Tuesday Nov. 18th, 2003

NEWS
Econet: Founding Partner Protests Sack | C/Wealth: Obasanjo Promises Consultations on Zimbabwe | Investment in Telecom Hits $4bn - Minister | FG to Fund Varsities with Abacha Loot | Nigeria Contracts UK Firm to Verify Oil Reserves | I Don't Want Pardon from This Govt - Adisa | Revenue Commission Seeks Representation in NDDC | Daggash, Maina Still Senators, Says Wabara | Taylor: Leave Nigeria Alone, Mbang Tells Bush | Court Declares Dissolution of Anambra PDP Exco Illegal | ECOWAS: Masari Calls For Economic Integration | Polio Vaccine Safe, Says National Hospital | 'Why Panel Recommended Parliamentary System in LGs' | Polio: North Won't Succumb to EU/WHO's Pressure, Says Shekarau | Ibori Worried over Continued Communal Crises | Oshimili North: PDP Chiefs Wants Commissioner Called to Order | Ngige Awards N6bn Road Contract | DPR Seals Up Six Mobil Stations | NNPC: Levi Ajuonuma Appointed GM Public Affairs | Judicial Wokers Disrupt Court Proceedings in Awka | Asset-Sharing Suit: Odili Vows to Floor Alamieyeseigha | Works Minister Assures on Onitsha-Owerri Road | IILL: FBN Seeks Dismissal of Longe's Application | Community Protests Killing of Elf Manager | Osun Contributes N72m to UNFPA | ... To Compensate Honest Taxi Driver | 419: Ade Bendel's Trial Adjourned Again | Obasanjo Flags Off Ogun Economic Summit Today | Pollution: Communities Demand N6.2bn Compensation from NNPC | FCT: 25 Churches, Illegal Structures Demolished | Pedro Assures Lagosians of Better Deal | MOSOP Condemns Shell over Oil Spill | STB Holds Completion Board Meeting | Benue, Cross River Boundaries: FG to Establish Joint Field Team | Enugu to Revoke Undeveloped Plots of Land | Cleric Faults FG's Deregulation Policy |
VIEW FROM ABROAD
Nigerian Email Conmen Fall into their Targets' Net |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Banquet for Kongi at 70 | Deep in the Heart of Texas via Australia |
BUSINESS
Deregulation: DPR May Curb Fuel Prices | Ajaokuta: Core Investor Targets $5 Billion Profit | 'Privatisation Can Revolutionalise Nigerian Economy' | Arco Ferries First Lady, Amazed, to NLNG Plant | Shell to Launch $4.5 Million Health Care Plan in Nigeria | Ghana to Utilise 90 Percent of Gas From Nigeria | PGS, IDSL Form Alliance for Seismic Projects | Oil Drilling Firm Fined For Breach in Safety | Gas Royalty: ExxonMobil Fined $12bn | NEPA Tasks Communities on Power Supply | Reps to Hold Public Hearing on New Petroleum Act Soon | NEPA Seeks Police Help to Protect Transmission Lines | Compliance Monitoring by Government in Oil Industry | Seven-Up Endorses Networking to Boost Productivity | NIMN Holds Annual Marketing Conference | NIMN Inaugurates Kano District of the Institute | Obasanjo Promises Better Economic Environment for Global Trade Competitiveness | Poland's Turnover from Nigeria Hits $38.6m | MAN Calls Govt to Stop Illegal Metal Exportation | NIMN Boss Advocates Ethics in Financial Services Maketing | At Last, M - Box Yields Fruits |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Nigeria's Roads Can Be Constructed Cheaper, Better-Ogunlewe | Canadians Supports Nigerian Environmental Groups | Surveyors Produce Road Development Systems | Prudent Bank Expands Housing Finance Portfolio | Environmentalist Lauds Harmful Chemicals Phase-out Plan |
POLITICS
Tribunal Verdict and PDP's Landslide Claim | 'Council Election Would Have Exposed PDP' |
MARKET NEWS
All-share Index Appreciates by 1.5 Per cent | Omegabank Expands Market Share |
MONEY GUIDE
FG to Explore More Opportunities in Capital Market | Fountain Trust Bank to Support Ogun State | STB Opens Private Banking Unit | Oceanic Launches Western Union in Asaba |
COMMENT
Accessing Health Through NHIS | Defining the Legacy of Saro-Wiwa |
EDITORIAL
As US Guns for Taylor |
LETTERS
Who Truly, is a Patriotic Nigerian? | DA is a Political Party, Not Group | Aso Rock As A Roadside Workshop |
LAW
Disqualification of Judges: Forum Shopping? | 'Frivolous Procedural Appeals Should be Discouraged' | Agreement on Arbitration Enough Ground to Stay Proceedings | Petroleum Minister a Must for Oil and Gas Sector Reforms | Preparing In-House Counsel for Advent of New Court Rules in Lagos | Death Penalty: To be or not to be? | Akintola Gets Nominated As Ambassador | Hon Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola JSC: Jurist Par Excellence Takes a Bow | Ayoola JSC: The Quintessential Judge | Ayoola JSC: The Quintessential Judge |
CITY DIARY
Church Splits over New Name | Ahmadiyya to Rehabilitate Schools, Hospitals | The Church Has Failed -Cleric |
FEATURES
Poliomyelitis: Childhood Killer Disease on the Prowl Again |
SPORTS
Revealed! Eguavoen's Tunisia 2004 Fears | ... As Inter Stops Martins from Portugal | Cup Winners: We Won't Underrate Etoile in Tunis - Amao | Athens 2004: Abdullahi Invites 34 Home-based Players | Lagos May Shift Sanitation for MTN Marathon | Champions League: Ezeji Rejoins Enyimba |
EXTRA
Of Commercial Democracy and Purchased Mandate |