Wednesday Oct, 13th 2004

NEWS
2005 Budget: Obasanjo Proposes N1.6 Trillion | Strike May Be Prolonged, Says Oshiomhole | 2007: Abdusalami Canvasses Independent Candidacy | Shell Oil Pipeline Set on Fire | Controversy, as Aviation Activist, Agbeyegbe, Dies at 49 | 2005 Budget: Mixed Reaction from Lawmakers | Obasanjo Proposes Reconciliation Commission for Plateau | Masari Pledges to Intervene in Fuel Price Hike | Police Grant Anambra Labour Leaders Bail | Low Traffic on Port Harcourt Roads | Businesses Remain Dull in Bayelsa | Workers Remain Indoors in Osun | Tough Time in Edo | Group Hails Compliance in Kwara | Banks, Schools Remain Shut in Akwa Ibom | Cleric Wants Amicable Resolution | Labour, Civil Society Reject Palliative Committee | Royal Father Urges Return to Work | 'Action 'll Continue, Until...' | Banks, Schools Shut in Warri | I'm Disappointed in Gombe Workers - Commissioner | Lagos Remains Crippled as Residents Comply | Sharia: Woman to Die for Adultery | Cairo Women Confab: Maryam Babangida Canvases Fresh Initiative | Ban on Importation'll Provoke Alternatives - Obasanjo | Transporter Shot Dead in Rivers | Resident Doctors Threaten Mass Resignation, Migration | No Room for Terrorists in Nigeria -IG | NIPOST Assures on 48hrs Mails Delivery | AD Slams Ogunlewe over Comments on Tinubu | Enugu Stands Still for MTN Y'ello Fest | 'Don't Interfere in 2007 Governorship' | Yelwa-Shendam: Yoruba Community Raises Alarm | Masari Seeks Relocation of Oil Firms' Headquaters | 50 MASSOB Members Arrested | Hardley Suites Hosts Miss C'Wealth Contestants |
STATE OF THE STATES
Immunization: African Clerics, Royal Fathers, UNICEF Parley | Pensioners Lament Five Months Unpaid Entitlements | FG Urged to Probe Road Repairs Contractor | Odua Companies Not for Sale - Management |
CITY DIARY
Area Boy Kills Grandmum over N.35m | Church Donates Generator, Borehole to Hospital | Four Arraigned over N92m Fraud | Pain, Agony as NLC Shuts Down Lagos | Group Flags off Vision Driven Programme for Youths |
BUSINESS
Why Fraudulent Trading is Rampant, By NSE Boss | 'Nigeria's economy Can't Avoid Surgery' | N55m Fraud: Ministry Faults Bailey's Defence | Will VISER Stickers Ever Come? | ACEN Insurance Company Goes Public | SSAUSCGOC Elects New Exco in NICON | Insurance Industry Faces Lawsuits for Overcharging Blacks | New framework for insurance supervision Out | Insurance Firms Cash in on Wedding Accidents | Lead Bank as a Leading Issuing House | Total's Half-year Turnover Hits N46bn | CIBN Boss' Exit Creates Vacuum in Trade Bank | Pension Limits a Good Idea | Health-care Costs Make Wisconsin Voters Ill | Insurance Chief Faces œ8m Writ | Pension Bills Costing Taxpayers | The Pension Hole We Are In | Nigeria Oil Facts in International (OPEC) Context |
ARTS & REVIEW
Austrian, Elfriede Jelinek Wins 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature |
COMMENT
The Obasanjo-Dokubo Agreement | God, Africa And Oyibo |
AUTO BUYER
Paris Motor Show Closes Shop | Bernhard to Take on VW Jobs |
DEVELOPMENT
At Last, A Plan for Niger Delta | Gender & Budgeting: Civil Society Proffers Alternative Planning | August Meeting: A Fledging Women Initiative in Eastern Heartland | China Supports ECOWAS Peacekeeping Missions | Rising from Ashes of Cancun: What WTO's July Package Means | TI Honours 2004 Integrity Awards Winners |
EDUCATION
UNILORIN May Introduce Dress Code - Registrar | Teachers Receive Their Reward Here | 'Publishing in Indigenous Languages' | Don Identifies Problems With Nigeria | Education Ministry Refutes Perm Sec's Arrest | SSANIP Condemns Amendment of Trade Union Act | Why Govt. Should Invest in Health Institution | Group Urges Harmonisation of Syllabus in Islamic Schools | Schools to be Sanctioned for Underspending | Redeemer's University For the Nations | United Christian College to Matriculate 66 | Punch Director Urges FG's Intervention in Education |
EDITORIAL
End The Emergency Rule |
LETTERS
Challenges In The Niger Delta | HIV/AIDS Education in Schools | The Ostrich And It's Head | Revive NITEL Exchange in Abudu |
MARKET NEWS
Champion Breweries' Profit Rises by 63.3% | Market Value Rises by 0.3% |
MONEY GUIDE
Consolidation:Gateway Bank Targets N15 Bn Capital | Afribank Shares Tickle Investors | 5 Banks, Zinox Boost e-Learning at UNN |
FEATURES
Malaria, a Burden for Africa |
SPORTS
Bada, Others Await IOC's Decision on Sydney Gold | SAFA Splashes N8m on Eagles | CAF League: Enyimba Vow to Redeem Image | Season of Sanctions at Kwara United | Athens 2004 Fallout: Team Nigeria in Kit Scandal | Olajengbesi Faces Major Surgery | Masteroudes Urges Eagles to Beat Zim | Lagos Set for Strongest Man Show | Yobo Dedicates Trophy to Chukwu | NRA Elections for Lagos |
POLITICS
2007: What Challenges for the Media? | Nyame Forecloses Ex-Deputy's Reinstatement | Lawmaker Wants Financial Autonomy for N/Assembly | Bauchi to Improve Living Standard - SSG |
EXTRA
Mantu Panel and Politics of Reforms |