Thursday Oct. 9th, 2003

NEWS
Obasanjo Accuses NLC of Subversion | Ngige: NJC Suspends Egbo-Egbo | N150bn FG Bond Oversubscribed | Hotels Threaten to Eject COJA Officials | EU Investment to Africa, Others Hit N803bn | Nigeria Pays $716m Debts to Paris Club | Bribery: Senate May Get Two Reports | Fuel: Senate Plans Stakeholders Summit | House Orders Council Polls in FCT | Benefits of Airways Privatisation Stressed | Ngige Accuses Uba of Aligning With APGA | FG to Revive National Youth Centers | Police Beef Up Security Across the Nation | Libel: Izuogu Awarded N60m Damages | Nigeria's Population to Hit 259m by 2050 - UNFPA | Imo Exco Meets over Gov's Lodge Fire | Delta Assembly Denies Impeachment Plot Against Speaker | Pension Scheme: FG Urged to Involve All Stakeholders | Customs Impound 59 Containers of Goods | Buhari: Election Tribunal Adjourns Hearing | Bozimo Urges Cooperation with Police | Mantu, Zwingina Should Resign - Arewa | 'El-Rufai's Allegation Vindicates Wabara' | Bribery Allegation: Gani Wants Mantu, Zwingina Arrested | Obasanjo Tasks Varsities on Devt | Strike: Education Minister, ASUU Meet Oct 14 | UNILAG to Launch $500m Endowment Fund | Olawepo Returns to PDP | PDP, ANPP Guber Candidates Appeal Upheld |
e-BUSINESS
Econet: Vodacom's Lifeline for an Ailing Operator | Danisat Announces Further Reductions in Thuraya Prices | MTS Sponsors US-based Nigerian Tennis Star | Microsoft to Extend Java in Windows to Sept 2004 | Computer Associates, Signal Alliance 'Still Committed to Nigerian Market' | NICOMM 2003 Holds Despite Planned NLC Strike | Enugu Sets Up Poverty Eradication Ministry | Much Ado About Fuel Deregulation | VeriSign Changes Tactics on Security | Microsoft Prepares for New Windows Launch | Oracle Plots to Conquer PeopleSoft |
COMMUNICATIONS
Cellcom Forum Keeps Dealers Abreast of Expansion Drive | Communications Minister Graces NITTA 2003 | Alcatel's Putchs into Nigeria Data Solutions Industry | USTDA Awards Training Grant on NITEL DML Expansion | Intercellular Appoints Great Ventures as Service Provider | Okonkwo, Reltel Boss Appointed CEO of Chinto Technologies | Wireless Carriers Seek Ways to Retrieve Lost Numbers | WSIS: Organisers Seek to Resolve Differences |
ARTS & REVIEW
God in the Eyes of Children | Multi-million Naira TV Programme in Search of Host |
COMMENT
Poverty of Happiness | NNDC, Niger Delta and Matters Arising |
EDITORIAL
Deregulation: Not Strike, But Dialogue |
LETTERS
LG Reforms: The Missing Link | Before Gov Tinubu Carries Out His Threat | Well Done, WAEC |
CITY DIARY
Man Commits Sucide over Worsening Economic Fortunes | Group Tasks Women on Rights | Traditional Ruler Flays Gun Attack on Him | Catholic Church Raises N50m for Prisoners' Rehabilitation Centre | Ondo to Rehabilitate Lunatics with N20m |
POLITICS
House Member Backs NLC Position on Deregulation | ... As Falana Predicts Confrontation Between NLC, Marketers | Law on Failed Contracts Underway |
THISLIFE
Who Wants to Join the Pensioners' Club? | From Feyi, a Foundation to Empower Women |
MARKET NEWS
Cross River State to Raise N4.6bn on Bond | SCOA Floats 328.6m Rights Issue |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN, NBCB Face Off Hinders Community Banks | IOD Boss Advises Bankers, Others on Branding | Consolidated Discounts Holds AGM |
SPORTS
IOC President Bags Chieftaincy Title | IOC Battles Defection of Athletes, Doping | Onyali to Annouce Retirement After Games | Ogunkoya's Absence Hunts Coleagues | South Africa Confirms Superiority in Swimming | Toriola, Kofo Promise Medal Hauls | Glover Allays Fears Over Performance | South Africa's Motone is Games' First Doping Casualty | N1b Spent on Hilton Rooms | Zimbabwe, Cameroon Know Fate Today | I Want to Win As a Mother -Oshinaike | Olympic Qualifier Faces Threat | We Won't Lose Any Sleep-Ikhuoria | Chukwu Unfazed by Robson | MTN Marathon: AFN Partners Ivory Health | Koufie Seeks New Term in Ghana | World Cup: Shaddad Slams CAF | England on The Brink as FA Calls Players' Bluff |
EXTRA
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