Thursday May 24th, 2001

NEWS
I Was Offered Bribe to Stop Prosecution - Tinubu | We Won't Nominate Obasanjo for 2003, Says Rimi | NCP Approves Draft Telecommunication Policy | Army Gets New GOC, Redeploys 24 Other Generals | BPE Confirms AP's N22.5 Billion Debt | Code of Conduct: Senators Barred from Contract Awards | Anti-graft Body Arraigns One Suspect, Case Adjourned till May 28 | Petroleum Industry for Re-structuring - Lukman | Shell Makes Major Deepwater Oil Find | 2002 Census to Gulp N6bn | Kaduna House Summons Governor over LG Chairmen | House Moves Against State INEC, Registration of Parties | Afenifere Wades into AD Crisis | Lagos ENRON Project Commences Operation | UN Under-Sec to Meet Obasanjo on Crime, Assets Recovery | FG Approves New Call Duty Allowance for Doctors | Segun Justifies Appointment of Woman Chief Judge | Tinubu Calls for Marshal Plan on Nigeria's Debt | Africa Not a Basket Case - Obasanjo | Waziri Calls for Inter -Party Co-operation | FG Urged to Re-impose Ban On Textile Goods | Delta Commissioner in Auto Crash | Commission Accused of 'Subtle Attempt' to Introduce Unitary System | IG Warns on Misuse of Firearms, Bail Money | Akande Signs N20.7 Billion Appropriation Bill Into Law | Abuja Varsity Warns Land Speculators | Child Care Trust Programme to Solicit Aid for Poor Kids | FG to Introduce New Programmes Into NYSC Scheme | Tobacco Firm Opens Iseyin Leaf Office | Gov's Wife Inaugurates Committee on Women Development | Cleric Explains Obasanjo's Poor Performance | Igbinedion Revokes N450m Ikpoba River Dredging Project | Councillors Take Edo Legislators to Court over LG Law | Ndokwa People Seek More Federal, State Presence | Group Seeks Better Deal for Disabled People | CAC Elders Set to Resolve Decade-old Crisis | Group Urges Cease-fire in FG-ASUU Face-off |
STATE OF THE STATES
Adefarati Advises Obasanjo on Economy | 3 Feared Dead in MASSOB, Police Clash | House Accuses LG Chief of Sponsoring Inciting Publications | Govt Threatens Legal Action against Loan Defaulters | Shelpidi Scores Hashidu Administration Low | Govt to Spend N2.375b on New Classroom Blocks | Governor Restates Resolve to Serve | Work Starts on Dualisation of Otta-Abeokuta Road | Assembly Passes 19 Executive Bills |
POLITICS
Why My Government Attracts Criticisms- Turaki | Bribery Scandal: Council Boss Accused of Attempting to Compromise Probe Panel | Kalu Advises Udenwa over Critics | Adebayo and the Ekiti Challenge | Imo Lawmaker Declares Interest in Governorship |
BUSINESS
Investors Stake N160.4m on 21.5m Ordinary Shares | CBN Sells $38.3m at IFEM | FG Advised to Harmonise Policies to Lift Naira | Banker Predicts Insurance Growth Under Universal Banking |
e-BUSINESS
Nigerian PC Plant Gets Microsoft, Intel, Fujitsu Authorisations | Nigerian PC Plant Gets Microsoft, Intel, Fujitsu Authorisations | 'CPN Will Not Relent in Maintaining Standards' | Apple to Phase Out Old Monitors | Expert Suggests Five Pillars for e-Commerce | PCs Could be Used to Fight Cancer | 'How Exporters Can Tap e-Commerce' | Obaigbena, Ndukwe Speak at CTO 2001 | Is Your Website Functional? | Econet Wireless Wins 2G, 3G Licences in New Zealand | Starcomms Subscriber Alleges Billing Fraud | Osonowo to Represent Nigeria at Global Technology Conference | e - SEC to Improve Efficiency, Says Ndanusa | Global Software Piracy Rate Rises | Internet Commerce: Awaiting Legislative Intervention |
COMMUNICATIONS
UK Firms Provide Training Course on GSM Opportunities | Telecoms Body Hopes to Liberalise Industry | NITEL Express Worry Over Cables | Siemens Denies Involvement in Alleged Inflated NITEL Contract |
ARTS & REVIEW
New Energies of Installation | The Regal and the Reggae | Moulding Men in their Image | RemaChrist for Excellence | Fatherland on Board |
COMMENT
ASUU's Selfisf and Preposterous Demands | That Asaba Massacre |
EDITORIAL
Alleged Slave Ship: After all the Hysteria |
LETTERS
Is AIDS Campaign a Global Conspiracy? | NEPA, Please Release Our Transformer |
CITY DIARY
Edo to Penalise AAU Dons for Aiding Certificate Falsification | 'We Can't Do Without Surface Tanks in Sokoto' | New Soroptimist Leader Unfolds Agenda | Police Arrest Five Over Fake Appointment Letters in Bayelsa |
THISLIFE
Lioness in Winter | Odife: Kids First, Degree After | Violence: Curbing the Excesses of Youths |
SPORTS
NFA Promises Free Hand to Eagles' Technical Crew | Olukanmi Harps on NFA's Autonomy | Competitors in Final Medals Chase | Bumper Harvest for Coca Cola/FA Cup Campaigners | Attuquayefio Named Africa's Best Coach | Scrap Sports Ministry, Iloh Urges FG | Odegbami Heads Committee on Revival of School Sports | 36 States Jostle for Olympic Day Run | Schools, Fans Thrilled on Rest Day |
EXTRA
Dosunmu and the Coming Anarchy | Who Will Stop This Nonsense? |