Thursday April 15th, 2004

NEWS
Senate Rejects Obasanjo's Observations | NJC Opposes Immunity for President, Govs | South African Voters Defy Bomb Scare | Death Threat: Apologise to Anenih, PDP Orders Kalu | Nigeria, Second Largest Economy in Africa - World Bank | Why SSS Wants Mass Action Stopped, By Balarabe | FG Approves $10m for Police Helicopters | Attack Was Assassination, Not Robbery-Akume | 'Polio From Nigeria Spreading Across Africa' | Rivers Gov Tussle:Tribunal Delivers Judgement Tomorrow | Foreign Reserve Loses $440m To Expatriates | FG, Siemens, ABB Talks Over New Power Stations | AIDS: USAID Releases $34.7m To Nigeria, 13 Others | Nigeria Elected into UN Rights Commission | House Orders Oil Firms to Hold Sack | Food Security: FAO Scores Nigeria Best | Kalu Wants EU to Probe 36 Govs | Police Impound Lorry with Firearms | Ibori Allays Fears of Ethnic Groups | Bayelsa Airstrip Gulps $55m | ...Violence Blamed on FG's Neglect | Crime Control Panel Set Up | Pension Scheme: CBN Opts Out | BUK ASUU Opposes Honorary Doctorate for Atiku | Ogunpa to Gulp N64m | NUFBTE Suspends 7-Day Strike | TUC, Residents Sue Housing Minister Over 1004, Others | Absence of National Grid Worries Bayelsa Government | Customs Boss Reads Riot Act to Importers | 100 Companies for Specialised Trade Fair | Enugu Intensifies Efforts to Relocate ESUT | Niger Delta Master Plan Open For Public Debate | Imo Assembly Urges Ohaneze to Produce Igbo President | One Killed in Kano | Osun AD Protests Polls Results | 'Ladoja Shuns Bullet-Proof Vehicles' | Ekiti Lawmakers' Foreign Trip Gulps N24m | Lar Advises New Jos Monarch | Minister Blames Suspension on Detractors | Yar'adua Signs 2004 Budget into Law | RCCG Host 200 World Christian Leaders | VON, German Radio Hold Workshop | Don Commends International Criminal Courts | Osun Assembly Amends LG Law | ... Govt Disburses N39m Housing Loans | Pedro Woos Financial Institutions | We've Broken 20-year Borrowing Record - FG | Fire Guts Games Village, 3 Dead | Gains of Reforms in Oil Sector, By Dakorou |
State of the States
Speaker Warns on Coups |
E-Business
Before Cyber-cafes Become History | ICAN Pioneers IT Training for Members | New ICT Programme Debuts on TV | Global Operators Queue Up for Cairo 2004 | Cellcom Improves Service Coverage in Lagos, Expands to Onitsha | 'Data Warehouse Solutions Give Competitive Advantage' | Texas Instruments Unveils Mixed Signal Video Decoder | Zinox Donates Digital Centres to Imosu, Nekede Poly | iPod Fans Report Sound Problems | TSMC Applies for Mainland Fab Plant | Perseus Labs, Red Method Partner | Taiwan's Quanta Reaps Revived PC Demand, LCD Boom | Intel Delivers New Mobile Processors | Sharp Increases Market Share in Strategic MFP Segments | Dell's Workforce Moves Abroad | Possible Time Warner Charges Could Smooth IPO Path | Application Software, Must for E-govt - Expert | McDonald's Taps Wayport for Wi-Fi | FDA Approves Human Brain Implant Devices | Hackers Strike Advanced Computing Networks | Philips Returns to Profit in First Quarter | New CA Pack Optimizes Oracle Databases | HP Wins IEEE Corporate Innovation Award | Pitney Bowes to Buy Group 1 Software | China Anti-Piracy Bid: U.S. Software Purchases Included | 'Ministers Have Been Directed to be IT-literate' | Signal Alliance, CA Hold IT Management Seminar | Financial Institutions to Increase IT-related Offshore Outsourcing | Awaiting A Hassles-free Interconnectivity | Infosys' Revenue Surpasses $1b | New Software Detects Plagiarized Passages | Microsoft Warns of 3 'Critical Flaws' in Windows |
ARTS AND REVIEW
The Grand Return of 'Son of the Soil' |
COMMENT
Victims of the Establishment | Awuse and the NYSC Controversy |
EDITORIAL
As Councillors Take Office... |
LETTERS
Letter to Senate President | Extend GSM Services to Nasarawa State | For the Good of Ekiti | Cars for Osun Traditional Rulers? |
CITY DIARY
All Ado About Police Screening Exercise | Amazing Grace Holds Fiesta | Lawmaker Canvasses Women Empowerment | Immigration Boss Warns on Airport Clearance of VIPs | Ebonyi to Relocate Quarry Fields from Abakaliki | De-Alarm Wireless Security Products Launched | Security Equipment Exhibition Holds June 23 |
POLITICS
NLC Sues for Reform of Electoral Laws | Creation of New Chiefdoms Not Political, Says Adamu | Group Decries Insecurity | 'Proponents of Third-term Have Hidden Agenda' | PDP, ANPP Trade Words Over Polls | SSS Invites Unongo to Abuja | Bauchi House Passes 2004 Budget | LG Polls: Wabara Lauds PDP Victory in Abia | Ex-Governor Rejoins PDP | Youth Seek New Name for North-central Zone | PDP Wins 18 Councils in Delta |
MARKET NEWS
Nigerian Ropes Divests in Nirotec Limited | Wall St Falls on Interest Rate Worries |
MONEY GUIDE
Currency in Circulation Now N471bn, Says CBN | Lagos Begins Issuance of e-Tax Clearance Certificate |
POLITICS
ANPP Forms Shadow Cabinet in Benue | Crisis Rocks NCP in Ogun State | Kwara APGA Raps PDP | LG Boss Flays FG's Move to Withhold Allocation | 2007: A'Ibom Speaker Counsels Oruk-Anam People | Capacity Building: House Committee Sets Target for Lawmakers | PDP Stokes Controversy in Kwara |
Security: Police Work on Community Partnership |
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