Wednesday January 31st, 2001

NEWS
Obasanjo Drops Sarumi, Menakaya, 8 Others | Senators, House Members Debunk Claims of Secret Pact with Military | 2003: I Won't Comment anymore on My Ambition - IBB | Oputa Commission is Constitutional, Gani Replies FRA | Abacha Govt Plotted ADC Crash to Kill Ake -- Sister | FG to Review Tax Mechanism in Solid Mineral Sector | I'm Not Interested in Your Panel - Pa Saro-Wiwa | GSM: We Can Afford $285m - NITEL | Ex-Minister, Adamu, Appointed NAFCON Chairman | Gov Adamu, Gana, Edu, Ibrahim, NLC, NUJ, Others Felicitate with THISDAY | Kalu Inaugurates Committee on Local Government Creation | Police to Impound Vehicles with Tinted Glasses | 70-Year-old Man Shoots Boy over Bucket of Water | Audu Presents 2001 Budget Proposal to Kogi House | Oyo Declares Work-free Day for Obasanjo's Visit | Customs Introduces Aerial Surveillance to Combat Smuggling | Gemade Explains Four-year Tenure for Party Executives | Shareholder Sues Afribank over Recapitalisation Move | We'll Cooperate With Obasanjo on People Oriented Policies - Na'Abba | Edo Halts Sale, Use of Kerosene | Obasanjo, Gemade Set for PDP Ward Congress in Home States | Commassie, Today's Publisher is Dead | Atiku's Wife to Sponsor Bill on Women Trafficking | NUPENG Decries NNPC's Preferential Treatment of Major Marketers | NNPC Releases 42 Trucks of Fuel, to Quell Scarcity | House to Consolidate Gains of Democracy -Nwuche | FG Earmarks N439m for Civil Servants' Housing | Lar, Ugoh, Others Named Board Chairmen | Constitution Review Committee Winds Up February | Lateness: Adebayo Angry with Commissioners | No Cabinet Reshuffle for Now - Ibori | Party Registration: NCP Considers Court Action |
POLITICS
We Have Brought AD Back to Life - Abdulkadir | PDP Goes to the Polls Tomorrow | PDP Lagos Chapter Maps Out Strategy to Clinch Power | Calabar Council in Drama of Missing Mace | Group Warns against Ethnic Incitement | Garo Opts Out of Kano APP Contest |
BUSINESS
Lagos State to Shop for N10bn | Bank Traces Rift to N350 Million Debt | Universal Banking: Insurance Companies Go for Alliances | Bankers Take Another Look at Money Laundering | Atiku to Commission Bank Building | Bank Lifts Traders with Long Term Loan | 'We'll Give Cards to the Unbanked' | Shareholders Disagree with SEC, Finance Ministry over NSE | Afprint Strives to Overcome Dumping | NICON, IGI, UNIC Dominate Non-life Insurance Business | Equity Indemnity Records N70 Million Claims Payment | SEC Files Defence to BAICO Suit | Why NCIB is Seeking Charter | 'Insurance Claim Delayed is Claim Denied' | Depreciating Naira: Adegbite Canvasses Dollar as National Currency | CIBN Releases October 2000 Result | PBS Organises Course on Strategic Export Financing | Investors Stake N315.3m on 22.4m Shares |
TOURISM
Challenges Before Tourism Stakeholders in 2001(1) |
ARTS & REVIEW
Beating the Bogey of Film Distribution | Lone Voice in Africa's Wilderness |
COMMENT
The Metamorphosis of Tinubu | The Culture of Peace |
EDITORIAL
Poverty Eradication Scheme |
LETTERS
Gaps in Obasanjo's Administration | Appeal to NEPA | The Scourge of Armed Robbery |
CITY DIARY
Using Balogun's Success Story as New Beginning | Coaster Councils Agitate for Collection of Wharf Landing Fees | Police Diary |
FEATURES
Haruna: Earning the Mandate |
SPORTS
Ibori Rains Naira on Delta Athletes | Sinclair Wants Old Eagles Retained | Ojokolo Returns, Competes in Stuttgart | Aba Stadium Hosts Charity Cup | Nigeria, Kenya Clinch World Volleyball Tickets |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Babangida Did Evil in the Sight of God | Eni-B's Unkind Cut |