Monday November 1st, 2004

NEWS
NLC Begins Indefinite Strike Nov 16 | Ige: Afenifere Seeks Judicial Inquiry | Bankers' Committee Cautions Against Hasty Mergers | Senate Querries JV Funding | Nigeria, Eritrea Sign Technical Manpower Pact | Plateau: Aides Raise Alarm for Dariye | NDDC Gets N100bn In 4 Years | $242m Scam: Anajemba Appeals Forfeiture of Properties | MTN Stopped from Charging N100 for PSB Migration | Court Okays Ojora's Action Against Unipetrol, AP Merger | 17m Enrolled for UBE Programme | Campaigners Dump IBB for Marwa | Varsities Have Not Increased Fees - VC | Electronic Tax Card: Lagos Projects N10 bn Revenue | Plateau Citizens Warned Against Incitement | FG Inaugurates Committee on Distance Learning | Archbishop Makinde Tasks NLC on Strike | Flights Cancelled As Darkness Envelopes Abuja Airport | Lake Chad Commission Raises Alarm over Funds | JDA Offers 4 Oil Blocks for Bids | Darfur: WFP Buys $880,000 Grains from FG | Dep Gov Clarifies Statement on Money Siphoning | Ibori: 'Gani's Submission on Successor Faulty' | Ogun Pledges Support for NPC | Akwa Ibom Police Arrest 7 Robbery Suspects | Olanipekun Pleads with UNILORIN on Expelled Students | Group Urges FG to Restore Ngige's Security | Kwara to Hold Economic Summit | NCC Enlists Stakeholders in Anti-piracy War |
STATE OF THE STATES
Govt Loans for Local Farmers | FG, UN Partner on Low-Cost Transportation | 'Glo Mobile Now in 57 Cities' | 'Why We Demolished Lawmaker's House' | Traditional Rulers Get 14 Jeeps | National Bank's MD Not Removed - Oyinlola | OAU Students Protest Non-Release of Results | Group Condemns Osoba's Arrest | Muslim Group Prays for Good Leadership in US | JORA, JASS Fuse, to Hold Seminar | 'Labour, Others Vital to Pensions Scheme' | Gov Commends LG Chief's Performance | Bank Donates Computers to Varsity | NEPA Chief Reaffirms FG's Resolve to Stem Corruption | 2007 Presidency: 'No Basis for Nigeria's Existence If...' | Don't Politicise Agboola's Murder - Kwara Govt | Benue Works Ministry Happy With Rural Roads Construction | PDP Warns Against Violence | America Woos Religious Bodies for Global Peace | NAU Suspends 2 Lecturers, Sacks 200 Students | Lawmaker Raises Alarm over Blackmail |
POLITICS
Adegbite Faults Call for Sovereign Conference | Why Obanikoro, Ogunlewe, Others're Meeting -Ashorobi | Evolve People-Oriented Policies, FG Urged | Lawmaker Wants INEC Funded Directly | Yoruba Stakeholders Brainstorm On Way Forward |
CITY DIARY
HIV/AIDS: Lagos JCI Takes Campaign to Schools | Honoured for Championing the Cause of Underprivileged | For Widows, Its New Lease of Life | Turn to God, Nigerians Urged |
EDITORIAL
A Panacea, Not Palliative |
LETTERS
Crime and Police Reform | JAMB, Do Me This Favour | What's Up Auchi Poly? | That Kaiama Declaration |
COMMENT
Bush or Kerry | On Please Shine Your Eyes... |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Steely Virtuoso |
BUSINESS
NIBSS Confirms Collapse of Inter-bank Market | Work Resumes on N668m Container Terminal Project | Labour Rejects 2005 Budgetary Provision on Tariffs | Need to Comply With Post-merger Requirements | N25bn Capital: 'We've Overcome the Shock' | Uba Reduces Loan, Operational Risk Losses | 'Curb Deceptive Accounting' |
MARKET NEWS
Regent Bank Assures Stakeholders on Recapitalisation | Investors Await Intercontinental Bank's Shares |
MONEY GUIDE
Consolidated Discounts Post N1bn Profit | Trade Bank Gets $5.7m EX-IM Bank Facility | Afribank, UBA, Broad Bank Storm Trade Fair | Regent Bank Assures Stakeholders on Recapitalisation | Investors Await Intercontinental Bank's Shares |
FEATURES
Health Sector Reform As Business Unusual | Redeemed Church as Partner in Development |
SPORTS
MTN/CAF League: Enyimba Turn to Psychologist for Salvation | ...As Esperance Write-off Champions | AYC: Siasia Begs for Overseas Tour | Okocha Pilots Bolton to Victory Over Newcastle | Computer Firms Asked to Back Scrabble | Lagos Plans Big for MTN Marathon | Eight States Qualify for Academicals Finals |
EXTRA
Transparency International Got It Wrong |