Tuesday May 4th, 2004

NEWS
CNPP Wants All Elected Officials to Resign | Plateau: 100 Killed in Fresh Hostilities | Awo, Father of Resource Control - Odili | NLC Demands New Minimum Wage | I Didn't Kill Ige, Says Omisore | Wabara Apologises to Senators | N267 bn Made from Tax in 1st Quarter - FIRS | Protesters Defy Police in Lagos | FG to Host Conference of Donor NGOs | ...Police Guard Banks in Enugu | Mass Action: FG's Action Unconstitutional | 'Soludo's Appointment Contravenes CBN Act' | Warri: We 're Not Under Pressure-Kwankwaso | Obasanjo Names New Economic Adviser, FIRS Boss | Mock War: Lagosians Advised Not to Panic | 5 Varsities Risk NUC Sanction | Manufacture of AIDs Drugs Soon - Obasanjo | Lawmaker Seeks Amendment to Electoral Act | W/Bank Earmarks N27.2bn for Nigerian Roads | N5bn Suit: Immunity Protects Me From Trial - Kalu | Ekiti NLC Defends Romance with Govt | MTS Begins National Long Distance Carrier Services | Unongo Vows to Contest LG Polls Results | NMA Decries State of Economy | Lack of Data on SME Worries Adelaja | SIEC: Kwara Goes to Supreme Court | Akwa Ibom Workers Get 12 % Salary Increase | FCT Inaugurates Teams for Six New Agencies | Our Goal Beyond Elimination of Cultism - UNIBEN V-C | Wabara Denies Row With Mantu | Enugu Partners DFID on Budget Implementation | USAID to Spend N400m on Nigeria Biotechnology Development | Residents Flee Village over Killings | NDDC Launches Mass Transit With 600 Buses | Nigerians Condemn Proposed NI,000 Notes | FG, Russians to Establish Aircraft Assembly Plant in Owerri | Cleric Canvasses New Uniform for Police | Appointment of CMD Causes Ripples at JUTH | Federal High Court Opens Clinic | Sokoto Revokes N2.6bn Contracts | Delta Inaugurates Committee on Health Reforms |
STATE OF THE STATES
Oyinlola Offers Jobs to 2,500 Graduates | NACA Launches 5-Year Strategy Against AIDS | NDLEA Seizes 500kg of Cocaine | Pharmaceutical Firm Sues NAFDAC | Rivers Warns Environmental Violators | Gov Promises Affordable Heathcare Delivery | Odili Seeks Traditional Rulers' Support for Peace | N139m for Teachers' Salary Arrears | Policemen Crushed to Death | Foreign Firms Support Delta State's IT Project | NPA Repositions for Challenges Ahead | LG Boss Warns Against Factionalisation | TUC Flays FG's Insensitivity to Price Hike | 'Stop Blaming Obasanjo for Economic Woes' | Culture Ministry Proposes Hall of Fame | More Winners Emerge As Guiness Promo Ends | Odili Announces N10m Donation to Industrial Unions |
ARTS & REVIEW
Fundamental Issues in Entrepreneurship | A New Door for African Writers |
BUSINESS
MAN Targets 5 million Jobs by 2007 | Africa Faces Severe Locust Threat - FAO | Virus-Stricken Shrimp Concerns Hawaii | Shell Budgets $15bn for Bonga, Other Projects | 'Belgian Expo Will Open States to Foreign Investment' | Winn-Dixie to Close 156 Stores | Tobacco Case: 'U.S. Needs to Do More' | Bluegate Restates Commitment to Customers | Titlas opens African Office in Lagos | First All Commercial Publication in Nigeria Launched | US Readies World for Higher Interest Rates | GlaxoSmithKline Earnings Slip by 8 Percent | Swarms Move Across Northwest Africa | Genetically Modified Crops 'Good for Africa' | Hovev Agric Takes Over Imo Modern Poultry, Avutu | Dangote Gives N1.5m Car to Best Customer | India: Speed Up The Sewing Machines | Buffett Says His Investments Still Solid | Furniture Retailers, Manufacturers Clash | Attah Embarks on Agricultural Economy | 'Collaborate for Agric Devt in Mountain Regions' | NNBDA Seeks Enhanced Biotech Network in Africa | Exotic Fruits Carving Niche in Market | Chevron Earns $2.6 Billion Income | Iraq Oil-for-food: Ex-US Fed Chief Heads Probe | Algeria Plans $200m Investment | Concern over US Shortfall Raises Crude Oil Prices Risover | Chevron, Qatar Petroleum in $6bn Gas Project | Government's Master Plan for Gas Development | Firm Plans N60bn Investment in Downstream Oil Sector | Oil Contractors Worried Over Failed Jobs | Job Cut: Shell Explains Reorganisation Moves | ExxonMobil's Oil Reserves Climb by 1.7 Billion Barrels | Angola Targets Increased Oil Output | NEPA Plans Recovery of N8.7bn Debt in Abuja | Bell Oil to Invest N2b in Glass Fibre Pipe System | Gas Price to Increase on Rising US Power Demand | Shell Sets Up Oil Production Co-ordinating Centre | BP Makes New Discovery in Angola's Oil Bloc | New Foreign Hitech Printing Plant Coming - BAT Boss | Volkswagen Plans to Build Plant in China |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
EL-Rufai Restructures to Save Abuja from Decay | Housing Summit Ends With Hazy Blue Print | ...As China Counts Gains On Housing Delivery | NIESV is in Transition Period - Adebiyi | Road Dualisation Drives Adeola Odeku Property Values | Prestige Showcases Products |
POLITICS
LG Allocation: I won't Challenge FG in Court, Says Egwu | A/Ibom Assembly Okays N1.8bn Devt Loan | OPC, Not Ethnic Militia - Gani Adams | Senate Crisis: How Far Can Wabara Go Today? | Ogun NCP Suspends Former Guber Candidate, Secretary |
MARKET NEWS
SEC to Pursue Capital Market Education | Omegabank Restructures |
MONEY GUIDE
Bank of the North Scraps GM Positions | Habib Bank Joins Billionaire Profit-making Banks | First Atlantic, Global Bank Open Branches |
COMMENT
Environment and Corruption | Govt's Wrong Policy on Housing |
EDITORIAL
Democracy: South Africa's Example |
LETTERS
Still on Dollar Pay for Ministers | FRSC and Road Carnage | Include Lampese-Ososo in Operation 500 | Ihima Road Project, a Job Well Done |
LAW
Stop Glorifying Criminals in Power | Nobody is Above the Law | Supreme Court Has Final Say on New LGs - Ojo Maduekwe | Creditor Can Move Against Guarantor Independent of Debtor's Default | 'Lawyers Have Become a Stumbling Block to Disposing Appeals' - Appeal Court President |
CITY DIARY
Succour for Street Beggars | Miracles: Ban Meant to Regulate Advertising, Says Cleric | Nasfat to Launch N100m School, Hospital Projects |
FEATURES
HIV/AIDS: Which Way Nigeria? |
SPORTS
Germany 2006: We Want to Learn From Eagles - Rwanda | League Stars Tackle Benin | Adebisi Rules Equity Tennis | Abuja 2004: Theme Song Change Confirmed | ...Plateau Athletes Protest | 40 Companies for Vodacom golf Challenge | Anyasi Sets New Targets For Enyimba | Nigerian Youngster Shines in England | UEFA League: Porto Out to Avoid Depor's Riazor Cut | By Canoe or Camel, Athens Here We Come | Keeping Tabs on the Kids | Milo Schools Basketball | Sports Festival | 10 Key Attributes of a Great Coach |
EXTRA
What Kind of People Have We Become? |