Tuesday July 27th, 2004

NEWS
Four Aboard Missing Plane in Niger Delta | Undercapitalise, Operate as Community Banks - CBN | Boy Adam: Nigerian Jailed in London | Private Investors to Spend $1.1bn on Seaports | ALSCON: FG Makes U-Turn, Appoints Rusal, Core Investor | Slok Air Workers to Picket Lagos Airport | Be Self-Reliant, Agwai Tells Army | Failed Road Contracts: FG to Drag 6 Firms Before EFCC | Abdulsalami Appointed Special Envoy to Sudan, Chad | Work with Govs, Obasanjo Urges LGs | Plateau: Police Invite Suspended Speaker | 'Why Pace of Economic Devt Is Low' | Oyo PDP Crisis: Adedibu Vows to Fight on, Until... | 4 Govs Reject Dikibo's Replacement | Unpaid Allowances May Mar House Resumption | Obasanjo Heads National Mosque Rehabilitation C'ttee | Federal Character, Merit Go Together - Obasanjo | Taylor: Court Summons Refugee Commission's Boss | Jigawa Poised to Strike Oil | Food Security Critical to Nigeria's Survival' | Stop Using Force in Niger Delta, FG Urged | Minister Decries Africa's IT Status | Lagos Denies Alleged EFCC Investigation | N452m Property: 'Fayose's Claim Baseless' | NUC to Stop Unaccredited Varsity Programmes | Hoodlums Attack Lawmaker | Edo Decries Deduction from State Allocation | Adegbite Advises Students Against Social Ills | 419: Court Grants Ajudua's Co-Accused Bail | Saraki Tasks Journalists on Peace | Government Urged to Prosecute Human Traffickers | Delta Ready to Implement SEEDS |
STATE OF THE STATES
Airforce Won't Compromise Standards-Wuyep | 'Akume, Ayu Not Attacked' | Senator Plans to Promote IT Skills Acquisition | Indigenes Urged to Cooperate for Devt | Importance of Potable Water Stressed | FG Spends N17bn on UBE | Engineer Shot Dead | Smoking, Alcohol Cause Cancer - Don | Banks Advised to Encourage Small Scale Enterprise | Abacha Critics Are Cowards - Ex- Milad | Govt Spends N1bn On Poverty Alleviation | 'Over 2m Nigerians Displaced' | Akunyili: Gani Petitions UN | Board Appointments Divide PDP | Daniel Donates Bus to State Radio | Farmers Reaffirm Olowoporoku's Leadership |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Psychology of an Intelligent Criminal |
BUSINESS
Elf Targets Gas Supply for LNG Train 6 | Manufacturing Capacity Utilisation Slides | Chinese Firm to Invest $500m in NPDC Oil Blocs | FAO Improves Geographic Data Management | ..Moves to Promote Waste Water Treatment | Avian Flu: 'No Need to Kill Wild Birds' | Project to Develop Fishing Sector Launched | Economic Benefits of FIIRO's Industrial Research | NIPC, Investment Centre Sign MOU | Going the Whole Hog on Local Content | Oil Pact: Expert Cautions FG | 30 Co-op Societies Get Loans | $6bn Gas Project: Nigeria, Algeria Seek Consultants | Shell Moves Udofia, Deputy MD | Russian Oil Firm, Yukos, on Brink of Bankruptcy | Food, Agric Expo for Economic Diversification - LCCI | Schlumberger Nets $2.86 Billion Revenue | Oando Concludes Nationwide Tour | Landmark, IBM to Offer Seismic Technology | Halliburton Records $660m Loss | ExxonMobil, Chevron in $35m Bribery Saga | SON Impounds 25 Containers of Detergents | MAN Cries Out Over 'Illegal Levies' by FERMA |
POLITICS
Ogun Pledges to Deliver Democracy Dividends | 2007: Goje Urged to Re-Contest | Group Commends Udenwa's Reforms | Bill to Address Ethno-Religious Crisis Under-way | How Jakande Was Celebrated at 75 | ...To Include N2bn Water Project in 2005 Budget |
MARKET NEWS
MannyBank Closes Ranks with 2 Foreign Banks | Crusader Insurance Profit Rises by 125% |
MONEY GUIDE
Capital Base: CPPE Seeks Reduction to N10bn | Assurance Bank's Deposit Base Hits N13bn | Prudent Chairman, Others Join BDAN |
COMMENT
Solarin: The Last Social Critic | Why Daniel Stands Out in Ogun State |
EDITORIAL
NIJ's Shameful Example |
LETTERS
How Banks Touch Lives | Why the Controversy at all? | NTA and Its Bias | Deregulate Fire Service |
LAW
Executive Abuse of Legislative Process | The Future of Law Practice in Nigeria | 'N25bn Capital: Only 10 Healthy Banks May Emerge' | Please Spare Their Lordships! | Saddam Hussein and the Laws of War | SERVICOM Initiative: Challenges in Administrative/Public Law | A Night of Tears for Rwanda, S/Leone and Liberian War Victims |
CITY DIARY
Marine Police Set to Sail Again | How Bike Operators Almost Killed Holiday Makers | Commuter Bus Drivers Warned | Abisoye Charges Kogi Communities | Lawmaker Decries Drainage Blockage |
FEATURES
'The Foundation of Religion is Education' |
SPORTS
'Lady Tigers' Athens List Final' | Swatch Splashes N50m on Team Nigeria | No Hassles With Tinubu - Bamidele | West Brom Battle Villa for Kanu | Brazil Win Copa Shoot-out | Kenya Prepare for Germany 2006 | Germany 2006: Rwanda Plot Eagles Fall in Kigali | Nigeria Upstage Angola 68-60 | NFA's Enemuo Killed in Auto-Crash | Deaf Sports: El-Rufai Releases N5.1m | MTN Enugu Marathon Champion Guns for Top Prize | Referee Shoots Coach Dead | Minister Demands Changes from FIFA | Nigeria's German Coach Banks on Relays | Lady Tigers Athens List Out Today | Song Joins Galatasaray | Athens Tests New $312m Security System | US Basketball Team Shapes Up for Games | Wenger Battles Vieira's Real Move | Eriksson, Rooney Flings Dominate Press | Overmars Ends Career |
REPLY
How to Kill Cults | More on Post-Office Journalism |