Tuesday June 15th, 2004

NEWS
Kupolokun Forsees More Fuel Crisis Ahead | $10bn Needed to Boost Power Supply -- BPE | BFIG, Nigerian Consortium, Wins ALSCON Bid | Delta: Militant Youths Asked to Surrender Arms | Customs Seizes N813m Goods | FG to Publish Ministerial Allocations - Chikelu | Osun AD Backs Akande, Akinfenwa | Shell Reports Oil Spillage at Oloibiri Well | Obasanjo, Oba Lipede in Secret Talks | FG Studies S'Court Judgment on Urban, Regional Planning | Why FG Hasn't Banned Fuel Importation, By Afenifere | 'Obasanjo Not Involved in Tinubu/Ogunlewe Face-off' | FCT Commences Direct Sales of Fertilisers to Farmers | FG, FAO Sign N50m Agric Pact | Anti-fertiliser Smuggling Measures Yielding Results - lawmaker | Sudan Crisis: UK Donates œ15m | Police Commend Nigerians Over Peaceful Conduct | Immigration Redeploys 25 Comptrollers | Tough Times Await Defaulting Contractors | Lagos Suspends Approval for Land Conversion | Hearing in Taylor's Asylum Case, July 1 | Bode George, Ogunlewe Accused of Rocking Lagos PDP | Sokoto, Kebbi Donate to Plateau Riot Victims | Commercial Activities Return to Osun | Ethno-Religious Crises: Marwa Backs National Conference | PDP Supports LASTMA's Withdrawal | Mu'azu Promises Electricity for 250 Communities | Union Dicon Sued N3m | Ibori's Aide Seeks Federal Presence in Delta | Strike: ASSBIFI Wants Members to Resume | MTN Donates Relief Materials to Crisis Victims | 'Nigerian Economy Needs Agric Production' |
STATE OF THE STATES
Tribunal Nullifies Okeke's Victory | Cleric Urges Prayer for Economic Survival | 13 Prostitutes Arrested in Refugee Camp |
ARTS & REVIEW
Orunmila, Odia and the NLNG Prizes | A Festival for Soyinka |
BUSINESS
SON Gets Tough on Standards | U.S., OPS Move to Improve Business | JDZ: Firms Negotiate Pact on Oil Bloc | Shell Nets $12.5 Billion Income in 2003 | IAEA Gets $27m to Battle Nuclear Terrorism | Oil Incomes: No Hiding Place | 150 Countries Okay Renewable Energy | Oil Demand to Grow in 2004, Says IEA | Fuel: IPMAN Suggests Way Out | Rivers to Commission 2 Power Projects | Rice Import Ban: Why Wait Till 2006? | Delta State Moves to Improve Economic Climate for OPS | World Bank to Partner Abia for SME Development | 'Foot and Mouth Disease Almost Extinct' | Improving Production in High Gas-Cut Oil Fields |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE
Kubwa Residents in Pre-emptive Demolition | Deltans celebrates Bomadi Bridge | NHP Depositors Know Fate July 15 | Stakeholders Discuss Sanitation Policy As Garbage Heaps Mount | UAC Foods Pays Lagos Govt N6m Premises Fee | Environment Minister Explains Efforts in Niger Delta | 'Decorative Concrete, Good for Flooring' | NIA Hosts African Architects |
POLITICS
Cultism: Rivers Deputy Speaker Wants Members Screened | Akaagerger, Ex- MILAD, Joins PDP | 'Blame Political Leaders, Security Agencies for Crises' | Group Tasks Muazu on Democracy Dividends | Emergency Rule: 'Where Obasanjo Erred' | June 12 and Abiola's Friends |
MARKET NEWS
Aiico Insurance Profit Rises by 37.6% | US Stocks Deep in Red |
MONEY GUIDE
15 Banks to Feature at SME Forum | Standard Chartered Launches Visa Debit Card |
COMMENT
Clinton's Example of Succession | Govt and Information Management |
EDITORIAL
Britain and African Immigrants |
LETTERS
Agagu, Compel HMB to Pay Us | Nigeria Needs Freedom | Happenings in Idah Poly | Ibori, Make this Hospital Functional |
LAW
Repositioning the Legal Profession | Danlami Basharu: The World of a Visually Challenged Lawyer | Conflict Management in Ethno-Religious Crises | NEPA V EDEGBERO: Need for Modification | Emerging Legal Issues in the Polity | A Visually Challenged Lawyer as an Overcomer | How to Survive ( And Make Partner ) in Your Law Firm |
CITY DIARY
Why Catholics Don't Ordain Women as Priests_Osu flays discrimination against women in the Church | Assassains Kill FRSC Official | NDLEA Intercepts 2.2kg of Indian Hemp in Adamawa | Cleric Charges Media Practi-tioners on Family Values | Ex-Naval Chief Wants FG to Tackle Erosion Menace | Revenue Collector Stabs Bike Operator to Death |
FEATURES
Fuel Crisis: Local Refining, Way to Go |
SPORTS
Five Nigerian Athletes Fail Dope Tests | Raiders Make Ikhana Consultant | Lady Tigers Leave for Germany Today | Germany 2006: Odegbami Cautions Against Angola | ...As Eagles Leave in Batches | England Suffer Scholes Blow | Barthez was Prepared - Santini | Kahn Confident of Victory | Starkovs Eyes Shock Win |
EXTRA
A Reagan for Nigeria |