Friday April 30, 2004

NEWS
Soludo Appointed CBN Governor | Wabara: Senate Chamber Sealed Off | GTB's Profit Hits N5.2bn | CNPP Alleges Arrest of Official | LG Account: Govs Risk 5-Year Jail Term | Parties, Groups Reject Police Order | No Going Back,Says Balarabe | ACF May Join Rally | ...'It's Undemocratic' | NYM Urges Dialogue | Delta Govt Appeals for Calm | YAPUN Goes to Court | Group Advises CNPP To Shelve Rally | Ohanaeze Opts Out | Cross River/A'Ibom Crisis: Obasanjo Meets Govs | Calabar Trade Zone Nets $200m Investments | FG Approves 300,000 Tons of LP Gas for Domestic Use | FG Releases Capital Allocation May | 'Nigeria Committed to War on Terrorism' | Dollars Salary: Court Adjourns Till May 20 | How Police Can Help Business Thrive - Elumelu | Ibori: Court Asked to Determine Petition Status | Refineries to Be Ready in August - Daukoru | N556m Debt Threatens 2005 Census | Defence Team Visits Niger Delta | Obasanjo Urges Traditional Rulers to Aid Govt Reforms | Critics of Privatisation Ignorant - Minister | 'Education, Antidote to HIV/AIDS' | Ogun Earmarks N30m for Displaced Villagers | BON Wades into NBC, Media War | Lagos Poised to Recover N4bn from Tax Defaulters | Election Petition Tribunal Begins Sittings | NDLEA Arrests 25 Drug Traffickers in Ekiti | Kogi Workers Assured of Prompt Salaries | World Class Economists to Review NEEDS | NLC, PMAN Picket NCC | Bamaiyi: Appeal Hearing Adjourned Till May 31 |
State of the States
Govt Spends N4b on Tertiary Education | Govt Rehabilitates Dumpsites | Odili Canvasses Prison Reforms | Attah Backs Poverty Eradication Project | Daniel Stresses Need for Computer Skills Acquisition | Igbinedion Tasks Council Chiefs |
BUSINESS
Lagos Workers Demand Salary Parity With FG Counterparts | Minister Woos Prospective Enterprises, Pledges Support | Cabotage: Foreign Firms Shun Indigenous Operators | USTDA Signs Contract for Rivers Fixed Wireless | Kogi to Get Tomato-processing Firm | 'Job Loss Can Affect the Rest of Your Life' | Confirming the Sale: The Close | 'Cabotage Law Will Catch Fronts Dead on Track' | NICON Hilton Boosts Employees' Welfare | Miss Tourism Beauty Pageant Billed for November | Indigenous Firm Goes to Capital Market for Cabotage Financing | Sub-Regional Ports Tasked on Modernisation | NAGAFF Pledges Support for Efficient Port Operation | NPA Seeks Patronage for Calabar Port | 'Why NEEDS Will Fail in Job Creation' | We're Providing Facilities at Owerri Airport -Yuguda | Virgin Considers Foray into Asia | Airline Offers Alternatives for Pet Travel | US Airways Loses $177m | World Airways Set to Dump Another Contract | Another Hike in Air Fare Imminent | U.S. to Consider Alternatives to Air Marshals | SAA Wins Another Award | BA Launches New Sleeper Service | Presidential Council: Amachree Canvasses for More State Involvement | Operators Renew Commitment to Arabian Travel Market |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Afrofest in the Park | BBA Crew Joins Gulder Ultimate Search | Fun in the Dog World |
COMMENT
What Does the NBC Want? | Succour at Our Doorsteps |
EDITORIAL
Interest Rate By Legislation? |
LETTERS
Time Close Down Fake Eye Clinics | First Bank's Years of Purposeful Banking | Who Killed Dikibo? | Globacom, Come to Abeokuta |
CITY DIARY
How Mum, Kids Perished in Games Village Fire | Deformed Baby for N5m Surgery Overseas | NDLEA Boss Becomes IDEC President |
POLITICS
How Democracy'll Survive, By Mu'azu | Fraud: Anambra to Investigate Transition Council Boss | 'We're Surprised at Sale of LG Secretariats in Lagos' | Borno Gov Cautions LG Chairmen | 2007: Hope for A New Political Agenda | Revenue Allocation: Lawmaker Chides FG |
MARKET NEWS
RT Briscoe to Shop for Fresh Funds | Wall Street Heads Lower |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN to Banks: Stop Arbitrary Interest Rates | Naira Chalks 10 Kobo at Dutch Auction | 'Why Venture Capital Eludes SMEs is Low' |
POLITICS
Abia Assembly, Executive on Collision Course | 'Under-devt Bane of Nigeria's Federalism' | Detained Benue Minority Leader Granted Bail | Emir Calls for Review of Voters Register | Police Boss Warns Politicians Against Thuggery | 2007: Group Urges Kalu to Join Presidential Race for Presidency | Again, FG, States on War Path Over Council Allocation |
FEATURES
Furore over Withdrawal of Councils' Allocation |
HEALTH
WHO, Others in Fresh Fight against Malaria | Health Centre Commissioned in Bakana | Body Donates Dialysis Machines to Health Institutions | Group Seeks Media Support on Child Health |
SPORTS
Proudly Africa Wins Euro 2004 Rights | LG Cup: Local Eagles Gun for Glory | Schalke Fire Agali | Ondo Launches Sports Appeal Fund | Athens 2004: Minister Gives Monday Deadline | Organisers Plan Zonal Meet | WC 2010: Mandela Lobbies for S/Africa | MNT/CAF Awards: Okocha Arrives, Departs Today |
EXTRA
On Right to Rally |