Wednesday Dec. 24th, 2003

NEWS
Fuel Shortages: NNPC, Marketers Trade Blame | Our New Year Plans, By Obasanjo | New Clearing Scheme Now Begins April 2004 | Toll Gates to Go Jan 1 | Crude Oil, Source of Instability, Says Ladoja | Hajj: Saudi Arabia Pegs January Deadline for Visas | Nigeria Seeks $10bn Investments from China | A/Ibom Presents N44.92bn Budget for 2004 | ...Ogun Proposes N30.6bn | ...And Enugu N22.3bn | Polio Vaccine Controversy Resolved | FCT Pays N1bn to Contractors | Steer Clear of Osun, Oyinlola Tells Criminals | 12 Pipeline Vandals Arrested in Benin | Niger Urged to Implement Harmonised Pension Scheme | Vee Pee's Wife Canvasses Developmental Journalism | Environmental Breach: Lagos Seals-off Metro Park | Lawmaker Refutes Report on Polio Vaccine | Monarch Seeks N10m Indemnity for Dead Journalists | Fayose Blames Ex-police Chief for High robbery Rate | NIPR, LASTMA Partner on Road Accidents | 789 Deaths Recorded in 2002, 2003 - FRSC | Ladoja Flags-off Ibadan-Abuja Overland Flight | Egwu Tasks Journalists on Professionalism | Make Bayelsa Devt Priority, Group Urges Alamieyeseigha | 'Why Delta North Deserves Oil Benefits' |
POLITICS
Kalu Rides the Storm in Abia | Council Polls: Katsina ANPP Warns Against Rigging | Yar'Adua Warns Saboteurs in PDP | Tinubu Tasks Council Officials on Accountability |
BUSINESS
66 Banks Develop New Payment System for Govt Agencies | Chinese Firms to Build Cement Plant in Nigeria | Pension SEC Wants Funds Invested in Equities | 'With Unstable Naira, Insurers Can't Plan Effectively' | Omoragbon Now Executive Director of Aiico Insurance Plc | LASACO Assurance Shops for N210 Million | Shareholders Task Mutual Benefit Assurance on Sustained Capital Growth | A Cue from Intercontinental Bank's Social Responsibility | Platinum: Networking Customers With PNA Account | Emir Urges Zenith Bank to Aid Economic Recovery | Eagle Bank Records 59 % Growth | Miksi Donates to Orphans |
ARTS & REVIEW
AART of Life Lights up the Season | ITPAN, APCON Partner for Progress |
COMMENT
NAL White Paper and its Challenges | Political Party Liberalisation and De-registration |
MARKET NEWS
UACN's Turnover Hits N15.2bn | Investors Stake N407.412m on Shares |
MONEY GUIDE
Banks Raise N19bn for Small Scale Enterprises | Naira Stable at N137 to a Dollar |
EDITORIAL
JAMB's Integrity in Question? |
LETTERS
Re: What is Happening in Kebbi State | In Support of Praise and Worship in Churches | Constant Black-out in Kukwaba |
FEATURES
Should Mercy Killing Be Considered? |
CITY DIARY
Missing Driver: Family Faults Police Investigation | Cele: Owodunni Urges Reconciliation at Xmas | A Priest Ordeal in the Hands of Police | Ikoyi Police Division Honours 7 Cops | Council Boss Warns Residents on Refuse Disposal |
SPORTS
British Papers Rate Okocha Best Player | Athens 2004: Falcons Resume Camp Jan 4 | Tunisia 2004: Etafia Swells Eagles to 11 in Faro Camp | Indomitable Lions Bank on Mboma | OSMI Markets Nations Cup | Judo Names Athletes, Officials | Tunisia 2004: The Premiership Exodus | CAF Invites Adenuga to Tunis |
AUTO BUYER
Keke NAPEP Broadens Service Centres | Adhere to Traffic Rules, Drivers Advised | Granbird Lands in Nigeria | Our Experience With Pregio Buses-City Bus |
EXTRA
Can Awoniyi Re-invent Geo-politics? |