Friday Oct. 31st, 2003

NEWS
Governors, Lawmakers Boycott Forum | FG Appoints Financial Advisor for National Airline | Obasanjo Says Economy Not Performing Badly | New Constitution to Reduce Conflict - Wabara | Crude Oil Prices Fall | Bamaiyi, Mustapha Refuse to Take Plea | Why I Supported Goje's Election, By Atiku | Group Opposes Plans to Change Anambra Election Panel | Presidency Denies Offensive Against Press | Taylor: Hearing on Preliminary Objections Begins Today in Sierra Leone | Support EFA, MDGs, C/Wealth Govts Told | Atiku Asks Police Commission to Submit Report | CNPP, Others Condemn Obasanjo's Clampdown on Press | Stop Anti-Party Activities, PDP Tells Gemade | IFDC, Netherlands Evolve N1.05bn Agric Programme | Senate Indicts FG over S/East Roads | Ibori Pledges Priority Attention on Warri Crisis Area | Saraki Seeks Foreign, Private Sector Investment | HIV/AIDS: Wabara Advocates Increased Funding | 'Why Warri Now Enjoys Relative Peace' | I Analysed 2,000 INEC Result Sheets - Forensic Expert | Nyame Tasks North-East Govs on Security | Injured INEC Commissioner Flown to Germany | TOS Benson Congratulates Okogie | NDDC Moves to Provide Water for 114 Communities | Atlas Cove Fire: Lagos Fishermen Sue PPMC, Claim N10bn | Truancy: Osun Threatens Teachers | LG Vice-Chairmanship Nominee Rejects Appointment | FG Moves to Revive Furniture Industry | Robbers Kill 3 Policemen in Kwara | VON Commissions Calabar Zonal Office | NULGE Canvasses College System for LGs | Training: Ebonyi Sends More Doctors to UK | Recycled Syringes, Needles Banned in Kwara hospitals | Useni Wants ANPP to Co-operate with PDP | Rivers' Workers Cautioned over Poor Work Attitude | Bayelsa: Absence of Electricity Worries Lawmaker |
STATE OF THE STATES
NDLEA Arrests Undergraduate, 2 Teenagers over Drug Offences | Fuel Marketers Decry Deregulation Policy | Improve Living Standard of Masses, FG Told | Govt Pledges Conducive Environment for Education | Polio Immunisation: FG Accused of Hidden Agenda | NIPOST Sets Up Debt Recovery Committee | Mbadinuju Loses Mother | Youth Group Decries Opposition to New NDDC Boss | Ngige Receives Land Committee's Report | One Confirmed Dead in Ethnic Clash | Clean Streets, Our Priority - LG Boss | Stabilisation Fund: ASUU Calls for NUC Probe | Forge a Common Front, Igbo Advised | Shell Promises to Fix Oil Wells |
BUSINESS
How Nigeria Can Become a Load Centre, by Freight Forwarders | Bauchi Moves to Take Over Yankari National Park | Fake Drugs: NAFDAC Issues New Guidelines to Airlines | Strike: How Labour Will Decide Today | Challenges of Maintaining Industrial Harmony in the Workplace | Reliance Bank Elevates 30 Staff | NAFDAC Clamps Down on Bakeries in Kogi, Kwara States | Trade Bank to Diversify Investments | Uzzi Water Adopts PET Container | X-Raying the Policy of Seizure and Overtime Cargo Auction | Scanning Machine Boosts Customs Revenue in Ghana | Non-CRI Goods: Importers Jostle to Beat Deadline | NACFA Boss Tasks PR Practitioners | Triscet Shelters to Deliver 126 Houses to Mint Staff | LG Unveils World's First Multi-Function Smart Pda Phone | NATOP, Calypso Tour Introduce New Product | Gombe Promotes Culture, Food at Festival | The Dome Opens Soon in Abuja | Aviation: Policy Formulation, Implementation and Shortcomings | Branson Plane Expected to Fly Non-Stop Around the World | Boeing Profit Beats Forecasts, Stock Up | Space World Stimulates Airline Operations with B737s | Amid Pride and Sadness, Concorde Lands for Good |
COMMENT
Vultures As Politicians | Gap Crisis and Political Followership |
EDITORIAL
Nigeria and the WTO |
LETTERS
View Points on Abuja 2003 | The Benefits of Deregulation | JAMB, This is Unfair |
CITY DIARY
'Why My Daughter Attempted Suicide' | Feast of All Saints Holds in Abuja |
POLITICS
End of the Road for Egbo-Egbo? | Summon Egbo-Egbo, Ngige Urges Court | Saror Pleads for Victims of Zaki-Biam Massacre | Kogi Legislators Protest Police Search | Cleric Faults PDP's Stance on Obasanjo's Critics |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Silver Jubilee of Soyinka's Creativity | Imo Agog as 17th NAFEST Knocks | Met The Kila in Promotion Business? |
MARKET NEWS
SEC Probes UTB over Re-allotment of Shares | Sudden Growth Lifts Wall Street |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira Loses 151 Kobo as Oil Firms Inject $29m | Bond Bank Deploys Bondscape e-Banking | ADR to Assist Banks in Loan Recovery |
FEATURES
'How Ama Greenfield Has Raised Enugu's Profile' |
HEALTH
'Inadequate Care is Threat to Mental Health' | Expert Seeks Review of Abortion Law | Modern Approaches to Infertility Management Identified | HOPE Worldwide Restates Commitment to PLWHAs |
SPORTS
Enyimba Battles USMA, Cold in Algiers | Premier League: NPA Reforms, Sacks 22 | NOC Terminates AIBITONIA Contract | Governor's Cup: Top Seed, Whitehouse, Beaten | Zimbabwe Loses to India | Amodu Pledges Future to Sharks | WC 2010: FIFA Starts S/African Inspection | FA Hammers Arsenal Players | 'Lewis Unlikely to Fight Again' |
EXTRA
Reforms: It's Our Lives, Period |