Wednesday February 28th, 2001

NEWS
Senate Seeks Eight Jets for Obasanjo, Atiku, Anyim | Appeal Court to Decide IBB's Suit | Obasanjo Sets $10bn Target for Investment Advisory Council | US Indicts Nigeria on Human Rights in Year 2000 | Fuel Price: 'NLC Will Accept 71/2 Percent Increase Next Year' | Saudi Arabia Impounds Two Planes Used by Nigerians | Robbers Raid Adisa's Farm | Councillors Accuse LG Boss of N20m Fraud | Minister Pledges Support for Air Force, As Alfa Seeks More Funding | PDP Leaders Blamed for FG's Failures | Edo Vigilante Boss Arrested for Alleged Murder | Unilorin Students Order Lecturers to Suspend Strike | Marketers Reject Blame for Fuel Scarcity | One Killed, Several Injured in Police, OPC Clash | Southern Youths Demand Release of MASSOB Leader, Others | House Member Sues Na'abba, Aide, for Libel | House to Probe Continued Slide of Naira | House Engages Seven Firms to Probe Joint Venture Operations | We are All Responsible for Fuel Scarcity - Obaseki | Kaduna Refinery Hits 3.2 Million Litres Per Day in June | Illegal Aliens Threaten Nigeria's Security- Adesina | Bayelsa Asks Texaco to Rename Oil Fields | Customs Boss Calls for Report on Corrupt Officials | NUBIFIE Gives March Deadline for Implementation of Minimum Wage | Dutse Emirate Council Generates N20m | Akwa Ibom Will Not Retrench Workers, Says Head of Service | NARTO to Withdraw Vehicles from Tanker Drivers | 'FG Spends N21bn on NEPA Since 1999' | Resign Now, Atta Urges Obaseki, Gana |
POLITICS
Igbo Leaders Call for Truce | DTN Boss calls for New Leadership in Ebiraland | Obasanjo's Govt is Extravagant - Hashidu | South East PDP to Try Maduekwe |
BUSINESS
'Allocations Must Be Tied to Specific Projects' | Water Hyacinth to Gulp N18m | CBN Certificates May Aggravate Liquidity Squeeze | Indigenous Firms Cry Out Over Poor Environment | States Jostle for Capital Market Funds | Bad Loans: Banks Want Special Courts Established | Inland Bank: What Benefits for Investors? | Standard Trust Bank Out With Care Account | 'Insurance is on the Begging Side' | Revamped Refuge Insurance Makes Progress | Court Bars LGs from Collecting Rates from Cornerstone | Insurance Business Has Not Really Started- Bolarinwa | Providing Savings Structure for the Masses | Insurance Companies Go for Alliances | New Insurance Bill Out this Year | CBN Bans Banks from Trading IFEM Forex | Lending Rates Skyrocket Again |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Search for Sensitive Tourism Projects Begins for BA's Awards | Elmac Insurance Covers Travel Writers | Abuja Sheraton Supports UNICEF Campaign | Re-packaging Argungu Fishing Festival, Durbar |
ARTS & REVIEW
Tales by Macmillan Night | FAAN Staff School Holds Cultural Fiesta |
COMMENT
IBB and the Race for 2003 | Generation Power Shift as a Self-serving Venture |
EDITORIAL
Deregulation is it, but... |
LETTERS
GSM: Let's Not Discourage Local Investors | Attention, Federal Ministry of Education |
CITY DIARY
Nigerian Indicted in New York Prostitution Ring | Festac Muslims Elect Officers | Borno Council Sets Up Body on Food, Nutrition | Ebonyi Council Chairman Re-arrested for Alleged Fraud | Council Boss Threatens Action Against Warring Cattle Rearers, Farmers | One Killed as Animal Thieves are Arrested in Borno State |
FEATURES
Ibagwa, the Valley of Death |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Kalu is God's Anointed | Between Reality and They Say | Kalu is No Hitler | Re: A Different Country |