Friday January 26th, 2001

NEWS
IBB, Ibori, Afenifere, Others Greet THISDAY | Debt Service Payment Fell to $223m in 2000, Says Martins Kuye | Cabinet Reshuffle: 10 Ministers to Go | Commission Strikes Out N10bn Claim by Saro-Wiwa's Family | Ibru: Rogers Relied on Abdulsalami for Protection - Katako | Obasanjo Canvasses Unifying Federalism | Corps Members to Earn N7,500 | Layi Balogun: Suspects May be Charged to Court Next Week | Fuel Importers Evade Import Duties, Says House Report | Perm Secs to Monitor Budget Implementation | FG to Review Aviation Policy | Nnamani Flays Neglect of Coal Sector | Gov Denies Intimidating Political Opponents | Kogi to Eject Ex-civil Servants from Quarters | Ohanaeze Can't Fight for Igbo | Delta House Okays Budget 2001 | Kerosene Explosion: Death Toll Rises | Osogbo Steel Mills Gets N200m Lifeline | Endowed States Deserve Resource Control - Adamu | South-South Woes Blamed on Distortion of Federal Structure | Afenifere Warns Afolabi | Harbour Cultists and be Fired, VCs, Rectors Warned | Ahmadiyya Remembers Shodeinde | Sacked Lecturer Sues Ibadan Poly | Adesina to Seek Re-election in 2003 |
POLITICS
AD Crisis: CONCAL in the Fray | Council Boss Condemns Attack on LGs | Kano APP Shifts Congress Date | Igbo in the Enterprise Called Nigeria (i) |
BUSINESS
Privatisation: FG May Relinquish 60% Shares in NPA | Committee on Government Insurance Pool Inaugurated | Shareholders Plan Compulsory AGMs for 26 Non-performing Companies | Bread Scarcity: Well Gone Dry | Retired NRC Officials Panic over Ministerial Visits | Transport Ministry Goes Tough on Bus Operators | Railway Pensioners Still Threatened | Lemo's 'Total' Commitment to Wema Bank's Stakeholders | New Nigeria Bank Names New Managing Director | Marina International Bank Announces Key Promotions | Bridgestone Boss Quits CEO of troubled tyremaker | SGBN Promotes Bakare Senior Manager | Goldlink Insurance Elevates Staff | Public Sector: A Case for Human and Institutional Capacity Building | Violation of Expatriate Quota Worries Master Mariners | ...Decry Appointments into Board Under Transport | FG Urged to Re-introduce Cargo Allocation | Operators Complain over Increase in Port Charges | NSE All-Share Index Rebounds by 1.8% | Rescheduled Debt will Aid Budget 2001 Success - Martins Kuye | Nnamani Invites More Banks to Enugu | Demand Slips to $46.9 Million at IFEM |
ARTS & REVIEW
Christmas for Street Children | Our Stolen Heritage | Stale Tales by Moonlight |
COMMENT
Postal Service and Nation-building | Obasanjo and the Dividends of Democracy |
EDITORIAL
Obasanjo's Zonal Consultations |
LETTERS
Government and Inconsistency | Which Way South-East Governors? | THISDAY's Good Initiative |
CITY DIARY
Lagos: A Booming Gamble in Second Hand Electronics | Doctor Arrested for Treating Shot Armed Robber | Prostitute Dies in Cop's House, Another Shoots Man Dead | Asaju Becomes Traditional Ruler |
FEATURES
Building a North-South Bridge | Hypertension: Coping in Pregnancy |
SPORTS
Oliseh, Others Assure Nigerians of Victory | NFA Test-runs Liberation Stadium Facilities | Sports Federation Boss Due in Nigeria | CAF/UEFA Cup | Eaglets, Officials Protest at Italian Embassy | Adetiba Moves to Resuscitate Tennis |
EXTRA
Three Days, Two Nights |