Tuesday May 11th, 2004

NEWS
Nobody Can Shortchange North - ACF | S.M. Afolabi Passes on at 70 | How to Grow Nigeria's Economy, By Stiglitz | Asset Declaration: Conduct Tribunal to Get 2000 on Trial | Obasanjo, PDP, Others Mourn Afolabi | Bode George Wants Me Dead - Tinubu | Oil Taxes Fetch FG N53b In 2 Months | FG Urged to Tackle Umeployment | River Niger/Benue Dredging: Obasanjo Blames Contractor | Gov Goes Tough With Trouble Makers | Dikibo for Burial, May 22 | Kwara to Construct New Housing Units | Senator Proposes 2-yr Term for Principal Officers | Rising Unemployment Worries FG | Ex-Edo Deputy Speaker Emerges ALGON Chairman | Anambra Disowns PDP Caretaker Chairman | El-Rufai Swears-in 5 Executive Secretaries | Umar Calls for Release of 'Mass Action' Mobiliser | Duke Signs LG Bill Into Law | S/West NULGE Protests Allocation Stoppage | 4 Killed, 100 Injured in Ogoniland Clash | SIEC Dissolution: Kwara Goes to Supreme Court | ...Assures on Market Decongestion | First Lady Commends Egwu's Wife | NUC Wants Varsity Curricular Reviewed | Lagos Raises N2.8b for Transport Fund | Fayose's Panel to Probe Adebayo | Bulama: Defence Resists Trial | 'Immortalise Imoudu, Osadebe, Okotie Eboh' | HIV/AIDS: Experts to Converge in Abuja | Ikom-Calabar Federal Highway Ready Soon | Commissioner Speaks on 2007 Delta Guber Race | Election Tribunal: Council Demands Increased Security | 2007: Anti-Atiku Group Maps Out Strategy | Maritime Workers Threaten BPE | Bunkering: 3 More Witnesses Testify | Amnesty International Welcomes Sharia Court Ruling |
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 |
STATE OF THE STATES
Communal Clash: Death Toll Rises to 20 | Residents Commend LSWC | Govt Purchases N300m Equipment | Gov Seeks Recall of LG Chairmen | Lawmakers Refuse to Endorse LG Bill | Return to Tradition, Monarch Urges Africans Africans | 2007: Anglican Clergy Supports Igbo Presidency | 'How Agric Can Succeed' |
ARTS & REVIEW
Marley Still the Original Rude Boy | Risk as Part of life |
BUSINESS
Deregulation Committee Admits Fault in Report | USAID to Boost Nigeria's Agric Devt With N10b | Ghana Seeks Additional 20,000bpd from Nigeria | Firms Plan Workshop on Ice Cream/Coffee Business | LCCI Urges Small Holders to Embrace Franchising | Entrepreneur Launches Veekee Cassava Starch | AGOA: Cash in on $4bn US Market, Textile Industry Urged | 'We'll Improve Human Resource Devt' | Quietly, PalmOne Launches Retail Stores | 'Maggi Competition Will Establish Nigerian Food Culture' | SMIEIS: Industrialists List Alternative Ways to Fund SMEs | 5 Per Cent of Europe's Population 'Faces Food Insecurity' | Marginal Oil Fields: From Licensing to Financing | Local Oil Firms Must Challenge Foreign Dominance- Tinubu | Total Nets $2.45b Income in First Qtr | OPEC Output Falls to 28 Million BPD in April |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
'Scrap Housing and Urban Development Ministry' | UTB Increases Property Finance Portfolio with Over N2bn | Abuja Green Areas, Parks Recovered | Ultra-Modern Silverbird Galleria Sets Victoria Island Aglow | FG Has Right to Dispose off its Houses - Jide Taiwo | Forest Management Laws Surface Soon | Mortgage Banking Begins in Benin City |
POLITICS
NBA Clamours for Constitution Review | No Plan to Impeach Masari - Lawmaker | LG Election: Army to Investigate Erring Officers | Tribunal Begins Sitting with 33 Petitions | Don Canvasses Support for Opposition Parties | 2007: Powershift Dominates Calculations in Cross River |
MARKET NEWS
UPDC Records N901.2m Profit | Wall St Stocks Dive Amid Global Declines |
MONEY GUIDE
Banks Seek Speedy Passage of Fiscal Bill | New CIBN Boss Calls for Support | UTB Deploys ATM, Expands Branch Network |
COMMENT
Banks: Paying Lip-service to SMIEIS | Of Writers and National Issues |
EDITORIAL
Mass Action: Democracy Sans Freedom |
LETTERS
Question Time on Foreign Reserves | Allowing Dissent Opinions | Gov Ladoja, We Are Suffering | Fly-overs on Benin-Sagamu Road |
LAW
...the Journey So Far | ...Standard of Excellence Still Present | At 40, Nigerian Law School Has Met National Expectations - Jegede | 'Reasonable Compensation Must be Paid for Compulsorily Acquired Property' | Armed Robbery and Hotel's Liability |
CITY DIARY
'How We Were Robbed in Luxury Bus' | NDLEA Academy Graduates 34 | Odu'a Sets Up Fire Fighting Corps | Murder over Child | Cleric Calls for Support for FG's Reforms |
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