Monday Oct. 13th, 2003

NEWS
FG Saves N56bn from Overvalued Contracts | Deregulation: Marketers Import 46m Litres of Petrol | ECONET: Vodacom, First Bank Set to Settle Dispute | Foreign Reserves Go Down Again | We Still Want UN Seat - Adeniji | Oil: Nigerians' Participation Still Minimal, Say Experts | VP Donates N.1m to Victim of Rare Disease | Resident Doctors Reject Sole Administrator for Medical Centre | High Rate of Corruption Blamed on 'Prosperity Gospel' | Bozimo Makes Case for Police Trust Fund | NITEL to Roll Out 1.2m GSM Lines by Dec | S/East Roads: Ozichukwu Calls for Monitoring Committee | Attah Pleads for ALSCON's Resuscitation | Nigeria Applauded at UNESCO Conference | Kano, Nasarawa, Lagos for US Education Programme | Senate's Decision on Bribery Allegation in Order - Udoma | ...Northern Youths Berate ACF | NBA Kicks Against Judges' Police Orderlies Withdrawal | NCP Calls for Probe of COJA Contracts | Obasanjo Tasks Kinsmen on Palace Project | Steyr, FG Partners in Improved Agric Production | FHA Boss Assures Depositors of Fairness | Stop Criticising Govt Policies, Wabara Tells Nigerians | NMA Demands Assembly's Apology over Doctor's Indictment | Govt/NLC Truce:Tinubu's Role Lauded | Fuel Prices May Still Go Up Soon -Saraki | Lawmaker Wants 22% HATISS 4 Paid | Lagos Begins Pensioners' Verification | US Plans N390m Computer Centre for Ogun | Lagos Begins Pensioners' Verification | Saraki Repositions Kwara for Devt |
STATE OF THE STATES
Govt Sets Up Fuel Products Monitoring Team | Six Jostle for Magaji Aare Stool in Ilorin | el-Rufai Commended over Bribery Testimony | Lawyer Threatens to Sue Police Over Arrest | Assembly Approves New Clerk's Appointment | Okonjo-Iweala, Ugochukwu Tasked on Devt | NBTEB Holds Workshop on Exams | State Tour: Saraki Sends Commissioners, Advisers Forth | Under-development: Clergy Blames Indigenisation | Govt Pledges Support for Teachers | American Doctors Expected on Working Visit | CLO's 16th Anniversary Lecture Holds Sat | Toxic Fuel' Resurfaces in Benin | Govt to Privatise New Fertilizer Plant | Expert Gives Recipe for Growth | Ogoja People Cry Out over Bad Roads | 12m Nigerians are Disabled - Groups | Yoruba Told to Explore Opportunities | Govt Moves to Tackle Petrol Scarcity |
CITY DIARY
Battle for Osolo Stool Hots Up | 'Islam Accords Men, Women Equal Status' | Workshop on Disability Holds at Ibadan | Ezienyi Club Honours 12 | Insecurity Blamed on Bad Leadership |
EDITORIAL
How Much Does Nigeria Owe? |
LETTERS
Obasanjo's Accusation of Oshiomohle | Union Bank and NECO Examiners: The Ikot Ekpene Experience | Calling Gov Rasheed Ladoja |
COMMENT
Deregualtion and Fuel Price Hike | Weeping for Obasanjo's Failure |
BUSINESS
'20 Big Banks Enough for Nigeria' | CAC Now Registers Companies in One Day | NPDC/Agip JV Invests N51b to Raise Oil Reserves | Inland Bank's Assets Base Rises to N24.5 Billion | Ondo Dev Coy to Work With Investors | Trans-Int'l Storms Market with Three New Products | How to Reposition Insurance Industry, By NAICOM Commissioner | Military Ask for Increased Budgetary Allocation | Global Chief of E&Y to Step Down | How to Restructure the Nigerian Economy | Multiple Taxes,Threat to Economy - CITN Boss | Fuel Price Hike: The Aborted Strike that Rattled Obasanjo | 'Banking in Relation to Business Management' | IFC's Financial Commitment to Nigerian Firms Drops | SMEs Not Ready for Assistance, Says Wema Bank MD | Omegabank Projects Brighter Future for Shareholders | Establishment of Starch Producing & Processing Plant | D-Base Introduces Belinda Water into Market | P&G, Amway Reprimanded in Satan Worship Lawsuit Ruling | At&T Wireless Scales Back Life Campaign | Radio Industry Introduces EDI, New Ad Standards to Facilitate Buys | Winners Emerge in Ribena Berryland Wonders Promo | How LASG Frustrates Investment Initiatives - Arco |
MARKET NEWS
NSE's All-share Index Rises by 9.4 Per cent |
MONEY GUIDE
5 Nigerian Banks in Top 20 Brackets in Africa | CBN Keeps N99bn from Circulation | ICAN Holds 33rd Accountants' Conference |
ARTS & REVIEW
Combating the Big Brother Africa Menace |
FEATURES
Any Hope for Increased Foreign Investment? | How Dividend Tastes in Ondo | Lawyers' Verdict in the Coal City |
SPORTS
Wrestlers' Golden Performance Excites Igali | ...Mixed Reaction Trails Appointment | No Financial Reward for South African Medallists | Nigeria v Ghana: Dream Team III Skipper Out | Nigerian Spikers Defeat Senegal 3-0 | Abuja 2003: Atiku Salutes Falconets,Onyali, Deji Aliu | Adamu Blames Federations for Hiccups | Onyali, Aliu Take 100m Gold Medals | Falconets, S/Africa Battle for Gold | Ali, Holyfield Arrive Abuja Wednesday | Nku's Absence Felt - Ojokolo | Emedolu Bemoans Late Take Off |
EXTRA
Introducing Fiscal Responsibility to Governance | Empty Seats at All Africa Games |