Tuesday Jan. 13th, 2003

NEWS
Appeal Court Stops Ngige's Removal | Fuel Tax: FG, NLC Meet to Avert Strike | ...Ekwueme, Anyaoku, Others to Visit Aso Rock | Shell Acquires Oil Bloc for $210m | Corruption: Parties Want Obasanjo, Govs Focused | Obasanjo Announces Funding Formula for Water Projects | ...Sets Up Research Promotion C'ttee | NBA Charges Police over Lawyer's Murder | 'No Burial Date Yet for Mbakwe' | NUC Plans NEEDS Campaign | Ambassadors-Designate Begin Induction | Fayose Loses Again at Appeal Court | Ngige: Igbinedion Wants Political Solution to Crisis | National Assembly Resumes Today | ... Lawyers Seek Emergency Rule | ' ...Democracy Endangered' | Onaiyekan Warns Against One-Party System | Taraba Raises Panel to Try D-Gov. | Abia Threatens to Close Down Filling Stations | Akwa Ibom NGOs to Collaborate | Benue Votes N1.244b for Education | 'Enugu Court Ruling, a Travesty of Justice' | Empower Women Economically, Nyame Urged | Pension: Retired Soldiers Threaten FG | Lagos Condemns Levies in Public Schools | El-Rufai Vows to Tackle Robbery in FCT | Abolition of Capital Punishment Ungodly - Yadudu | Govt Urged to Scrap Fuel Tax | Lagos Dissolves Health Board | NDIC Sues NTA Director over N12m Debt | Group Names Attah Best South-south Gov. | Clamp-down Move: School Owners Sue Lagos Govt | Abia to Organise SME Exhibition |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Critical Watch on America from the Sidelines |
BUSINESS
NNPC Loses N8 Billion in Pipeline Vandalisation | Shell's Daily Crude Oil Output Hits 1m Barrels | Reduce Dependence on Imported Raw Materials, OPS Tells FG | Oil Firms in Reserves War | Operators Seek Changes in Offshore Facilities After Accident | Crude Oil Price Hits 9-Month High At $34 Per Barrel | Rights Group Wants End to Violence in Niger Delta | US Oil Demand at Record 20 Million BPD - IEA | Oil Exploration: Africa Set to Consolidate in 2004 | Mine Deaths Fall to Historic Low in 2003 | Fuel Tax Row: Between NLC and PPPRA | Brass LNG Project: Partners Row Over Key Appointments | ...Why NLC Should Jettison Strike - CITN | Japan to Drill for New Source of Natural Gas | Experts Suggest Climate Control for Sustainable Devt | California Pistachio Industry Threatened by Disease | 'Tobacco Consumption in Developing Nations to Shoot Up' | Teamsters Call on US Agencies to Ban 'Mad Cow Milk' | US Meat Firm Records $15m in 2nd Qtr Performance | SOUTH-TEC 2004 Brings Hands-On Help to Regional Manufacturers | Boosting Rice Production in Akwa Ibom | BIO Announces Conference on Industrial Biotechnology | Mad Cow Disease: Analysis of Samples Completed | Issues in State Govt Borrowings from the Capital Market (2) | 'There Has Been Some Improvement in the Economy | US Oil Inventories Decline to 29-year Low | Chevron Backs FG's Gas Monetisation Plans |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
National Road Maintenance Fund Board to Administer Fuel Tax | FG Awards N362bn Road Contracts Since '99 | Where is the Safe Drinking Water in Nigeria? | Jebba-Mokwa-Bokani Road for Immediate Repairs | FG Lists Water Supply Challenges, Re-defines Policy Objectives |
POLITICS
Fuel Tax, Anambra Crisis Can Cause Revolution - Group | ...As Lawmaker Cautions Against Strike | AD Makes Case for Opposition Parties | Senator Assures Constituency of Qualitative Representation | Ojikutu Cautions Tinubu Over Demolition | PDP Leader Chides Katsina ANPP |
MARKET NEWS
ACENICO's Offer Closes Today |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Gives Banks Conditions for New Credit | Standard Chartered Bank Launches Visa ATMs | UNILAG Alumni Honours Marina Bank MD |
COMMENT
Towards EFCC's Sanitised Society | Turaki's Giant Strides |
EDITORIAL
Decongesting the Prisons |
LETTERS
No to Extortion By PTA of FGGC, Lejja | Letter to NNPC and Gov Ibrahim Idris | GSM Exposed NITEL's Inefficiency | Econet, Connect Me to per Second Billing |
LAW
Will Anambra Claim More Judicial Casualties? | The Genesis of A Judicial Crisis | State Judge Has No Jurisdiction Outside His State - Uwais | Ngige Must Vacate Office Since He Resigned |
FEATURES
Re-emphasising the Girl Child's Rights to Education |
SPORTS
European Clubs Don't Respect Nations' Cup - NFA | Benin, B/Faso Name Squads | Africa Battles to Save Reputation | Ajax Lose Interest in Uche | Mboma Vows to Prove Worth | I'm No Opportunist - Kanoute | DR Congo Struggle in Egypt | Tunisia 2004: Kanu in Lagos for Peak, Hits Faro Weekend | Olympics: Athens Starts Final Push | ...As Wenger Seeks Chukwu Talks | Pompey Delay Aiyegbeni | Nneji Replaces Gowon as TAN Boss | Athens 2004: Falcons Camp Closes to Foreign Pros |
EXTRA
A Visitor Looks at Nigeria and Says... |