Wednesday Feb.18th, 2004

NEWS
Onshore/Offshore Dichotomy Abolished | $100m Abacha Loot Not Found in Kenya | Shell Reports Oil Spill in Bayelsa | Warri: Panel Endorses Peace Deal | Procedure Stall Money Laundering, EFCC Bills | Seme Border: ECOWAS Court Rules on Locus Standi April 27 | FG Grants Concession to Non-CRI Importers | NMA Sells MV Trainer for $1.1m | Railways: FG Seeks Private Sector Participation | Ngige: Keyamo Wants IGP, Justice Minister Derobed | Niger Delta: 'Secession No Longer Fashionable' | Minister Deplores Pregnancy-related Deaths | Pharmacy Council Issues Guidelines on Patent Medicine | NDDC: House Summons Oil Firms | Soyinka Chides Judiciary over Violence | LG Polls: Ngige, Party Chiefs Disagree | NTI Cancels Results in 17 Centres | Judicial Workers Begin Another Strike in Anambra | N1000 Denomination: Senate to Summon CBN Gov | Committee Flays Privatisation's Slow Pace | UNFAC to Fight Desertification, Poverty | Foreign Investment: 12 Countries Eye Ogun | Sack: 100 Workers Seek Rulers' Intervention | Afe Babalola Accuses Ondo AG of Libel, Contempt | Masari Agonises over Stranded Nigerian Pilgrims | 3 Held Over Pipeline Vandalisation | 'No Going Back on Liberalisation' | 2004 Budget: Senate Grants NNPC/JV Provisional Approval | Ekiti NLC Restates Support for Govt | 419: EFCC Drags 2 to Court over $48,000 Fraud | 'Make Pidgin English Lingua Franca' | Pathologists Tasked on Infections | '4.9m People Die of Tobacco Related Diseases' | Breach of Contract: Employees Sue Firms | Lagos Polo Club Raises N2m to Support HIV/AIDS | JUTH: Unions Embark on Indefinite Strike | Civil Society to Monitor Oil Revenue | 14 Arrested over Attack on Dep Gov | Akume Urges Youth to be Patriotic | Dikibo: Lagos NUJ Calls for Thorough Investigation | Tribunal Accepts Voters Cards as Exhibits | NDLEA Links Drug Trafficking to Joblessness | Privatisation: Gov Calls for Transparency | 400 Await Trial in Osun Prisons | 'Make Igbo Official Language of S/east' | 15 Chinese in Imo to Inspect Agric Centre | Gov's Mother Praised for Rescuing Slave Girl | Poly Teachers Want Rector Cautioned | JCIN Trains 1000 Youths |
POLITICS
Is Senate Afraid of New Councils? | Uba Vs Ukachukwu: Appeal Court Rules Feb. 26 | LG Polls: PDP Stands By 20 Councils in Lagos, Says George | Appeal on Enugu Fed Constituency for Hearing Today |
BUSINESS
Settlement System: Banks May Face Stiffer Conditions | FG Moves to Ensure Cabotage Implementation | 'Insurance Pool Can Handle Energy Risks' | For IMB Bank Plc, It's a New Dawn | Nicon Now Pitched Against Workers | Admiral Insurance Unveils New Logo, Relocates | 'Mergers, Acquisition Vital for Growth' | Setting Up Toilet, Laundry Soap Producing Plant for Export | New Issues Market Has Great Absorptive Capacity- CIS Boss | PricewaterhouseCoopers Releases CEO Survey | FG Bond Undersubscribed by 51 Per Cent | Actis to Invest US$300m in Africa | Vodafone, Others Raise Bids for AT&T Wireless | Seven-Up Reaps Benefits of Innovative Marketing Strategies |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Fleeting Romance With A Ghost On Valentine | The Brit Awards Are Here |
COMMENT
Taxation and Deregulation | The Failure of Human Cloning |
MARKET NEWS
Brokers Clamour for First Bank's Shares | US SEC Eyes Legal Action Against Firms |
MONEY GUIDE
IMB Shareholders Defy Stock Exchange | Naira Makes a Rebound at Dutch Auction | Prudent Bank Expands Niger House Branch |
DEVELOPMENT
Human Rights: Who Protects the Vulnerable? | Civil Societies Seek Greater Roles in Governance | UN Seeks $500 million to Put Liberia on Road to Peace |
EDITORIAL
A Boost to Literature and Science |
LETTERS
My Ordeal With the Police | Kwarans, Shine Your Eyes Too Many Assasinations | Olanipekun: Justice Must Prevail | Idomas Need Apa State |
EDUCATION
Open University Now a Reality | Olashore International School Clocks 10 | Okonkwo Foundation Awards Eight Scholarships |
FEATURES
Implications of Calendar Harmonisation in Varsities |
CITY DIARY
When Inmates Set Ikoyi Prison on Fire |
SPORTS
Champions League: Kalu Votes N.3b to Defend Title | Enyimba Eyes Treble Title | ... Departs for Aba Today | Obasanjo Commends NFA | Okocha, Kanu, Yobo Abbey Leave for Base | Olympic Qualifier: Ogwuche Assures of Victory | Nigeria Football Which Way Forward? | Man Utd Yet to Receive Bid Approaches | Double Dress Rehearsal for Portugal | ... Contenders Seek Clues | Banned Kit: Cameroon Gets FIFA Query | Eurosport Picks Okocha, Enyeama | Tunisia Fight to Keep Lemerre | Olympic Legend Dies | Algeria Protest Again | Ivanisevic Targets Wimbledon |
EXTRA
As Okonjo-Iweala Opens LG's Purse... | Daniel and the Memory of a Heroine |