Tuesday Dec. 23rd, 2003

NEWS
Anambra: Ngige, Uba Reach Truce | 31 Indigenous Firms Take over Marginal Fields | Refineries: BPE to Negotiate With Oil Workers | Akande's Faction Takes over AD Secretariat | NLC Condemns Proposed Fuel Tax | FG Rakes N1bn Annually from Sugar Levy | Iraq: 60 Bodies Found in Mass Grave | Libya: UN to Hold Talks on Nuclear Activities | We're Not Against Deregulation - Deputy Speaker | Obasanjo Draws Line Between 'African Hospitality', Corruption | Polio Vaccine: Experts Differ on Hormone Content | Egwu Tasks Journalists on Professionalism | Al-Mustapha's Family Carpets Sycophants over Detention | Ex-Gov Urges Rededication to God | Spare a Thought for the Needy, Nigerians Told | NUC Receives Report on Private Varsities | Ex-minister Canvasses Parliamentary System for LGs | I Didn't Call for Parties De-registration-Dep.Speaker | Better Life Programme Goes Global | Poly Lecturers Suspend Planned Strike | Nnamani, Legislature Disagree over Dress Code | Protect Your Votes, Buhari Urges Supporters | Education Tops Agenda in Bauchi's 2004 Budget | NUPENG Threatens Firm over Casualisation | Gombe Seeks Assistance for State Varsity | Bayelsa Wants Holistic Approach to Health Problems | Enugu Citizens in US Offer Free Health Services | Deeper Life Church Holds National Retreat | Lagos Carpets FRSC over Number Plate Scarcity | Don Faults US over Saddam's Arrest | HIV/AIDS: Enugu Sets Up Stakeholder's Forum | Lawmaker Defends Deregulation, Reforms | ...Taraba Among 6 with Most Victims | Wabara Condoles Ogun Governor, NUJ | Ogbor Community Petitions Udenwa over Land | Trans Atlantic Airline Increases Fleet on US Route | Egwu Signs Cultism, UBE Bills into Law | Group Condemns Arrest of Muslim Activists | 'Why Bid to Remove Speaker Caused Stir' | Ebeano Bypass Ready for Christmas | FG Urged to Develop Tourism | No-Work-no-Pay: ATBU Awaits IAP Decision | Ritetime Airways Celebrates Xmas with SOS Village | 2007:No Rift Between Obasanjo, Atiku-PDP Chieftain | D/Gov Wants Investors' Friendly Environment Provided | FG Opens Bid for Inland Ports Jan | Odili Signs 4 Bills into Law | Bauchi Pension Policy, the Best-HOS | Shell Staff Alleges Threat to Life by OPC | Politician Seeks Support for Turaki's Administration |
BUSINESS
53 Lagos-based Firms Sign Gas Purchase Agreement | New Term Limits Set for Future FAO DGs | Agbami Project Raises Chevron's '04 Budget to $8.5bn | MTN Turns to Gas to Cut Cost | US Wants More LNG Imports from Nigeria, Others | OPEC Seeks Aid if World Shifts to Renewable Energies | World Bank May Suspend Financing of Oil Projects | IMO Agrees to Ban Single-hull Tankers by 2010 | OPEC Output Rises in Nov 2003 | Shell Targets 1.7bn Barrels Oil Reserves From Old Field | AP, Emporium International Sign Trade Pact | PENGASSAN's Road Map For Privatisation of Refineries | 'Egg Processing 'll Make Poultry More Profitable' | Rural Digital Divide Distancing Development, Says FAO | ...Needs $3.5m to Avert Food Crisis in North Korea | Winners Emerge from GSK Berryand Wonder Promo | Keke NAPEP: Meeting the Goals of Poverty Alleviation | Tantalizers Extends Services to Lekki | Converting Dissatisfaction to Satisfaction |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Works Minister Advises Engineers to Form Consortiums | Union Homes celebrates Headquarters Edifice | Guffanti Appoints new Managing Director | First City Estate Targets Office Complex Development | UPDC's Classy Cable Point Estate Ready | Red-Capped Monkeys Moved to Forest Site | Environmentalists Train in Participatory Monitory, Evaluation | On Assets Declaration |
POLITICS
Rumbles In Imo House Sign-post Jostle for 2007 | Gombe First Lady Consolidates Democracy's Gain | 2007: Associates, Admirers Urge Marwa to Join Race | Kwara Assembly Urged to Pass Rehabilitation Law | FG Has Not Been Fair To Lagos - Obanikoro |
MARKET NEWS
Berger Paints' Profit Hits N61.9m in 9 Months | Omegabank Rewards Honest Persons |
MONEY GUIDE
Ethics Committee Receives 240 Complaints, Resolves 50 | ADB Approves 373.68m Rand for Swaziland Project | HSBC Bank Warns on Fake Website |
COMMENT
Strides in Agriculture | The Mother of All Captures |
EDITORIAL
On Assets Declaration |
LETTERS
A Tale of Two Rallies | Commonwealth or Common Poverty? | Good Work on Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Road |
LAW
Can Pensions Bill be Passed into Law? | 'The Word of God is More Than Prosperity' | New High Court of Lagos State Rules: Death Blow for the Ex Parte? | Checking Out, No Bed of Roses | The Hundred Ship Policy | The Imperatives of Justice Sector Reforms | The Judiciary and the New Development Agenda |
CITY DIARY
Family Faults Police Investigation into Pastor's Missing Driver's Case | Alli Varsity to Inaugurate Ambrose Alli Memorial Lecture |
FEATURES
Overcoming Challenges of Tertiary Hospital Services |
SPORTS
Tunisia 2004: Portuguese Hotel Closes for Eagles | Athens 2004: Senegalese Weather Drives U-23s to Otta | Nigeria Beats Senegal, Congo | Nine Nigerians for ITF/West African Tennis Circuit | Bauchi Fans Want U-23, Musa to Stay | Igbinedion Splashes N4m on Abuja 2003 Boxers | Ferdinand 'Devastated' by Ban | ...Nike Back United Star | Okocha, Obafemi Make Final List for CAF Award | Blair Denies Lobbying for London at CHOGM | Egypt Pledges $1.5bn for WC 2010 | Nedved Wins Euro Award | Campbell in Arsenal Contract Talks | Akinyele, Ogba Task NFA | Serena Comeback on Hold |
EXTRA
AD: Understanding the Trouble In the Alliance |