Friday June 18th, 2004

NEWS
Flood Sacks Lagos | Confusion Trails ALSCON Privatisation | Zenith Bank Floats Largest Initial Public Offer | Power Output Drops by 800 MW | PDP Orders Special Congress in Anambra | Ibori: Substituted Service Sought on Uwais, Others | 'Nation's Civil Servants Aging' | Money Laundering: Nigeria to Be Certified Soon - Lemo | Ige: Omisore's Lawyer Sues Magazine for N1bn | Revenue Commission to Tour Customs CommandsFrom Cletus Akwaya | INEC Urged to Solve Electoral Problems | Oil Marketers are Cheats, says NLC | El-Rufai Pledges Support for SME | ...They 're Vampires - House Member | Downsizing of Housing Staff Recommended | FG Tasked On Space Programmes | Public/Private Sector Salary Gap Worries FG | Osuji Allays Fears on PTI Status | Senate to Probe N8bn Prisons Reforms Fund | BPE Opens Bids for Delta Steel Today | Army Holds Key to Nation's Survival - Alli | Madonna, Baby-Selling Hospital, Shut | Oyo Needs N30bn to Control Flood | 1,006 More Housing Units for Lagosians | Police Raid: NLC Takes Case to Human Rights Group | MASSOB Suspects Sue IG, Allege Rights Abuse | Youth Group Expresses Solidarity With Ngige | FG Earmarks N1.5bn for Bauchi Roads | FG, World Bank, British Council Collaborate on Youth Devt | Expert Identifies Recipe for Economic Growth | UNIJOS Seeks Alternative Funding | YCE Backs Call for National Conference | 'Oyo, Osun Govts 'll Not Fund Afolabi's Burial' | Students Urged to Justify Parents' Investment | Ekiti Promotes 2,507 Workers | Community Demands $750m Compensation From Shell | FG 'll Tackle Poverty Before 2007 - Masari | 'FCDA Commits N123bn to Abuja' | FG Asked to Create Ministry of Railways | SMEDAN Boss Promises to Promote Devt SMEs | Kwara Poly Adamant, ASUP Begins Strike | Ezugo Discovers Ultimate Treasure | NAFDAC Destroys N20m Contaminated Indomie | Ekiti Orders Contractor Back to Site |
STATE OF STATE
250 Treated for Bone Defects | Nnamani Wants Environmental Problems Prevented | Cleric Tasks African Children | NDLEA Seizes Drugs, Arrests Suspects | PDP Members Want 2 Senators Recalled | Anti-Cultism Jingles: Radio Boss Gets Death Threat | Royal Father Condemns Police Raid | Afrisurg Partners Nigerian Doctors on Health Care | Group Decries Attack on Ex-Minister | NUC Approves Varsity for CAC | Daniel Tasks Board Chairmen | Northern Govs Contribute N85m to School | Police Stopped from Checking Vehicle Particulars | NLC Issues Ultimatum over Workers' Welfare | Ogunlewe Appoints 17 Special Assistants | Govt Donates Electrical Materials to NEPA |
BUSINESS
FG Saves N89bn from Over-invoiced Contracts | Nigeria, China Sign Protocol Agreement | Strike: Agents Ask for Rent, Demurrage Waivers | Chartered Bank Promotes 130 | Making Collective Bargaining Effective in Labour Management | Guidelines on Implementation of Cabotage Shipping Regime (2) | Non-Implementation of Destination Inspection Worries Freight Forwarders | Customs Reform and Post-pre-shipment Inspection Era | Civil Servants Pick Holes in NEEDS | Inland, Coastal Shipping and Challenges Ahead | Importers Blamed for Congestion at Ports | OAU, Academy Champion Export Promotion | JOMALIC Donates 15-Seater Bus to Merchant Navy | Ports Scramble to Meet ISPS Code standards | 'Why 50 Poachers, Hunters, Others Were Arrested' | National Park Woos Investors | WTO Hails Nigeria, Tasks Her on Road Signs | Sheraton Raises US$10m for UNICEF | Lufthansa Plans to Pay Dividend as Air Travel Recovers | Travellers Awards Postponed | 'Financing Tourism Requires Long-term Funds' |
WEEKEND REVIEW
A Treble from the a-Novel-a-Year Novelist | Lagos Awaits the World Music Day | Ray Charles Croons No More |
COMMENT
Farewell to Sanusi | Another Angle to Emergency Rule |
EDITORIAL
School for Council Chiefs |
LETTERS
Wrong Use of Mobile Phones | Sam Okwaraji Deserves Honour | Attention, Ekiti Works Commissioner | Bloated Presidency |
POLITICS
Ebonyi Assembly Passes 14 Bills in One Year | Marwa Not a Stooge, Says Group | Enugu Assembly Tasked On Child Rights Bill | Politician Commends Ogunlewe | Support Idris, PDP Chieftain Urges Kogi People | Lagos PDP: Re-birth of a Political Crisis |
CITY DIARY
Why Nkoyo Ibori Takes to Child Care | Cleric Flays Africa Leaders | Ekiti Community Resolves Feud Between CAN, Traditionalists | Alake, Daniel Commended for Positive Leadership | Tinubu's Wife Presents N5m Gifts to Less-privileged | Community Seeks Govt Assistance on Health |
MARKET NEWS
Total Posts N2.684bn Profit | N4bn Bond: Cross River Seeks Support |
MONEY GUIDE
CBN Seeks Judicial Assistance to Curb Credit Defaults | USAID Unfolds Programme for Low Income Earners | Naira Still N132.75 Per Dollar | City Express Secures $7m Facility |
FEATURES
'In Ondo, We've Something to Talk About' |
SPORTS
Okocha May Miss Angola Clash | Ogun to Host Sports Festival | Basketball: National U-18 Girls Beat Mali | Athens 2004: Tennis Players on German Tour | Croatia Hold France to 2-2 Draw | US Open | Scrabble: Nigeria Eyes Africa Title | Czechs Dread Van Nistelrooy | Morientes Fears Exit | Rooney Revives England's Hopes | Swedish Victory Saves Farmer | ...Wary of Ref for Portugal | Hooligans Agreed to Deportation | Pharaoh Want Mido's Touch to Shoot Down Elephant | Lions Miss Djemba-Djemba | Dope: Jones Wants Public Hearing | Totti Banned for Spitting | ...Ban Forces Radical Rethink | Germany to Strengthen Attack | Bulgaria Playing for Pride Against Danes |
REPLY
Reflections on Reagananistas |