Thursday February 1st, 2001

NEWS
Sacked Ministers Won't Be Probed - Gana | Kachallah, Borno Gov Leads Team to THISDAY | Privatisation: BPE Explains Delay in Completion of Phase One Transaction | Commission Demands Remains of Ogoni Four | Secret Pact: SSS Quizzes Okogwu | House Members Pick Holes in Cabinet Reshuffle | British High Commission Denies Lawmaker Visa | 2,000 Securitymen Deployed to Oyo | SNC Will Be Convened Within 3 Months - Dafinone | NNPC Disowns Killer Kerosene | No Cause for Regrets - Sarumi | Workers Urge FG to Review Pact with IMF, World Bank | Osun Monarch Accuses Ondo of Land-grabbing | FG, Agip Sign Power Purchase Agreement | Legal Battle over NUJ Secretariat Resumes Today | Obasanjo Worried by Corrupt Practices in FCT | Sacked Judge Gets Leave to Sue Governor, NJC | ID Card Scam: Kingibe Indicts Finance, Justice Ministries | Lawmakers Uncover Discrepancies in Defence Budget | Damilola: Police Make Progress | Anglican Church Crisis Deepens |
POLITICS
Why I have Problem with Tinubu-Bucknor-Akerele | Between the Ebonyi Governor and His Deputy | Obasanjo Tasks ECOWAS Parliament on Integration | PDP Goes to the Polls Today | Party Chairman Laments Neglect of Women | ...Lagos Chapter Maps Out Strategy to Clinch Power | Deputy House Leader Identifies Problems of the Igbo |
BUSINESS
Jigawa: Access Broadband Network Project Takes Shape | Diamond Bank, MIS, Two Others Team Up for Internet Banking | Paradigm Software Hits Market | Nigerians Urged to Embrace IT Training | Computer Training Institutes Advised to Restructure for e-Economy | e-Commerce: The Security and Trust Imperatives for Nigeria | Samsung Pledges Support for GSM Operators | The GSM Licence Was Over-Priced - El-Rufai | Aval Unveils Financial Transaction Tracking System | GSM: Can Existing Phone Service Providers Survive the Competition? | Intercellular, South African Firm Sign Agreement | Firm Gives Away Free Ticket to Europe | NITEL/M-Tel: Politics of theMerger | PTOs Jittery Over GSM Service | Investment: Battling with Policy Inconsistency | Nokia Fears Profit Fall First Quarter | Bacom to Install Teleport and Network Control Centre | Controversy May Mar Union Dicon's AGM | Akingbola Advocates Wider Scope for Discount Houses | Reliance Bank to Launch 25 Products | IFEM: Demand Slips to US$28.7m |
ARTS & REVIEW
Reading the Face of a Liar | Drama for the Grassroots |
COMMENT
Handshake Across the Niger | Lessons From America |
EDITORIAL
Beyond GSM Licences |
LETTERS
Babatope's Faulty Testimony | Leave Mariam Abacha Alone | Obasanjo's Undemocratic Ethos | Whose Interest is Ugbo Serving? |
CITY DIARY
Kogi Council: A Fund Raising to Remember | Polio: 2.9 Million Children Immunised in Edo State | NEPA Presents Transformer as Birthday Gift to Royal Father | NUJ Congratulates Tunji Oseni | Decomposed Corpse Found in Police Officer's Apartment | Islamic Scholar Condemns Increase in Hajj Fars | Group Raises Alarm Over Escalating Rents in Kano | Lagos to Boost Water Supply | Fake State House Imam Held in Abuja |
FEATURES
Sebastian: A Second Chance In the Twilight Zone | Rooting for the Youth |
SPORTS
Qaddafi Offers N9.6m to Play Eagles | Derby Declares Taribo Wanted | Otu Grabs N10m Deal | Boycott League, NRA Orders Referees | Athletes Plan All-comers for Anugo |