Friday May 7th, 2004

NEWS
Why Presidency Should Go North, By Gana | Budget 2004: FG Targets N3 Trillion Revenue | Pension Reforms: NLC Threatens Mass Action | Wabara: Committee Invites Mark, 8 Igbo Senators | Shell Probes Food Poisoning on Bonga Rig | El- Rufai's Aides' Appointment Illegal, Says Senate Committee | 'How Justice System Affects Foreign Investment' | LG Allocation: Labour Appeals to Presidency, N/Assembly | Total to Invest $10 bn in Upstream Sector | Ige: Witness Debunks Fryo's Claim | Group Fights BPE over 6000 Dockworkers | NUC Threatens Private Varsities | US Grants Nigeria N55.3 m for Coal Production | Gunman Arrested at Tribunal Venue | Miracle Broadcast: NBC Begins Clamp Down | Hoteliers Receive Commendations | Police Chiefs Re-deployed | Nigeria's Reform Gives Hope - French Envoy | Obasanjo, Bank Directors Disagree on High Interest Rate | Alaafin Disagrees with Benin Monarch | Kudirat: Al-Mustapha Fails to Appear | Human Trafficking: 30 to Appear in Court | SMEDAN Seeks Pivotal Role in SME Confab | Masari Slams Authors of Inequitable Fund Disbursement | Plateau Crisis: CAN Rejects C'ttee Chairman | Lawmaker Lauds Soludo's Appointment | FG Urged to Overhaul JAMB | House Happy over Impact of EEG | Cote D'Ivoire: ECOWAS Parliament Expresses Concern | LASPOTECH Ready to Stamp Out Cultism | Isolo Road to be Closed for Two Weeks | NEMA to Get Two Helicopters | LG Polls: Jigawa Drops Option A4 | 'Policy Inconsistency, Bane of Agric Dev.' | Wabara: Enyimba Forum Alleges Conspiracy | Ebonyi Automated Poultry Farm Ready | CJ Urges Judges to be Just, Efficient | LG Workers Threaten to Go on Strike | New Councils: Tinubu, Gana Trade Words | ...No Action on Withheld LG Allocation - Ebonyi | Three Tipped for UNN VC | Chinese Farmers Arrive Rivers | Assembly to Probe UITH over Death of Commissioner's Wife | Kogi Assembly Suspends LG Chairmen | First Lady Leads Polio Campaign to South-west | I'm Still a Sitting Senator, Says Abana |
BUSINESS
Group Says Air Safety Still Critically Deficient | ASUP Wants Judge to Entertain Suit Against Kwara Poly | Sacked CBN Workers Seek Soludo's Intervention | 'How to Enhance Indigenous Shipping Capacity' | Issue Arising from Workers Day Celebration | Tinubu Applauds BA, GTB Strategic Alliance | Akingbola, Gulf Bank GM Receive Nkrumah Award | Longe Explains Importance of Exit Interview | Creating High Performance Workface | Merger: Air France, KLM Shares Listed | BA, American Airlines Launch Interline e-Ticketing | Airports to Test New Security Measures | Boeing Begins Studies on Replacement of 737 | Agents Ask for 2.5% Commission from Customs Duties | NMA Repackages The Voyage Journal | Significance of IMO to Developing Maritime Nations | Domestication of Int'l Laws Dominate Maritime Summit | 'Destination Inspection Can Check Corruption at Ports' | Cabotage: Indigenous Shipowners Raise Alarm Over Illegal Vessels | Security:Port Organizations Sign Agreement | Nigerian Hotels, Resorts' Guide Introduced | Abuja Set to Tap Tourism Potentials | Ara Set to Promote African Culture | Tour operators Welcome New UAE Tourism Option | Tourism Website Under way | Home Touch Repackages Nigerian Cuisine, Opens Tomorrow | Abuja International Travel Market Set | San Diego to ReduceTourism Promotion | OGSG Blames Osoba for Selling N350m Govt Shares | ... Generates N7m from Hotel Registration | UNDP Holds Oil Wealth Workshop |
WEEKEND REVIEW
A Serial Thriller | Afrofest In The Park |
COMMENT
No Aid, No Debt | EFCC, the Constitution and Reality |
EDITORIAL
Honorary Degrees for Sale? |
LETTERS
Immunity and Sundry Issues | HIV/AIDS Education in Schools | Let's Build a Senate Without Scam | Extend Road Repairs to Ekiti State |
CITY DIARY
Windstorm Wreaks Havoc in Edo Communities | Fresh Crisis Brews at Lagos Ladipo Market |
POLITICS
Why There's Violence in Niger-Delta, By Shonekan | Appeal Court Confirms Obi Anambra Senator | SAN Makes Case for Option A4 | Mass Action: Group Condemns Disruption of Rally | Court Dismisses Moghalu's Appeal | House Moves To Reform Nation's Prisons System |
MARKET NEWS
Ashaka Cement Declares N2.1bn Profit | IBTC Nigerian Equity Fund Makes 93.8% Return |
MONEY GUIDE
Metropolitan Bank's Asset Hits N15.3bn | Intercontinental, Allstates Launch Western Union | Naira Still N133.30 Per Dollar |
FEATURES
Again! Southern Plateau is Hot Spot | 'For Small Investor, there is Hope' | A Copy Writer's Life Adventures |
HEALTH
Nexus Between Drug Abuse, HIV/AIDS Prevalence | Firm Appeals to Govt on Tariff Reduction | Fibroid: Expert Explains Causes, Cure |
SPORTS
Nku Finally Apologises to Minister, AFN | Edo, Ebonyi Accused of Harbouring Arms | Feeding Crisis Persists | Sanitation Exercise Threatens Games | Edo, Lagos Share Gymnastics Honours | Delta May Lose Cycling Gold | 'Williams Sisters Can't Visit Nigeria' | Why We Embraced Tennis - Equity Boss | Rome Open: Pavel Punishes Hewitt | Confab to See Sports as Devt - Minister | Mourinho's Chelsea Move Comes Closer | Egypt Sets Up 'Football Court' | Porto Headache for Scolari | Bolton Still Await Rivaldo | Murali Equals Record |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: Is Soludo the Solution? |