Tuesday Dec. 16th, 2003

NEWS
$25m Saddam Bounty May Go Unclaimed | NCC Shuts 30 Telecom Firms Nationwide | Settlement Banks Reject Cheques from 'High Risk Banks' | NNPC, JV Partners Seek Alternative Funding | AD Alleges Plot to Disrupt Lagos Convention | ... Urges ICPC to Probe Abdulkadir | $214m Scam: Akwanga, Nwodo Granted Leave to Enforce Rights | Obasanjo Accuses Media of Undermining Democracy | Nigeria Gets N9bn ADB Loan/Grant for Agriculture | Africa-US Trade Under AGOA Hits $10bn | Stakeholders Pick Holes in Pension Reform Bill | Military Pensions Fund: Ogohi, Ex-minister Summoned | Airport Advert: Promoworld Seeks EFCC's Redress | Obasanjo Condoles Daniel over Death of 6 Journalists | ...Lagos NUJ, Fayose Too | Why Abacha was After Me, by Ladoja | 'Why Democracy Dividends Elude Nigerians' | C'wealth Leaders Confirm Success of CHOGM | JAMB Integrity in Question, Says UNILAG Pro-Chancellor | Afolabi's Family, Solicitor Protest Detention by SSS | Nigeria Has a Lot to Learn from China - Obasanjo | Oil Spill: Group Urges Communities to Eschew Violence | Patronise Nigerian Engineers, NSE Tells FG | 'Night Journeys Aid Drug Trafficking' | Anambra: Desist from Campaign of Calumny, Politicians Urged | Arewa Youth Okays Awoniyi's Election | Award for NUJ Boss | Don Decries Menace of Ethnic Crisis | Tinubu Unfolds New Package for LASTMA Workers | FG Urged to Set Up Panel on Delayed Trials | 'Why Democracy Dividends Should be Sustained' | USFDA Lauds Akunyili's fight Against Fake Drugs | 20,000 Devotees to Attend Ahmadiyya Confab |
BUSINESS
ALSCON's Privatisation Stalled Over Ownership Structure | Foreign Investment: UK Expert Optimistic for Nigeria | 'Nigeria Needs to Invest $330m in Cooking Gas' | Mobil Faces Sanction for Reopening Sealed Stations | Sustainable Development: The Shell Experience | Mobil Producing Rescues 30 in High Sea Accidents | Fan Milk Rewards Agents' Productivity at Awards | Seven-Up Rewards Staff Productivity | Embrace Entrepreneurship, NSE Boss Urges Youths | 'Palm Oil Scarcity May Cripple Soap Industry' | Kia to Assemble Cars in Nigeria | Honeywell Flour Mills Presents Car to Best Customer |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Brentwood Garden Estate Makes Bold Statement in Luxury Housing | Atiku Charges Engineers on Nation Building | Princess Terrace Ready for Delivery | El Rufai Recommends Private Sector Funding of Projects | Housing Depositors Demand Justice |
MARKET NEWS
Union Bank Turnover Hits N30bn in 6 Months | Champion Breweries Wins Pearl Award |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Cautions Over Hasty Monetary Policy | Skyfield Savings Beefs up Capital to N500m | Afribank Merchant Bankers Grosses N1.6bn |
COMMENT
The Queen's Visit to Nasarawa State | Living With Ngige's Antics |
EDITORIAL
Down-sizing at the NNPC |
LETTERS
Putting Our Destinies in Our Hands | For an Enduring LG Reform | Repentance from Ngige |
LAW
Interconnectivity Tariff Wars | Controversy Over Arbitrator Institutes' Names Unfortunate - Orojo | Constitution Should'nt be Construed to Create Crisis in Polity | Court of Appeal Final Court in Governorship Election Appeals | Challenges of Intellectual Property Protection and IT |
FEATURES
When Lagos State Health Sector Undergoes Reform |
SPORTS
Kalu Has Revolutionised Nigerian Football - Galadima | Enyimba Makes Nigerians Proud - Globacom | Obasanjo Hosts Enyimba | Bolton Receives Okocha Boost | Nigeria Draws Egypt Again | Philanthropist Donates Trophy to Students | Zidane Wins FIFA World Title | 25 Coaches for IOC/Olympic Training | Sports Minister Loses Daughter | Chukwu Hails Enyimba |
EXTRA
Nuhu Ribadu: Man of the Year |