Thursday January 18th, 2001

NEWS
FG Uncovers N6.4bn Monthly Wage Bill Fraud | Alleged Murder: Petitioner Accuses Diya, Agboneni of Cover-up | Why Motophone Lost Licence, By Babalola | Kabila's Son Takes Over as Commander-in-Chief | OPEC to Cut Output by 1.5m Barrels | Military Officers are Oil Bunkerers - Petitioner Tells Oputa Panel | FG Okays Pensioners' Audit for Nigerian Railways | Nigeria Hosts ECOWAS Parliament's Meeting Jan 27 | No Witchhunt in Pfizer Probe - Panel Chairman | First Universal Bank Emerges | 2003: Youth Group Flags-off Obasanjo's Campaign | Eso, Beko, Opadokun, Others Canvass True Federalism | Shagari in Abia, Describes Kalu as True Nationalist | I Will Contest Presidency If ... - Mbadinuju | Ahmed Blames Civil Servants for Corruption |
POLITICS
The Senate in 2001 | APP Chieftain Accuses PDP of Interference | 2003: Adebayo, Deputy Begin Campaign | The Politics of Sarumi's Accident | Southern Governors' Summit: Group Makes Case for South-east | Lawmaker Blames FG for Lack of Development | Councillors Freeze Ikeja Local Government Accounts | Gateway Group Canvasses Vigilance | Fresh Crisis Imminent in Lagos AD |
BUSINESS
For Nigeria, It's World-Wide Wait | Digital Signatures - A Reality in Nigeria Soon? | Pan-African TV Network to Deliver to 250M Consumers | Parents Urged to Expose Children to IT | Firm Identifies e-Commerce Plan for Exporters | Workshop Holds on the e-Challenge Facing Insurers | Expert Lists Requirements for e-Business Success | Don Lists Determinants of an Effective Information Infrastructure | Use Funds from GSM Licence for Telecoms Infrastructure | GSM and History | Taking Telecoms Services to the Rural Communities | Interconnectivity Agreement: Telecom Operators Cry Out | IT Professionals Task Government on Local Manufacture of Computers | Obasanjo's Ruling on NITEL, BPE "War" | Investors Stake N177.331m on First Bank's Shares | CBN Defends New Pre-qualification Criteria for Top Management Positions | CIBN X-Rays Monetary and Financial Policies |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Other Face of a Liar | Zeb Ejiro in Heart to Heart | Back to African Roots | The 2001 French Cultural Rhythm |
COMMENT
ALGON and Double Standards | Understanding the Oputa Commission |
EDITORIAL
Petroleum Products Pricing |
LETTERS
Ban on Satellite Campuses is Anti-education | NYSC, Please Release My Certificate | Re: Towards 2003 |
CITY DIARY
Cele: Succession Battle Rages Again |
SPORTS
Erico Craves New Eagles | Eaglets' Coaches Drop Amun's Boys | Sudan Shuns NFA over Jan 27 Clash | Tembo Foresees Eagles' Fall in Lusaka | Eagles Confronts Onigbinde's Boys February 13 |
RIGHT OF REPLY
The Pen, The Sword, Sarumi... |
EXTRA
The Methuselah Syndrome |