Wednesday May 5th, 2004

NEWS
Presidency Not Zoned to North, Says Daniel | Senate Accepts Wabara's Apology | Crude Oil Price Hits $38 Per Barrel | Gana: Call for Resignation, Invitation to Anarchy | Tax Evasion: Halliburton Pays $3.1m | FG Rules Out New GSM Operators for Now | Zimbabwean Farmers Get 200,000 Land Hectares in Kwara | Plateau Killings: Obasanjo Orders IG to Restore Peace | Yoruba History: Lagos Oba Backs Benin Monarch | Due Process: FG Saves N98bn on Contracts | Lawmaker Allays Fears on Soludo's Appointment | Omisore to Court: Please Help Clear My Name | Why FG Reviews Labour Laws - Minister | Lawyers Want to Convene Constitutional Conference | Ladoja Condemns Indiscriminate Release of Criminals | Kwara Assembly Uncovers N 2.3m Scam | Nobody Has Control of Federal Allocation - Akande | Ibru: Substantive Trial Adjourned Again Till June 8 | Oil Industry Gets Local Content Boost | Lawmakers Off to UK | JAMB May Sue Igbinedion, Convenant Varsities | Dikibo: Police Rearrest Escaped Suspects | House Debates Mass Protest, Pension Bill Today | Plateau Chief Judge Fired | Mass Action: NCP Condemns Arrest of Protesters | Ibekwe's Co-Accused Faces Fresh Charges | Lagos Wants to Acquire TBS, Two Others | Rewane: Court Orders Trial Within Trial | FG Inaugurates e-government Board | Court Rejects Bank's Application for Stay of Proceedings | Bayelsa Inaugurates World Bank Advisory Committee | Groups Drag NCAA to Court | Tax Board to Improve Staff Quality | '6 million Nigerians are Asthmatic' | Tinubu Swears-in Six New Judges | ... Muazu Too | Red Cross Seeks N3.4m for Projects | NDIC, Police Fined N.2m | Kwara to Build Power Plant | Group Urges IGP to Restore Ngige's Orderlies | Lagos Attack: Wole Awolowo Apologises to Fayose | Italian Proposes Shoe Factory in Kano |
STATE OF THE STATES
Mbang Advises Youth on Attitudinal Change | Ngige Signs 2004 Appropriation Bill | Shun Money Politics, Nigerians Urged | Govt Sends Get-Well-Message to Afolabi | Mu'azu Warns LG Chairmen Against Indolence | NUJ Advises New LG Chiefs | 'Invest in Limestone Production' | 'SHP, Pre-requisite for Development' | 9 States Emerge Exams-Fraud Free | NAFDAC Arrests Fake Inspectors | Problems of Food Production Identified | Afribank Boss Commends Mu'azu |
AUTO BUYER
Hyundai Rockets Up in Auto Quality Study | ABC Transport Commissions Third Terminal in Lagos | Mitsubishi Gets New President | Renault Clio to Challenge Rio, Accent | Isuzu Puts $5K Incentive on Rodeo |
--> BUSINESS
STB, US EXIM Sign $30m Credit Guarantee Facility | Valucard in Search of New MD | 'Capitalisation Not Measure of Companies' Viability' | The Central Bank Under Sanusi | Brokers Move to Get Pension Fund Administrator | Insurance Professionals Go for Fitness Walk Saturday | Competence of Pension Trustees Questioned | Director-General Unveils CIIN's Devt Programme | AIL Expresses Confidence in AP's Rights Issue | Premium-refunding Life Insurance Emerges | New Airline Deal Won't Include Pension Changes | ID Theft Insurance May Not Be Worth It | Aureos West Africa Fund Debuts | Recapitalisation: Boom for Capital Market | Congress May Take Insurance Regulation from States | GSK Commends Distributors for Rise in Turnover | CITN Professional Certificate Gets Recognition |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Passion for Ressurrection | The Artist and his Tribe |
COMMENT
JAMB and Exam Malpractices | The Travails of a Governor |
DEVELOPMENT
SOLUDO AT CBN | What Exactly Will He Deliver? | Governance and Devt: Agenda for Civil Society | S/Leone: An Election 30 Years in the Making | Kenya: Poor Labour Conditions in Export Processing Zones | ECOWAS Set to Complete Common External Tariff | Message from UNCTAD's Secretary-General | IMF, OECD See Economic Risks in US Budget |
EDUCATION
Polio: Education Comes to the Rescue | Wherever You Are, Educate a Child - Dabiri | Low-Level Manpower, Bane of Tertiary Education | Parents Body Makes Case for UBE Bill | Katsina to Build More Classrooms | Ogun Varsity Has Good Story To Tell | King Institute Turns out 222 Graduates | Need for Jolly Phonics Training Stressed | Institute Withdraws 311 over Academic Performance |
EDITORIAL
Rethinking the Land Use Act |
LETTERS
Between Kalu and Mc-Carthy | Tame the Ivorien Rebels | Give Ijelu-Omu Ekiti Electricity | Military Rule? Never Again |
MARKET NEWS
Interest Rate: Bank CEO Carpets CBN | WAPIC Insurance Profit Rises by 257% |
MONEY GUIDE
7Up's Market Capitalisation Hits N12.5bn | Mobil, Shell Inject $25m as Naira Stabilises |
FEATURES
Humanitarian Crises and Emerging Challenges |
CITY DIARY
Flood Swallow Up Lagos Community | Apapa Gets Business Club | Council Boss Laments Neglect of Lagos Community | Club Celebrates Success at 30 | Methodist to Rehabilitate Area Boys, HIV/AIDS Patients |
SPORTS
Volleyball Team Off to Tokyo | Uduak, Others Rebuff Musa | Aiyegbeni's Return Angers FA Members | Daniel, Goje for Govs Confab | Atletico after Eto'o | Milo Basketball Begins Monday | FCT Sacks Athelete for Complaining | LOC Threatens to Sack Caterers | Fixtures Delay Start of Events | 'Edo Will Retain Title' | S/Africa Tops FIFA Rating | Clijsters Targets Wimbledon | Justice Continues Comeback | Can Tinkerman Tinker Chelsea to Victory? | Don't Expect Medals From Athletics - Amike | Athens Roof Delayed Again | Golf: Singh Wins HP Classic | Two Teams to Represent Africa | NBA: Pistons overpower Nets | Govs Central to Sports Development - Ekeji |
POLITICS
Let's Rally Support for Wabara, Says Uzodimma | 2007: Group Okays Igbo Presidency | Empower Youth, House Member Urges FG | Mass Rally: What Impact? | Echoes of True Federalism at H.I.D's Book Launch | LG Allocations: Lagos AD Supports Tinubu |
EXTRA
So Much for Democratic Culture | Akunyili Must Not Lose the Battle |