Monday Nov. 17th, 2003

NEWS
2004: NNPC, Partners Plan $6.5b Budget | NITEL: Minister Seeks Pentascope Removal | 12 Kidnapped Oil Workers Released | Zik Was A Detribalised African Leader - Kaunda | RMAFC: New Salaries for Political Appointees Underway | Iraq: 17 Die in Another US Helicopter Crash | 'Only A Strong Naira Can Bring Down Fuel Price' | Seeking Healing, S/African Monarch Visits Synagogue | We're Watching You, Daniel Tells Parastatal Chiefs | Danjuma's Statement Vindicates ANPP, Says Etiebet | Allocation: Tinubu Picks Hole in RMAFC Reversal Move | 'FG Reforms Aims to Serve Foreign Interests' | Adopt Dialogue, Adeniji Advises US, Korea | 2007: Atiku Group Chides Babangida's Campaigners | Platinum Bank Declares N25bn Balance Sheet | Assassination Plot:Uba Picks Hole in Ngige's Allegation | Gombe Computerises Justice Ministry | December 1, Is White Shirt Day | Deregulation: NNPC Targets 30,000 Jobs Yearly - Kupolokun | Obasanjo Tasks Nigerians on Self-help Spirit | Lawmaker Commends Obasanjo over FRSC's De-merger | CAC Advised on Registration of New Companies | Report Indicts House Member, 11 Others over LG Finances | Delta Assures Royal Fathers of Regular Stipends | 'Why Deregulation, Privatisation Are Anti-People' | Cleric Predicts Brighter Future for Nigeria | Qua Iboe Church: Members Kick Against Name Change | Muslims in Symbolic Search for 'Night of Majesty' | Saraki Pledges Credit Facilities for Market Women | 3 New Commissioners, 8 Advisers Take Oath Today | Immigration Chief Tasks Nigerians on Accountability | Be Security Conscious, Says Police Chief |
STATE OF THE STATES
How to Avert Financial Crimes - CBN Chief | FG Tasked on Makurdi Medical Centre | Expert Lists Bane to Poverty Eradication | Govt to Establish Museum | FG Urged to Set Up Private Poly Commission | Akume Awards Scholarship to Maths Whizkid | ... Donates N10m to Theological Seminary | 1,118 Pilgrims to Perform Hajj | Nigeria to Get N200bn Investment on Housing, Agriculture | Econet Subscribers Protest Poor Service | 5 Policemen Dismissed for Extortion | Police Arrest 4 Stowaway Youth | SSS, Journalists Seek Ways to Harmonise Relationship | HIV/AIDS: NAFDAC Orders Withdrawal of Expired Drugs | Transport Minister Commends Logistics Society |
POLITICS
Odili's 2004 Budget and Rivers State Development Agenda | Katsina Assembly Suspends Minority Leader | Ex-PLO Wants Posthumous Honour for Ajuluchukwu | 'There's Need for Labour-Govt Truce' |
CITY DIARY
Behind the Ajah Bloodbath | Ramadan: Jigawa Offers Free Food | Police Dismiss Claim of Unpaid Salary | Adeboye Inaugurates City of David Sanctuary |
EDITORIAL
Textile Industry in Tatters |
LETTERS
How Sincere is Igbo World Congress? | Injustice Against the Ekitis | Re: Udenwa Under Probe Over Bribe |
COMMENT
Deregulation and the Private Sector | Wealth Creation and Human Devt in Kwara |
BUSINESS
'Nigeria Spends N280bn on Food Importation Annually' | Presidency Wades into NICON Privatisation Impasse | How to Recover Bad Debts, By NDIC | ICAN Indicts Ministry Over Development Planning Failure | Firm to Instal N10m Worth of GSM Handset Repair Equipment | New Malta Guinness Scheme Boosts Employment | NAL Bank Boss Canvasses Support for Banks' Merger | Sebamed Skin Care Products Launched in Lagos | Afex Bank Appointed Official Banker for Aba Trade Fair | Presco Boss Lauds FG on Vegetable Oil Production | Mr Bigg's Rolls Out Sallah Package | 'Nigeria Will Export Telecom Experts Soon' | CATS Joins Nigerian Financial System | Chellarams Introduces Loncin Motorcycle into Nigeria | Sokoto Trade Mission Chief Replies critics | Rivals Say Digital Age Rests on Microsoft Case | 'UTC is Nigeria's Engineering Services Supermarket' | BPE Defends Preference for Core Group in Afribank | ... Advises Nigerians to Bid For Refineries, Others | Fortune Bank Boss Tasks Govt on Growth | Shareholders Approve Amendment of SCOA's MEMART | Japan's Quarterly Expansion Beats Forecast | Asian Bourses Retreat on Profit Taking | ECOWAS Anti-Money Laundering Law Out in 90 Days | Delta State Showcases Investment Opportunities | Canada Sets Up N51.4b Fund For Africa | Zenith Bank: Raising the Bar of Competition | Investing in Wooden Furniture Works for Export | Code of Corporate Governance in Nigeria | Why Nigeria is a Hard Sell, Even to Nigerians | Family Feud Over Hyundai Group Heats Up |
MONDAY INTERVIEW
'2003, a Hard Year for Investors' |
MARKET NEWS
'Involve Stakeholders in Pension Reform' | First Bank's Half-year Earning Declines by N1.6bn |
MONEY GUIDE
Investors' Interest in Daily OMO Picks Up | Community Banks Warned Against Ownership Structure | ETB Partners Ogun on Economic Summit |
ARTS & REVIEW
ITPAN Chides INTARPPAN Over Name | Gaetano Writes Book On BBA Experience |
FEATURES
Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS: Any Link ? | Call for Every Hand on the Plough |
SPORTS
'Enyimba Will Overcome Ismail' | ...Reacts to Chukwu's Tunisia 2004 List | Chukwu Offers to Help Enyimba | ... As Golden Goal Sinks Mauritius | Euro 2004: Scotland Stun Holland | Boxing: Barren Suffers Shock Defeat | Owen Makes Liverpool Vow | C'Wealth Bid Review Promised | Giggs Declares Self Fit For Russia | Rugby: England Reach World Cup Final | Classy Korea Crush GB in Hockey | Voller Hails France | Germany 2006: Algeria, Zambia in Goals Feast | Korea/Japan 2002 Ghost Still Haunts Argentina |
EXTRA
The Politics of Revenue Formula |