Friday May 25th, 2001

NEWS
Mustapha to Tinubu: Name Those Who Offered You Bribe | 'FG Short Pays NDDC by N2bn' | Why Yoruba Back Constitutional Review - Ooni | Ige, Agagu, Others Get June 7 Date | Obasanjo Directs Public Officers to Source Forex from CBN | BPE Clarifies Position on AP's Debt | Why FG Can't Check Importation of Goods - Jamodu | House to Hold Public Hearing on Electoral Bill | Privatisation of Govt Media Outfits on Course - BPE | My Heart Bleeds for Air Force - Wuyep | DTN Shops for N500m to Reposition Operations | Afikuyomi to Wait, As Court Adjourns Suit | NASS Maintenance Firm Threatens to Down Tools | Obasanjo, Japanese PM Sign 'Special Agreement' | Armed Policemen Storm Bayelsa Assembly | Ibru: Court Insists Yakubu's Statement was Voluntary | Doctors Insist on Strike, Say FG Not Serious | Council of State Rejects List of Prisoners for Pardon | Markarfi Shuns Kaduna Assembly | Tinubu Canvasses Local, International Training for Judges | Atiku Begins Two-Day Visit to Edo Today | Legal Tussle May Delay Work on Ibadan-Ilorin Road Project | FG Sets Up IT Development Agency | NEPZA Has Not Approved an EPZ for Lagos - Management | First Bank: NLC Meets Monday on Next Move | Atiku, Na'Abba for Daily Times 75th Anniversary | FG, ASUU Meeting Now Today | Steer Clear of Politics, Udenwa Tells Ohaneze | Obasanjo Commiserates with Osoba over Fire Incident | Nigerian Military Personnel Receive Traning in France | Awoniyi Leads National Frontiers in Talks with Arewa Forum | 2003: No Vacancy in Rivers Govt House, Says Anenih | NURTW Explains Misunderstanding with Marwa | Honest Police Woman, Husband Get N.5m Reward | UN Drugs Agency to Expand Activities in Nigeria | Nnamani Charges NDIC to Restore Peoples Confidence in Banking Industry | Fire Guts Abubakar's House in Abuja |
STATE OF THE STATES
Farmers Protest Destruction of Farmlands by Govt | New Paper Firm Moves to Boost Ailing Economy | Ibori Pledges to Assist Serious LG Councils | PDP Aspirant Accuses Governor of Insensitivity | Assembly Suspends Three Lawmakers | NBA Chairman Chides Political Office Holders | Assembly Passes Bill on Remuneration | State Gets New Federal Govt College | Monitoring Team Threatens to Revoke Contract for Ilaro-Abeokuta Road | Govt Awards N4bn Road Contracts | Govts Advised on Conservation Policy | Acute Fuel Scarcity Hits Warri |
POLITICS
There is Danger Ahead - Adefarati | Bozimo Gives Panacea to Governors/Godfathers Face-off | 'Constructional Amendments Will Threaten Democracy' | Why Politics Of South-west Is Misunderstood - AD Chieftain | Group Commends Obasanjo, Anenih, Chikwe |
BUSINESS
Lagos Earmarks N500m as Enterprise Fund | NRC Probes N4.7 Billion FG Allocation | Customs Warns Impostors at Seme Border | Maritime Workers Union Conducts Peaceful Branch Elections | ASUU Gives First Bank 3 Months to Reverse Policies | Akele Calls for Solidarity with Docked Trade Unionists | 'Tade Ismail Becomes Chairman of ABB | NRC Probes N4.7bn FG Allocation | 'Standard Guage Rail to be in Stages' | Bus Operators Attribute Crisis to Govt Policy | Rice, Garri, Beans Out of Common Man's Reach | Customs Reads Riot Act to Importers | Concealment, Under-Declaration: Pre-shipment Inspectors Back Customs on Seizure | FG Tasked on Multiple Import Levies, Tokunbo Vehicles | Shippers Council Holds Maritime Seminar for Judges | Air Transport Liberalisation: BPE, Airlines Operators Disagree | Aviation Professionals Poise for Showdown with Chanchangi Airlines | BA Tourist Centre Hosts Wedding | Bournvita/British Airways "Magic Flight" Departs to Eurodisney | US Agency Dangles N1m Award to Aviation Writers | NSE All-Share Index Appreciates by 0.3% | Bank Executive Warns on Distress | Demand Drops by 14.4% at IFEM | Wema Bank Poised for Universal Banking | 'Hitech, Staff Welfare Imperative for Service Delivery' |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Shape of the Arts Endowment | Artists Unite Against Sale of National Theatre | NCAC Celebrate Children's Day | A Question of Image | My Mother and Music | It's Audition Time for Whoop TV Show |
COMMENT
The Game IBB Cannot Win | Tribute to Dike Nworah |
EDITORIAL
Accra Soccer Tragedy |
LETTERS
Tinubu as the Rejected Stone | Igbo, Oil and the Civil War |
CITY DIARY
Violence Mars Eyo Festival as Lagosians Remember Holloway | Mayhem at WAEC Forms' Collection Centre |
FEATURES
Nigerians Groan As Food Prices Soar |
SPORTS
Atiku to Unveil Edo 2002 Mascot/Logo | LASPOTECH Qualifies for Football Final | Shehu Commits NSDC to Success | NFA Promises Free Hand to Eagles' Technical Crew | 36 States Jostle for Olympic Day Run | Odegbami Heads Committee on Revival of School Sports | Schools, Fans Thrilled on Rest Day |
EXTRA
Come and Eat (...then Explain) | A Dictionary of Nigerian Politics (I) |