Friday May 4th, 2001

NEWS
Okiro Blames Courts for Rising Crime Wave | Awoniyi Leads National Frontiers in Talks with Afenifere | House to Conduct Public Hearing into Slide of the Naira | Okadigbo: 'No Court Can Stop Police Investigation' | Military Must Submit to Civil Authority - Wuyep | Senate Opposes Beans Import from Burkina Faso | Nigeria to Establish Fulbright Commission | S/Leonean Govt May Release RUF Detainees | Customs Denies Involvement in Officer's Death | Ibru: Court Adjourns Adoption of Addresses in 'Trial Within Trial' | IG Warns on Illegal Demand of Vehicle Papers By Police | House Moves to Check Alleged Child Slavery in South East | Sovereign National Conference Unconstitutional - Gana | Igbo Accused of Abandoning Wounded ex-Biafran Soldiers | Union Scribe, Two Daughters Perish in May Day Crash | Retiree Federal Civil Servants Get Gratuities, Pensions Cheques | Afenifere May Boycott Zonal Presentation of Constitution | Obasanjo Puts Off Visit to Benue | Petitioner Collapses as Oputa Strikes Out Case | Maduekwe Inaugurates Commitee on Railways | Kwara House Invites Four Ex-administrators | Lagos to Construct 20 Feeder Roads This Year | Oshiomhole Asks Workers to Encourage Govs | CDHR, Catholic Lawyers Call for Sovereign National Conference | NDLEA Warns Drug Traffickers, Arrests Nine | Bible Society Canvasses Religious Tolerance | NECO Releases Common Entrance Results | VON Holds Retreat for Board Members, Senior Staff | There Is Still Hope for Nigeria - Keyamo | FG Urged To Resolve Fuel Puzzle | NGO Boss Expresses Concern over Spread of HIV/AIDS |
STATE OF THE STATES
FG Has Paid Arrears of Teachers' Salaries - NUT President | AD Supporters Decamp to PDP | Ikwerres Fault Ohaneze's Claim on 'Aro Ikwerre' | State Varsity Gets N600m for 2001 Fiscal Year | Govt to Pay 25% Salary Increase | State's Debt Profile Hits N16bn | Four Journalists Queried Over May Day Rally | Udenwa Sues for peace Among Indigenes | Police Nab Fake Currency Syndicate | Police Arrest Six Bakassi Boys | 14 Women Jailed for Prostitution | Police to Refund N70,000 to Accused | Femi Jacobs' Alluring Songs of Love |
POLITICS
1999 Constitution: The Fury of Enugu's Presentation | Osoba Orders Chairman to Pay Traditional Rulers | 'AD Will Lose in Lagos' | Igbo Group Faults Obasanjo on Service Chiefs | Egwu Cautions against Power Struggle |
BUSINESS
FG to Buy Back 40 Per Cent of NAHCO | Mouka Foam Bags ISO 9002 Certificate | 'Dry Ports to Boost Businesses in Eastern States' | Tinubu Denies Ordering Akele's Arrest | Ciroma Raps Govt for Crude Industrial Relations Practices | UBA ASSBIFI Hails Management on Review of Pay | Labour Leaders, Journalists Trade Blames over Discrimination | Badejo Becomes CEO of GBC Consulting | Stanbic Merchant Bank Promotes 14 | Adeleke Appointed Director of World Trade Centre | Kola Daisi Becomes NSL Chairman | Akunyili Appointed New Director-General for NAFDAC | IPWA Elevates Aina, Aguda, Others | IOD Nigeria Names Akin Iroko Acting DG | Accounting Institute Elects Officers | Kokori Says No to Deregulation of Oil Sector | We Will Not Shed Blood Again, Say Maritime Workers | NAMA Requires $80m to Cover Airspace | FAAN Reactivates Fire Hydrants at MMA | Experts Appraise Industry Services, Chart New Course | Chikwe Receives Award for Excellence | Lagos-London Route: BA, Virgin Competition Hots Up | ...As BA Repositions for Challenges, Launches e-Ticket in Nigeria | ICAO Hails NAMA's Calibration Efforts | Rainy Season Schedule Forecast for North Out | Aviation Minister Commends Albarka Airline on Hajj Airlift | Ports Suffer Congestion as Customs Begins 100% Examination | NPA Locks Out NMA from Apapa Port | Bunkering Service Operators Decry Harsh Government Policies | 'We are Equal to the Task of Modern Shipbuilding' | Fresh Crisis Brews at Maritime Workers Union | FG May Intervene to Free Detained MV Entireno | Priest Canvasses for Industrial Peace in Nigerdock | Is Mass Transit Train Back on Track? | Transportation Commissioner Receives Award | Police, Motorists Clash Over Extortion | The Invasion of Impure Pure Water | NSE All-Share Index Appreciates by 1.4% | Commerce Minister Presents Sas On Taxes | CBN's Monetary Stance Moves Up Naira at IFEM | Policewoman Receives Omegabank Honesty Award | UBA Adopts New 5-Year Strategy |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Drums Roll for ANA | Tears for Chukwuemeka Okwu |
COMMENT
Fall of the House Committee on Education | Privatisation of Customs Import Duty |
EDITORIAL
NITEL's Privatisation |
LETTERS
Coping with Okadigbo's Antics | Ojukwu, Not a Warlord |
CITY DIARY
'HIV/AIDS Situation in the Army is Serious' |
FEATURES
A Symphony of Hope | Youth Violence: Forging Another Alternative |
SPORTS
Finidi, Utaka, Ejiofor Sure of Victory | Angola Poses Threat to Tigers' Dream | Spirit of Dead Minister to Inspire Liberia | Ogbemudia Heads Sports Committee |
EXTRA
Hunters in Search of New Game | 'Comrade Made-in-China' |