Thursday January 1st, 2004

NEWS
2004: Pope, Leaders Seek Peace | ...NLC Finds Economic Reforms Defective | Nigerian Stowaway to US Dies in Plane | Wema Bank MD Appointed CBN D/Gov | NANS Opposes New Fuel Tax | ... Ebonyi to Spend N 19.461bn | ID Card Scam: My Hands Are Clean - Afolabi | No Agreement to Pay Uba- Ngige | Federation Account: FG, States, LGs Share N160 bn | Tinubu Promises Better Deal in 2004 | Obasanjo Blames Fuel Shortages on Vandals | INEC Cautions SIECs over Voters Register | ...As APGA Seeks SIECs' Dissolution | FG Abolishes Check Points on Trans-Border Highways | Groups Chide PENGASSAN, NUPENG over Strike | Kogi Govt Sustains Audu's LGs | NYSC Board Inaugurated in Delta | Deregulation: NARTO Wants Major Marketers Checked | Lagos Assembly Okays N73.9bn Budget | ... Kwara Budgets N19.8bn | Gani Tasks Govt, Others on Orphanages | Shekarau Distributes 44 Tractors to LGs | NEPA Upgrades Lokoja Transformer | 'Nigeria's Future is Great, if...' |
POLITICS
Events That Will Shape 2004 | 'No Division in Lagos PDP' | AD Faction Alleges Embezzlement of Funds |
BUSINESS
SMS Takes Over Seasons Greetings from Cards | Israel Stops Buying Microsoft Software | Web Auctioneers Promote Post-holiday Gift Swapping | eBay, Tumbleweed Settle Patent Suit | Electronic Voting Security Firm Hacked | ISM Band: Confusion as NCC Rethinks Stand | Econet Promo Winner Collects Prize, 2 Years After | Information Technology in 2003 | Mitnick Offers Cash to Hackers | The Digital Screen Comes Near | Toshiba Battles to Revive Struggling PC Division |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Day the Music Shop Died | America From the Sidelines Debuts | Living Abroad Hits the Airwaves | Multichoice Clamps Down On Hotel Piracy |
COMMENT
Danger Ahead of NAFDAC | Obasanjo's 2003 Scorecard |
MARKET NEWS
Stock Market Performance Rated Highly | C and I's 9 Months Profit Hits N81m |
MONEY GUIDE
Gateway Bank Debunks Duties Collection Report | Banks in Battle over Credit Card Use Abroad | First-Interstate Bank Opens Ikeja Branch | On-line Crime Increases in 2003 |
EDITORIAL
The 2004 Budget Proposals |
LETTERS
Manipulating the Local Govt | Olabode's Unjustifiable Defence | Solving Communication Problem in Sapele |
COMMUNICATION
2003: The Year of Telecom Locusts | Globacom Introduces Text-to-E-Mail Service | 2004 : The Year of Consolidation |
CITY DIARY
Cleric Flays Homosexuality in the Church | Ijebu-jesa Mark 70th Anniversary | Nigerians Tasked on Harsh Govt. Policies | Council Warns Residents on Refuse Disposal | When Tivs Honoured Nyame |
THISLIFE
For Their Creed, They Suffer | Garlands for a Golden Voice | Thanksgiving As Celebration of Life |
SPORTS
Ejide Swells Faro Camp to 22 | Kwara Appoints Second Director of Sports | Ministry, NFA Not at War - Minister | Kanoute Rejects Spurs Plea | Stores Budget N150m for Globacom League | MTN Polo: Yola ABTI Wins Nasco Cup | D'Tigress for FIBA Diamond Cup |