Tuesday Dec. 2nd, 2003

NEWS
CHOGM: SSS Places Officers on Red Alert | Nujoma in Jos, Lists Challenges Before African Leaders | Warri: Kidnappers Free Hostages | Anambra PDP Fingers Ngige in Bomb Attack | Obasanjo, 7 Other Leaders Open Commonwealth Business Forum | Faseun Canvasses Support for Obasanjo | MTN Begins Per Second Billing | House to Pass Supplementary Budget Today | Ige: Again, Omisore's Appeal Gets New Date | 'Irresponsible Strikes Affect Education Quality' | NNPC Rationalisation Fair, Says Kupolokun | FG to Encourage Local Production of Auto Spare Parts | Presidential Primaries: Gana Canvasses Return of Option A4 | NBA Wants Improved Funding for Judiciary | ...Approves 915 for Technical Aid Corps | IBB Decries Falling Education Standard | 'AD Convention Not Stopped by Court' | British MP Pledges Support for Sacked Nurses | Commonwealth Civil Society Boss Abducted | Sokoto SIEC Conducts LG Polls Jan 10 | New Tenders for River Basin Contracts Cancelled | Ambassadorial List: Senate Petitioned | Speakers Seek Amendment to NDDC Act | Ex- NURTW Boss to Face Murder Charge | 'How to Check Crises in Varsities' | NUJ Tasks FG on Unemployment | Oba Lipede to Lead Christian Pilgrimage | FG Repatriates 418 Nigerians from Morocco | Atiku Congratulates New Ohanaeze Leader | Oyo Dry Port Begins Operation Soon | Assembly Summons Officials over Unpaid Teachers' Benefit | Commissioner Wants Abacha Loot in Federation Account | Nigeria Urged to Shun World Bank |
STATE OF THE STATES
'How Govt Loses N25m Monthly to Ghost Pensioners' | Lawmaker Raises Alarm over Sinking Bridge | VC Seeks Incentive for Engineering Teachers | Group Donates Equipment to Hospital | Quality Education is No Cheap Venture - Minister | IBB Divides PRP in Niger | NIPOST Seals up 2 Courier Firms | NITEL North-west Zone to Begin Pre-paid Billing | Controversy Trails Isoko South II Constituency Election |
BUSINESS
'Privatisation May Not Make Govt Enterprises Profitable' | Nigeria Producing 2.2m BPD of Oil - DPR | NEPA Generates N5 Billion Revenue Monthly | Agip Investigates Cause of Kwale Well Fire | N1m NNPC Largess Tears NANS Apart | Daukoro Resigns Post in Oil Firm | Sahara Energy Positions in Ghana for WAGP | FG Urged to Issue Deadline for Private Refinery Operators | Oil Market Unchanged By OPEC's Pending Confab | Shell Introduces New Oil Exploration Technology | JDZ Licensing Round: 'Focus on Local Content' | Government Must Develop Home-grown Policies - Group | MAN to Organise SMI Workshop 2004 | 'Sabeanat Products Will Meet World Class Standards' | The Economic Rights of Nigerians Need to be Secured | Managing Conflicts (2) | SON Bans Use of Base Oil Lubricants | ConocoPhillips Budgets $6 Billion for 2004 | Downstream Deregulation: Now and the Future | Our Standards Higher than SON's Recommendation - BAT | ... MD, Others to Address Commonwealth Forum | Firm Offers Hi-tech Security Gadget for C'wealth Meeting | Mega Farm Organises Cassava Investors' Summit | FAO Reports Setback in War Against Hunger |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Federal Government Begins Massive Roads Repair | March Words With Action, Group Tells Govt Officials | Consulting Engineers Holds AGM | UNEP, UNESCO Meet to Save Great Apes | Fara Park Estate Promises Good Buy, Ready February | China's Top Equipment Manufacturer Opens Shop in Nigeria |
POLITICS
Anambra PDP Caretaker Chairman Alleges Invasion of Party Office | ANPP Stalwart Faults Dikibo Over South-south Governors | 2007: IBB's Kinsmen Declare Support for Atiku | 2007: Governors and the Quest for Presidency | Lawmaker Urges FG to Investigate Oil Spill | 'Isoko South Seat Still in Contention' | Atiku Commends Kalu |
MARKET NEWS
Market Value Declines by N27bn | SCOA Records N1.3bn Profit in 9 Months |
MONEY GUIDE
Akanbi Advocates Institutionalising Corporate Ethics | Intercontinental Bank Awards Scholarship to Bayelsa Indigenes |
COMMENT
Setting Dangerous Precedence in Kwara | NAFDAC as a Study in Management |
EDITORIAL
FG Boards: Game of Revolving Doors |
LETTERS
Reminisces of COJA 2003 | Ekiti State Deserves A Minister | Deplorable State of Saki-Ibadan Road |
LAW
Should Nigeria Go Parliamentary ? | With Tijani's Arrest, Nigerian-Benin Border Now Calm - Bozimo | HIV/AIDS: Between Generic and Patented Drugs | Anti-Tobacco Law Wanted Desperately | Raising Point of Law Raises Question on Facts Pleaded | Pleading Must State Facts not Law | The Nigerian Police Under the 1999 Constitution |
CITY DIARY
'How Youths Can Grow Up to Become Useful' | Group Restrategises to Stem Ethnic Clashes | Lady Mechanics Want Land from Tinubu | Church Gives Micro Credit to Members |
FEATURES
Warri: A Flooded City in Search of Water |
SPORTS
Champions League: Orumen Tips Enyimba | Swimming Inaugurates LOC for Rivers Open | Champions League: Atiku Congratulates Enyimba, Kalu | NFA AGM Holds December 17 | Vaughan To Consult World Cup Heroes | C'wealth Games Federation Arrive for CHOGM | Tunisia 2004: Eagles to Play Two Friendlies | Heidfeld Nears Deal With Jordan | Shell Cup: Jesus College Wins Enugu Zone | NFA Sticks to Portugal | Berger Departs for Tunisia | Edo, Delta Launch Inneh Memorial Tourney | FA Sets Date for Rio Hearing | Tornadoes Get N36 Million |
EXTRA
Kupolokun, Daukoru: Matters Arising |