Monday Jan. 26th, 2004

NEWS
Warri: 7 Die in Fresh Violence | NBA President Leads NLC Defence | FG Raises Oil Production Target | Space Craft Lands On Mars | Pro-IBB Campaigners Locked Out of Hilltop | Adamawa Labour Leaders Are Ingrates - Gov | Medical Workers Poised for Showdown with Plateau Govt | Senate May Get Code of Conduct | FG to Clampdown on E-mail Fraudsters - Okonjo-Iweala | FG Raises Panel to Reposition Customs | Reception, Not a Political Event - Minister | PDP Protests Piecemeal Dissolution of Boards | 'Presidential Fleet: 11 Jets Enough' | Lagos 'll Not Succumb to Blackmail, Says Alake | Polio Vaccine: FG Team, Experts Disagree | Bugaje Wants Nigeria's Debts Probed | SON to Meet Stakeholders on Quality of Condoms | Wabara Inaugurates Owerri Accord Implementation Panel | Nigeria Has Highest Rate of Illiteracy-UNESCO | Obasanjo's Foreign Trips Fruitless, Says Nas | 'Ogun Indigenes in Leadership Positions by Accident' | Kwara NSE Boss Crushed to Death | ' No Plan to Boycott LG Polls' | Italy, Nigeria to Fight Human Trafficking | Commissioners Sent to Farm in Rivers | FG Urged to Imbibe Management Discipline | 'Bayelsa Volunteers, a Government Outfit' | Only Police Can Find Don's Killers | Ministry of Defence Commended Over Promotions | 'Unity of Purpose, Panacea for Success' | Sea Piracy: Gov's Wife Advises Mothers | Kwara Completes Pilgrims' Airlift | 'Rule of Law Abuse, Threat to Democracy' | Enugu Flags Off Free Meal Programme | Mu'azu Calls for Prayers | Govt Alerts On Threat to Violence Over Dubious Deals in Oil Firm | Petroleum Task Force Arrests 26 Dealers in Ondo | Bauchi Issues Ultimatum on Computer Literacy | 'Obasanjo Still at War with Igbo' | 'Use Diverse Talents for Development' | Experts Want Mass Comm Curriculum Reviewed | Mu'azu Commissions 26 Tractors | Elders Wade into Chieftaincy Crisis | LGs Now to Pay Traditional Rulers | Bayelsa Registers 140 Co-Op Societies | Lagos to Boost Rice Production, Says Pedro | Charity Organisation Donates $15,000 to Motherless Home | APICE, BPC Train Technicians | 15 Jostle for ATBU's VC | 'Blood Bank Won't Be Contaminated' |
STATE OF THE STATES
Govt Woos Banks, Private Sector | 5000 Patients Get Free Treatment | Be Alive to Your Responsibilities, NBC Urged | FG Told to Resolve Niger Delta Crisis | Beer Prices May Go Up | Govt Challenged on Governance | LEDAP Wants 2004 Budget Monitored | Agric Produce, Education Committees Set Up in Edo | Akunyili's Clansmen Urge FG to Find Attackers | 13% Derivation: ANPP Carpets Igbinedion | Pilgrimage: Delta Govt to Probe Scandal | Ibori Assures of Peace in Delta | Youth Urged to Support Goje |
CITY DIARY
Why Police Can't Stop Extortion | HIV/AIDS: Red Cross Mobilises Youths for Awareness Campaign |
EDITORIAL
Sharing of Excess Revenue |
LETTERS
A Ban too Much | Changes at NCAA | Anambra's Path to Peace | Vintage Abubakar Umar |
COMMENT
Budget 2004: Beyond Fuel Tax | Issues in KAI Campaign |
BUSINESS
'300 Containers Auctioned to Govt Officials, Monarchs' | Fed Govt Plans New Investment Policy | Fuel Import: NNPC to Eject Marketers From Apapa Jetty | Aiico Insurance Strives to Enhance Profitability | Oil Reserves Figures in Order, Says Shell | LG Electronics Captures Global Cylinder Vacuum Cleaner Market | Steyr Dismisses Staff | NAL, UTB Pledge to Support Imo State | Are the Boom Times Here for PR Practice? | Starcomms in Courtesy Ads for Kano, Maiduguri | Bond Bank Opens Ikeja Branch | AAPN Admits AdmireComs, FMC | Marketing Institute Tasks FG on SME's | Nigeria Hosts FAPRA 2004 Confab | Advertisers Pay $2.25 Million for 30-Second Ad | General Motors to Spend $25m on Promotions | N40bn Fresh Capital Injection approved for WAPCO | ...Why Huge Fresh Capital Injection is Needed, By Chairman | Harsh Environment Pulls CMB Down Again | New Issues Market Gets Boost of 5.8bn Shares | Brand Adstrat: Processed thought_to Finish | APCON Reviews Deadline on Tobacco Product Advertising | JSP's Phil Osagie Bags Ph.D. Degree | Investors Warned Against Internet Scam | 'Why Investors Should Buy IMB Shares' | SPA Renews Increased Aid Commitment to Africa | Hope Rises For Hangar Project | Liquidified Petroleum Gas Filling Plant |
MARKET NEWS
Market Value Rises by N63bn | US Stocks Edge Higher as Microsoft Rallies |
MONEY GUIDE
Statutory Allocation Raises TBs Investment to N120bn | ETB Hits N42.5bn Total Assets | EIB Unveils Three Products |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Brief, But Sweet Return to Old Lagos |
FEATURES
Can this NAPEP Eradicate Poverty? | Realities of Quality Healthcare in Nigeria |
SPORTS
Journalists Tip Eagles to Beat Morocco | No Break for Eagles | Desert Warriors Hold Favorites Lions | Returnee Kenya Tests Might Against Mali | Senegal Swoops on Burkina Faso | Minister Assures Players on Bonuses | WC 2010: S/Africa Banks on Beckham | African Soccer Minnows Unhappy with Hayatou | Okoronkwo Reveals Wolves Pain | SAFA, Players Settle Wage Row | DR Congo Coach Misses Openning Match | West's Liverpool Bid Collapses | Athens 2004: Akide, Avre Promise Nigerians Victory | NFA May Invite Emoefe, Emmanuel for Egypt | Ronaldo Takes Real to Top of La Liga | Aussie Open: Roddick, Agassi Advance to Quarterfinals | FA Cup: United Amble Through, Wolves Upset |
EXTRA
NLC's Next Battle | More on Mortgage-Backed Securities |