Friday May 18th, 2001

NEWS
FG, IMF Disagree over Nigeria's External Debt | Govs Back Liberalisation of Petroleum Sector | NITEL to Provide 118,000 GSM Lines, Commences Operation November | Sovereign Confab Will Destroy Nigeria - Shagari | ..Officials Explain $4bn Discrepancy | APP Supports Onshore/Offshore Suit | House Seeks Lower Cement Prices | Dosunmu is a Liability, Afenifere Tells PDP | ...Approves Salaries for Gowon, IBB, Others | Agip Flow Station Killings: Deceased Families Get N13m | House to Decide on Decampee Lawmakers | FG Awards $20m National Hangar Project to US Firm | Harry Shuns PDP Disciplinary Committee | Man Arrested With Live Grenade at Edo House | 2000 Kaduna Riot: Makarfi Consoles Families of Kogi Victims | ALF Honours Olakunrin, Sawaba | Lagos to Set Up Security Trust Fund | 2003: Crisis Won't Affect PDP's Chances - Ibori | N/Assembly to Step into Youths-Mobil Face-off | Make Food Available and Affordable, Church Tells Govt | Yusuf Heads Arewa Forum | First Lady Makes Case for Women Empowerment | Elected Officers Disown Maritime Workers Union Conference | NSE vs SEC: FRA, Idigbe in Heated Argument | PDP Factional Clash Claims Four Lives in Rivers | Why I Didn't Retire My Seniors - Wuyep | FG Awards $29m Contract for Kaduna Refinery | Kabila Lifts Ban on Political Activities in Congo DR |
STATE OF THE STATES
Govt Awards N4b Road Contracts | JAMB Accident Victims: School Proprietor Opens Up | 11 Robbery Suspects Nabbed | Ex-SSG Loses Two Daughters in Swimming Pool Mishap | Council Boss Denies Link with Robbery Attack | Ajaokuta Steel Firm: Group Flays MD's Appointment by Consulting Firm | Governor Loses Father |
POLITICS
2003: Successful Transition Will Depend on Presidential Election- Turaki | Bye-Election: Bayelsa PDP Screens Aspirants | Adamawa Assembly Wants 8 Commissioners Sacked | Adamawa Assembly Wants 8 Commissioners Sacked | 'FG Should Be Commended For Enron's Success' | Imo Youths Leader Declares for PDP | 2003: Can Nyame Win Again? | Ozoro Group Lauds Ibori | Babalola and the Osun High Stakes | Akhigbe As a Forgotten Hero of Democracy | It's the Turn of PDP to Govern Osun State - Erelu Obada |
BUSINESS
NRC Orders Investigation of N900m Stolen Equipment | Agency Tackles Immigrant Visa Scam | Energy Masterfund Offers Access to Petroleum Stocks | The Shylock in Luxury Bus Operators Shylocks | Public Transport Owners Threaten Another Strike | Bus Operators Condemn Closure of Parks | Unpaid Entitlements: Railway Pensioners Petition Waziri | Food Seasoning Firms Still Compete for Consumers' Attention | Malta Guinness and Mr Biggs Form Marketing Partnership | SAHCOL: 19 Months as Autonomous Entity | Aeronautical Information Workers Celebrate AIS Day | Obstacles to FG's Bid to Buy Back NAHCO | Lufthansa's Miles and More Hits 5m Membership | Four Airways Aircraft in BER Situation | Two Airlines to Launch Round-the-World Freighter Flight | Between FG and Nigeria Airways' Turn-around | Ukaumunna, Maritime Workers' Union and the Way Forward | Nigerian Machine Tool Staff Cry Out over Salary Arrears | Food Workers Caution Govt Over Privatisation of Sugar Companies | Nosi Becomes Vice President of South African Airways | OmegaBank Appoints Edwin General Manager | Habib Bank Reappoints Kekere-Ekun as MD | NUBIFIE Resolves to Fight First Bank Management | Fawehinmi Asks Oshiomhole to Resign from Govt Committees | Concealment, Under-declaration: The Confessions of Importers | Ports Congestion: Yuguda Visits Lagos Ports | Tukur Champions Regional Shipping Feeder Service | 'Pre-shipment Inspection is the Problem at the Ports' | Concealment: Tin Can Customs Seize Containers, Vehicles | First Bank Debunks Oshiomohle's Allegation over Staff Welfare | Demand Slides Further at IFEM | Global Bank Plc Opens Trade Fair Branch |
ARTS & REVIEW
Our Films, Our Albatross | Toasts to a Literary Icon |
COMMENT
Nigerians Deserve a Good Constitution | Between Kalu and Ngwa People |
EDITORIAL
Chiluba's Third Term Blues |
LETTERS
The Senate and National Conference | A Case for Resource Control |
CITY DIARY
Spy Police, Agip Crisis Worsens | Councillor Okays Deduction of Teachers' Salary at Source | Accidents Claim 20 Lives as Atiku Tours Yobe | Nigeria's Ambassador to Ethiopia Loses Bag to Thieves in Abuja | N1.98m Abandoned Project to Cost N105m 14 years After | Cele Cleric Warns on Danger Ahead Unless Enthroned Pastor |
FEATURES
At Forty, Still Bearing Humanity's Cross |
SPORTS
Babayaro, Akwuegbu Return for Madagascar | Italian League Suspends Davids | Federation Wants Witheld Fund Released |
EXTRA
Unmasking the Nigerian Politician |