Up Posts N1.4bn Profit, Declares 75k Dividend | Wall Street Edges Higher Ahead of Earnings |
MONEY GUIDE
NDIC Advises Banks to Make Prudence their Watchword | NDLEA Boss Lauds STB on Money Laundering | Devcom Bank Commissions Second Ibadan Branch | Oceanic Bank Launches Western Union in Owerri |
COMMENT
Okadigbo: Exit of a Verbal Warrior | That UNN Award on Odili |
EDITORIAL
Rising Threat of Diabetes and Hypertension |
LETTERS
On the All-Women Mobile Police Unit | Let's Commend Atiku's Initiative | Help, MultiLinks is Killing Us |
LAW
Need for Specialised Regime in Nigeria Legal Practice | 'Niger/Delta Too Important to be Ignored' | Can CAC's Increase in Fees Stand? | The Senate and its Anti-corruption Drive | 'Proof of Injury to Corporate Reputation Enough for Damages' | Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse, A Celebration |
CITY DIARY
Award for Humanitarian Support | Armed Chief Blames Constitution for Loses During Disaster | Father Battles Daughter over Marriage to Christian | Lions Task Nigerians on Service to Humanity | Youths Protest Neglect of Ekiti Community |
FEATURES
Business Fellowship: Linking Christianity with State Affairs | Building Nurseries for Edo Market Women |
SPORTS
Gumel Optimistic Over Success of Abuja 2003 | Eagles: We'll Name Coach Tomorrow - Ogunjobi | Abuja Stadium is World Class- IOC Boss | Morocco Returns to All Africa Games | Tension Grips Team Nigeria | Badminton: Nigeria, S/Africa in Bright Start | Musa Orders 'Shoot at Sight' | COJA Volunteers at Large | South Africa Maintains Lead | Holyfield to Fight on | Tunisia WantsTable Tennis Cancelled | Mabo Optimistic of Gold | S/Africa Donates Games Torch to SCSA | ...Applauds Nigeria's 2010 Withdrawal | Pele Slams Ghana's FA | Basketball Team Struggles Past CIV | England Delays Naming Squad | Woods Wins in Atlanta | Coach Blames Players for Defeat | Women's World Cup: Germany Shocks US | Nigeria's Idoko Injured in Gymnastics |
EXTRA
The Mad Man and Deregulation |