Wednesday May 2nd, 2001

NEWS
Work Harder if You Want Pay Rise - Obasanjo | 10,000 AAU Students Expelled over Fake Certificates | National Frontiers, NSA Merger Talks Break Down | Nigeria Has Failed Workers, Says Na'Abba | Williams Replies Ige on NSE Controversy | APP Alleges Plot on LG Chairman's Life | Oshiomhole Canvasses Overhaul of CBN | AD National Chairman Warns Compaigners for Re-Election | Africa to Benefit from TB Programme | Court Restrains Na'Abba from Swearing-in New Member | Shell Records Major Oil Spill in Ogoni | American, European Countries, Invite Nigeria for Negotiation on Artefacts | FG Will Not Pay Compensation on Demolished Structures | Agitators for New Political Parties are Fortune-Seekers - Gemade | Group Canvasses Economic Empowerment as Solution to Civil Strife | WHO, Partners Poised to Eradicate Polio | Police, Bakassi Boys Trail Assassins of Ex-Council Boss | Workers Demand 25 Per Cent Salary Increase |
STATE OF THE STATES
Mbadinuju Alerts Police over Plan to Assassinate Him | Female Circumcision Banned | Philanthropist Calls For Project Implementation Board | Health Workers Make Case for Indigenous Pharmacuetical Companies | House Member Moves to Boost Education | Clan Honours Attah's Wife | FG Supports Constitutional Role for Traditional Rulers | Nigerians Advised on Virtues of Honesty, Humility | Attah Canvasses Budget Discipline | 13 Killed in Auto Crash |
POLITICS
New Associations: The Colour of Opposition to Come | APP Accuses LG Boss of Giving out N75m Gifts | Attah is Committed to Industrialisation -Etiebet | Borno PDP Accuses APP of Sabotage | Senator Pleads for Abacha Family |
BUSINESS
Bank Product Rakes in N500 million | Banks Battle Bad Debts with N9.6m | CBN Keeps Bank Directors Waiting | Challenges Before the New ACB | Forex: Between High Tariff and Debt Stock | Pacific Investment Account Records More Patronage | Societe Bancaire Finances Lagos Schools Project with N250m | Shareholders Express Mixed Reactions over SEC, NSE Face-off | Foreign Owners Dump KPMG in IMB | Equity Bank Raises Investors' Confidence | BRIPAN Begins Awareness Campaign on Insolvency | Group Seeks to Educate Building Professionals | Royal Stride Telecoms Group Opens Seminar on GSM Phones |
TOURISM
Nigeria: A Tourism Destination Full of Challenges | BA Explains Position on Credit Card Bookings | NTDC Gets Befitting Tourism Office |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Iroko on AIT | For Theatre, there is a Future |
COMMENT
Less Sense, More Nonsense | Option for Deregulation |
EDITORIAL
Beyond Bonfrere's Sack |
LETTERS
Begging for Democracy Dividends | Well Done, Highway Patrol Team |
CITY DIARY
Bandits Invade Nasarawa from Neighbouring Countries | Graduates Sell Drugs in Lagos Ferries | Cleric Alleges Rising Fraud in Churches |
FEATURES
Rooting for Deregulation, Level Playing Field |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: Obasanjo and the Future of PDP | Re: This Can't Be God's Doing |
SPORTS
Aku Vows to Probe Bonfrere's Employment | ... Optimistic of Victory Over Liberia | Iyonagbe Dethrones Andrews in President Cup | Cricket Body Awaits N18m Grant for Camping | WAFU Moves to Save Guinea |