Wednesday Nov. 5th, 2003

NEWS
INEC Seeks Powers to Deregister Parties | Fraud: Crime Commission Investigates 13 Banks | My Agenda for NNPC, By Kupolokun | Obasanjo Lists Benefits of Corporate Governance | Obasanjo Visits Sick Legislators in Hospital | Kaunda to Deliver Zik's Memorial Lecture | NEPA's Kano Zone Owed N3bn | MTN Secures $395m Loan, to End Congestion February | FG, ASUU Parley Stalled Again | Minister Decries Standard of Education | Bayelsa National Grid Project Gulps $36.8 m | Afenifere Accuses FG of Mortgaging Economy | NBA Kicks Against New Job for Mbadinuju | Court Orders Arrest of Murder Suspect | Wabara Tasks Committee on Revenue Allocation | Tinubu Launches City Deflooding Programme | FCT: CJ Pardons 42 Prison Inmates | Senate Committee Happy with NDDC Projects | Court Dismisses Suit Against FAAN | NMA, Others Take Over Anti-AIDS Campaign in Kogi | Ngige Forwards Road Maintenance Bill to Assembly | PDP Chieftain Fingers History in Ngige's Abduction | Osun New Obas' Council: Ooni Becomes Permanent Chairman | ASUU Condemns ABU's Closure | Delta Govt Wades into Boards-Mgt Rifts | NASSI Disburses N4.5bn to Members | 120 Students Graduate from WACU | Courier Companies Counselled against Drug Trafficking | Gay Bishop: Conference Praises Anglican Church Action | Olawepo Bags Nkrumah's Leadership Award | 'Lecture Theatre Not Built by AD Govt' | Students Protest Lecturer's Strike | FG Awards Obot Akara Bridge Contract | Irate Youths Attack Delta Commissioner | Sokoto Workers Get 2,000 Motorcycles | Ogun NIPOST Losses N13.5m Yearly | Deregulation: FG Blamed for Misinformation | Aimiuwu Replaces Ojikutu as NIM President | Jigawa Assembly Clears 25 for Commissionership | Xmas/New Year: FRSC Prays Against Auto Accident | C/River, NDDC to Construct Okut Ikang - Arochukwu Road | Pray for Peace, Unity, Mu'azu Tells Muslims | Commissioner Decries Use of Drugs by Youth | Ethnic Nationalities Advised against Land Dispute |
POLITICS
NDDC: Senate Promises Better Funding | Base Revenue Allocation on Council Polls -Lawmaker | 'AD 'll Reclaim South-west in 2007' |
BUSINESS
Banks Kick Against Interest Rate on FG Funds | 'Strengthen Data Processing for Commodities Exchange' | PENGASSAN, NUPENG Seek New Oil Policy | Bad Debtors: Why Banks Are Worried | UTB Reaffirms Support for CIBN | MBC Bank Moves to Increase Market Share with Products | Total Declares Interim Dividend of N1bn in Third Quarter | Despite Higher Sales, IPWA records Loss | Ex-Law Maker Backs Obasanjo's Economic Reforms | Eurozone Inflation Stays Above ECB Ceiling | Capital Markets Workshop Urges Stable Polities | Paris, Berlin Seek to Escape EU's Fines | Dollar Gains Following Hopes for US Economy | New Figures Point to Hold in Eurozone Rates | ChevronTexaco Swings Back into Reckoning | Harvest of Laurels for Bankers | Delta State Defends States' Borrowing from Capital Market | World Bank Sponsors 7 Nigerians to Study Abroad | Creation of LGs for Economic Dev, Says Enugu Govt | Construction firm Cries Out over Niger-Delta Crises | Sebamed Natural Deodorants for Launch At Lagos Trade Fair | 7-Up Reaps Benefits of Cost Saving Strategies | State Government Finances: Where is the Loophole? | 'Pensions Bill Seeks to Transfer Burden to Private Sector' | Nigeria Oil and Energy Insurance Pool for Launch Tommorow | 'Allow 5 Years' Gestation Period for Investment in Insurance' | Crusader Insurance's Premium Hits N1.2 Billion | Continental-Reinsurance's Paid-up Capital Now N750m | Guardian Trust Insurance to Raise Capital Base to N500m | Insurance Professionals Deliberate on Apathy | How to Reduce Abuses in the Tax System |
ARTS & REVIEW
Writers, Pay Joyful Condolences at Crossroads |
COMMENT
The Real Weapons of Mass Destruction | Death in the Noble Profession |
MARKET NEWS
AP's Half-year Profit Hits N1.3bn | Investors Stake N267.6m on Banks' Shares |
MONEY GUIDE
Naira in Terrible Slide, Loses N2.70 | CBN Commences Daily OMO Auction |
DEVELOPMENT
CANCUN: The day after | 'Stop Taxing Africa's Rural Devt Potential' | UN Declares 2004 International Year of Rice | Expert Seeks Emphasis on Water Conservation | Water Issue: UN Seeks Answer by Re-evaluating Agriculture | New UN Anti-corruption Treaty Helps the Poor- Annan | Development Tit Bits | Legal System and Economic Development | Constitutionalism and Economic Reforms |
EDITORIAL
Foot-in-the-Mouth Disease |
LETTERS
NUC and the US Varsity System | Time to Re-focus the Nigerian Project | Where's Gogo Isaiah-Enoch? |
EDUCATION
Towards Closing the Education Gap | Akwa Ibom House Pass Science College Bill | Scores Self Identifies It winds down Problems of Education in Bayelsa-UNDP Official | British Varsities Shop for Nigerian Students | Ogun Governor Pledges to Renovate Library | Use Your Time Well, Proprietor Tells Students |
FEATURES
Investing in Adolescents' Health and Rights |
SPORTS
First Bank Captures African Title | Heroic Welcome for Nigerian Team | Eagles: Nigerians Abroad Kick Against Robson | ...As Crystal Palace Eye Robson | AFN Axes 90 Athletes from MTN Marathon | UEFA League: Arsenal Go for Broke at Highbury | Owen Blow for Liverpool | Holland Sinks Birmingham | Calzaghe May Step Up in Weight | NTA, Tribune Win IRS Olympics Tickets | Dope: IAAF May Increase Bans | Fulham Targets Clark, Saha | Nigerians Set to Make NBA History | Kenyan Fans Unhappy With FA, Clubs Dispute | Enyimba Leaves for Aba Today | Dundee in Closure Threat |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: The Prejudice in National Honours |
EXTRA
What to Do with Local Government |