Monday Oct. 20th, 2003

NEWS
Budget 2003 Failed, Says Private Sector | Loot: Abacha Family Loses Bid to Stop FG | Nigeria's Debt Management Not Fraudulent - Minister | Bribe: PDP Stopped Me From Going to Court - Mantu | Swedish Govt Brings 25 Firms to Nigeria | S/Leone Refinery: BPE Shortlists Firms for FG's Shares | Sheathe Your Swords for Peace, Obasanjo Tells Deltans | Ezeife Wants Resource Control Crisis Resolved | NLC, Marketers May Clash over Fuel Price Hike | Ibironke, Ex-Law School Director, is Dead | OPC Alerts Police over Bombing Plot | Works Minister Tasked on Nnewi Roads | Blair Admitted in Hospital | NAPEP Donates N5m to Ogun | CLO Faults FG on Fuel Price Hike | Police Nab Owerri Robbery Gang | Politicians Blamed for Underdevelopment | Commissionership: Ibori Submits 3 New Nominees | PSN Decries Influx of Fake Drugs at Enugu Hospitals | Kwara Gets Prerogative of Mercy Committee | Pay My Entitlements or Send Me Back to Prison - Adisa | Group Wants Detained NLC Leaders Released | Achom Appointed Inland Bank Director | Steel Workers Fault New Pension Bill | Solution to Bar Beach Menace Underway | 'Evolve Realistic Budget for Health Sector' | Census Not Political - NPC | Commissioner Assures of Better Deal |
STATE OF THE STATES
N350m Needed to Repair Obudu Dam | LG Creation Should be Evenly Spread, Says Lawmaker | Vocational Training Graduands Get Take-off Grant Pledge | Why Tourism Falters, By Edem Duke | Expert Tasks Govt On Health | Implement Deregulation of Downstream Sector, FG Told | Egwu's Administration Creates 8000 Jobs | Judiciary to Be Self-accounting Next Year | Cart Pushers Face Ban | Govt Urged to Take Over Specialist Hospital | Music Society Plans Cultural Festival | NUT Gives 400 Teachers Welfare Benefits | Gov Accused of Diverting PDP Fund | FG Urged to Revamp Ilorin NAF Base | Information Technology, Vital to Legal Practice - Olanipekun | Clergy Seeks Moral Regeneration for Nigeria | Satis Promo Winners Emerge Friday | ICPC Urged to Take over el-Rufai's Bribery Allegation | High Court Law: 'Section 4 Hinders Justice Delivery' | BON Recoveres N5m Debt from Customers | More Mega Filling Stations Underway - NNPC |
POLITICS
Why Council Elections Can't Hold Now, By Makarfi | Warri Crisis: Yar' Adua's Wife Commends Ibori's Peace Efforts | Igbo Presidency: A Fading Agenda? | Anambra: Ngige Set to Appoint Deputy | Why Ogun West Wants Governorship- Otegbola |
CITY DIARY
'How I Recruited Kid Labourers' | Sokoto Boosts Water Supply with N.5bn Power Plant | $5m Scrap Re-cycling Factory Under Way |
EDITORIAL
Government and Looted Funds |
LETTERS
Refocusing the Nigerian Project | MAPOLY, This is Unfair | The Senate and Borishade |
COMMENT
Understanding Nigeria | How Not to Formulate Public Policy |
BUSINESS
CBN Scuttles Ex-IMB MD's Bid to Become Chairman | New MD Speaks of 'Tall Order' to Improve Ports | OPS Wants Power Output Raised to 6,000mw March | Garment Production As a Profitable Investment | Samsung: Marketing Products by Training | Operators Applaud Afribank's Quick Profit Rebound | Agency Boss Commends APCON/-NAFDAC Rapport on Adverts | PRCAN, Marion Collaborate on Professional Training | Tantalizers Takes TMX to Apapa | Africa Attracts 9% of IFC's $17bn Investment | Samsung profits Rise as LCD Deal with Sony Nears | DDB Wins $40m Office Max Review | Achom Appointed Inland Bank Director | EU Trade Partners Warned Over Farm Subsidies | Economic Minister Says Japan'll Overcome Deflation | As Dangote Takes Over BCC... | Economy Takes Centre Stage on Wall St | Broad Bank Records 72% Growth | Two Lubcon Products Receive NIS Award | May Nzeribe Heads APCON | Digiprints Set for Direct Imaging Printing | Apple And Pepsi Announce Digital Song Deal | McDonald's Sponsorship of 'Sesame Street' Challenged | Study: TV Ads Don't Sell Cars |
MARKET NEWS
Neimeth Doubles Half-year Profit |
MONEY GUIDE
BOI to Get $50m from ADB | CBN Withdraws N27bn from Circulation | Consolidated Discount Posts N825m Profit |
ARTS & REVIEW
Onyilo: A Silent Social Critic | Acolytes Cheer Prof. Adebimpe at 70 | OPC Fetes Kinsmen at Olokun Festival |
FEATURES
When Will Fuel Price Hike End? | Reforming Grassroots Governance for Development |
MONDAY INTERVIEW
'Govt Size Too Large for Meaningful Devt' |
SPORTS
Eagles: English Media Ridicule Robson's Appointment | Top Athletes Snub Afro/Asian Games | Task Force Invite Valuators on Velodrome | Obasanjo to Fete Team Nigeria | IOC Medical Director Commends Games for Being Dope Free | CAF League:Enyimba Reaches Semis | USA 2003: Chiejina Blames Okpodu for Poor Outing | Ndubuoke Loses Elder Brother | Falconets Gets N3m for Golden Feat | Berger Loses, Reach Finals | FIFA Congress Approves New Nationality Statutes | Allardyce Blasts Okocha, Teammates | Golf: Wentworth Glory for Els |
EXTRA
Missing Element in Obasanjo's Reforms |