Monday January 22nd, 2001

NEWS
Awolowo was Nigeria's First Coup Plotter - Ciroma | FG to Withdraw Subsidy on Diesel | NIG Vows to Work against Economic Retrogression | Stop Attacking Obasanjo, Gana Tells Yorubas | GSM: NCC to Issue Offer Letters | NDDC Boss Cries Out over Poor Funding | NICON's Monopoly Will Subsist - Bailey | Former SGF, Idris, Laments Illiteracy in the North | Democracy Will Bring Investments - Austrian Envoy | Oputa Panel Begins Hearing of Ogoni Petitions Today | Osun Govt Sacks NULGE President | Police Kill Eight Robbers in Lagos | Lawyer Threatens to Take Anyim to Oputa Panel | Minister Says 40m Nigerians Drink Unsafe Water | Ebonyi Speaker Insists on Law Maker, Council Chairmen Suspension | Ondo Govt Absorbs Retrenched Osun Teachers | Float Car Credit Scheme, Bankers Advised | Akwa Ibom Polytechnic Students Protest |
POLITICS
Marginalisation of Igbo Did Not Start With Obasanjo - Udenwa | Lawmaker Urges Nigerians to Insist on Public Hearing | Younger Politicians Are in a Hurry -Saraki | Women Group Commends FG |
BUSINESS
Delta Govt Moves to Improve Agricultural Practices | Nigeria Airways Acquires N2bn Components | Transport Owners Condemn Oil Price Policy | A Closer Look at Ghana, Congo and Cote d'Ivoire | Peace May Soon Return to Maritime Workers' Union | Wamco Launches New Peak Milk and Chocolate | ADC Shares Plunge after Profits Warning | Japan's Bankrupcy Debt Balloons | The Problem with SEC | A. G. Leventis: Elephant Size, Less Profitable Investment | IFC/World Bank SMEs Go Full Pelt in Nigeria | Thirty Companies Suffer Price Losses | CBN Raises Minimum Rediscount Rate to 14.5 % | Banks Purchase $48.3m at IFEM | Intercontinental Consolidates Commercial Banking Operations |
ARTS & REVIEW
Enamoured of Nigerian Literature | Wanted, Tough Legislation on Piracy | The 2001 French Cultural Rhythm |
COMMENT
Embassies and Issuance of Visas | Sardauna's North and Bukar's Kanuri Dilemma |
EDITORIAL
Presidential Jet Near Mishap |
LETTERS
Muazu Should Correct this Injustice | Attention, Mr President | Obasanjo is Derailing |
CITY DIARY
Oil Pipe Leakage: Relief for Baruwa at Last | Cleric Charges FG to Take War Against Corruption More Seriously | Alive 2000 Concert Grand Finale Holds in Lagos | Eko Club Fetes George, Williams, Others on Appointments |
FEATURES
Oputa Panel: The Constitutionality Albatross |
SPORTS
'People's Involement, Panacea for Sports Growth' | Namibia for World Cup Volleyball | Tembo Pledges Loyalty To Zambia | Ogbemudia Stadium May Host Nigeria-Madagascar Clash | Attah Confirms Nkangude Sports Director | Oyo Hosts Sports Seminar for Schools | Berger, Katsina United Risk CAF's Sanction | Edo Gears for Sports Festival |
EXTRA
All Politics, No Vision | Kema Chikwe's Scapegoats |