Wednesday April 25th, 2001

NEWS
Malu, Ombu, Alfa Retire | Senate Crisis: Anyim Launches Vendetta on Opponents | Oputa Orders Army Chief to Produce 'Killer Soldiers' | Foreign Exchange Demand to Hit $12bn - CBN | Atiku Calls for Drastic Action on HIV/AIDS | Nigerian Refineries Reach 330,000bpd Production Mark | Immigration Service Revenue Hits N1.9bn in 2000 | State Governments Will Not Operate Broadband Multimedia Services - NCC | IMF to Facilitate ECOWAS Integration | Deregulation: FG to Buy Fuel-efficient Buses | ... Group Asks Court to Stop Obasanjo | Lagos Workers' Leader, Akele Arrested, Charged to Court | Campaign for IBB, a Vote of No Confidence on Obasanjo - APP | Five Killed as Party Supporters Clash in Ondo | House Member Beaten Up, Detained by Police | Alleged Missing N40bn: Taxation Institute Gives ETF Clean Bill | Deregulation: NLC Raises Alarm on Bid to Bribe National Assembly | Belgore Slumps, Rushed to Abuja Hospital | 2 LG Chairmen Suspended | FG to Build More Housing Units in FCT | Sacked UNN VC Wants Oputa to Declare Him VC for Period of His Tenure | IBB Can Seek Election into Any Office - Lawmaker | JAMB Accuses NIPOST of Dumping Candidates' Mails | NNPC Pledges Support for Exploration and Production Initiatives | NPA to Tackle Water Hyacinth | FG Moves to Reactivate Steel Mills | Lagos to Employ 4,000 Teachers |
STATE OF THE STATES
We Will Have Nothing to do With Proposed Salary Increase, Says Osoba | Cleric Cautions FG on Deregulation | NNPC Moves to Sanitise Maiduguri Depot | Two Kids Share 40 Lashes for Goat Theft | Haruna to Connect LG to National Grid | Atiku Sends 3 Condolence Letters in One Day | Workshop on Border Problems Kicks Off | Free Feeding for Primary School Pupils | Panel Summons Contractors over Abandoned Project | UNILORIN Expels 16 Students for Exam Malpractices | No Going Back on State University - Governor | Stiffer Punishment for Sharia Breakers | High Unemployment Rate Worries Cleric | Calabar Hosts Workshop on Environmental Conservation | Childless Couples Told to have Faith in God | 'No More Automatic Funding for Parastatals' | LG Budgets N484m for 2001 | Group Condemns Attack on Traditional Ruler | Oredo Council Budgets N1.2bn for 2001 | Six Injured in Deputy Governor's Convoy | Deputy Governor Loses Wife | Windstorm Destroys UNIUYO Mini Stadium |
POLITICS
Gemade: PDP at Crossroads | Between Atiku and IBB | Imo Group Alleges Campaign of Calumny against Deputy Speaker | Afenifere Demands Apology from I.G | Federal College Honours Mantu, Nwabueze, Umenwaliri | Katsina Speaker Reassures on New Councils | 2003: IBB Woos Aikhomu's Group | FG Warned over Okadigbo's Trial | Don Advocates Decentralisation of Political Power | APP LG Boss Commends PDP Colleagues | New Political Association Emerges |
BUSINESS
'Universal Banking Has No Impact on Discount Houses' | Labour Minister Enjoins Workers to Increase Productivity | Governor Asks for NEXIM's Facilities | Forex: How Far Can Moral Suasion Go? | UBA Premium Save Beneficiaries N15m Richer Next Month | Equity Bank Lifts SMEs with N82m | Crisis in the Capital Market:Ndanusa's Many Battles | Discount Houses Lose N20 million in Liquidity Squeeze | Financial Equities' Acquisition Completed, Adopts Group Name | Guinness Nigeria Enlarges Market Share | Need for Better Monitring of the PSC Programme | Economic Review | NSE Cautions Against Dual Trading | Ndanusa Stays Away from SEC's Workshop | CBN Defends Rates on its Certificates | Labour Leader Urges Sanusi, Ciroma, Kuye to Resign | Clearing House Admits First Atlantic Bank | Clearing House Commends Broad Bank | ADB Pre AGM Workshop Postponed |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
The Changing Fortunes of Travel Trade | Just Before Black Heritage Festival | Tourism Operators to Pay Development Levy | British Airways Introduces e- Ticket |
ARTS & REVIEW
NANTAP Takes Case to Minister | Blues of Widowhood | Dancers Prepare for IDD | On a Cold Evening with Beautiful Nubia |
COMMENT
Attitudinal Change in Governance | Dialogue Among Civilisations |
EDITORIAL
Saving Liberia from Itself |
LETTERS
Re: Pause and Ponder !!! | Is Deregulation the Solution? |
CITY DIARY
Ordeal of Nigeria's Most Detained Baby | Wife of Anambra Council Boss Advocates Mandatory Lunch Packs for Pupils |
FEATURES
Repositioning the Masses for Emerging Democracy |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Predestination, Prayers and Misinterpretations |
SPORTS
Go to Hell, Olukanmi Tells Oliseh, Okocha, Others | Minister Summons Ass. Scribes to Abuja | House Debates Super Eagles Woeful Outing Today | They'll Play Against Liberia - Bonfrere | Aku, National Assembly Back NFA Against Bonfrere | Bazuaye Threatens to Drag NFA to National Assembly |
EXTRA
2003 and the Other Coup Plot |