Monday April 9th, 2001

NEWS
FG Vs States: Epic Battle Begins Today | Supreme Court Can't Re-write Constitution - Tinubu | Debt Relief: Paris Club Yet to Take Final Decision on Nigeria | FG, States, LGs Got N158bn in March | Progressives Meet in Abuja, Kick Against Party Registration | I Don't Belong To Any PDP Faction - Says Lar | Senators May Reject Bill on Oil Deregulation Agency | Akwa Ibom, Delta, Lagos May Set Tone for Defence | Nigeria Protests Relocation of UNESCO's Cultural Desk to Ghana | NIPOST to Computerise Operations | No Islamic Bank for Nigeria - IDB Boss | Sharia Takes Off in Borno in June | Tinubu Urges Nigeria to Take Concrete Steps on Foreign Investment | NECO Not Inferior to WAEC - Registrar | Okogie Decries Leaders' Arrogance, Flamboyance | Minister Blames Police for Govt Neglect | Group Urges for Calm on Fuel Deregulation | Robbers Kill Cop in Lagos | How Yoruba Settled in Badagry - LG Boss | Deregulation: Methodist Church Cautions FG | Judge Declines Jurisdiction in Intra-Party Suit | Court Hears Suit on Its Contradictory Orders Wednesday |
POLITICS
Shooting of Bayelsa Speaker: Police Makes Breakthrough | ALGON Faults Creation of New Councils | Aniocha North LG Boss Suspended | When 'Comrades' Catch the Political Bug |
BUSINESS
Oil Sector Attracts New Foreign Entrants | Nigeria, Japan Urged to Foster Economic Ties | African Petroleum to Consolidate Gains of Privatisation | The N500 Bill | BGL Re-appraises 2001 Budget | Company Boss Cautions on Deregulation | BA Rejects Credit Card Bookings Via Telephone | 208 Acquire Self-employment Skills at Odogbolu | Cracks in Co-operative Development Bank Plc | Home Cup Tea Brand: LBN's Tactical Masterstroke against Competition | Total, Elf Merger Near Completion in Nigeria | Former CBN Boss Decries Poor State of Infrastructure | Former CBN Boss Lists Gains of Democracy | Texaco Reaps Results of Investment | Consumer Protection Council and Us | Ecowas Urges Art Dealers to Take Advantage of AGOA | Atiku Commends Cadbury's Hygiene Standards | NSE Inaugurates New Branch | Will the Giants Fight | 'Oil Industry Needs More Fundamental Attention' | 'World Bank Has Upgraded Its Operations in Nigeria' | Small Scale Industrial Zones: The Indian Experience | IMF Policies are Hostile to Third World Countries - Ayim | World Bank Development Marketplace 2001 Calls for Proposals | New 'Miracle' Rice Holds Promise of Higher Yields, Incomes in Africa | Edo State Hits Stock Market with N1 bn Revenue Bond | First Bank, Zenith to Pilot Clearing House System | Liquidity Buoys Demand for Treasory Bills, Forex | Equity Bank not Affected by Fire Incident |
COMMENT
Conjugal Rights: First Bank Puts Asunder | Reflecting on the Sharia Crises |
EDITORIAL
As the Constitution Goes on Trial |
LETTERS
Obasanjo and Deregulation | Attention, Minister of Communications |
CITY DIARY
'Prostitution War Should Now Focus on Men' | Cleric Urges Church Leaders to Expose Corrupt Members | Group Moves to Fight Poverty, Adulteration of Foods | Residents of Lagos Community Cry Out over Blackout | Ekiti Council Traditional Rulers Protest Non-payment of Salaries | Abandoned Projects Litter Yola Local Govt | GKS Women Fellowship |
RIGHT OF REPLY
You are on the Mark, But... | Why Blame IBB for OBJ's Problem |
SPORTS
Odegbami Laments Poor Facilities at NIS | Anderlecht Trails Nigerian to Fill Koller Void | Breaking Jinx on a Shaky Bridge | Injury Threatens Bonfrere's Plans Against Leone Stars | Customs Stops Islanders Again | Ibori Athletics Ends with Fanfare |
EXTRA
The Court, Obasanjo and Democracy |