Wednesday June 6th, 2001

NEWS
Senate Rebukes Ooni, Emir of Kano, Others | Police Rescue 15 Kids from Alleged Trafficker | CBN Governor Insists Excess Liquidity was Responsible for Slide in Naira | Anti-Corruption: Suspect on the Run | Obasanjo Still to Decide | NEPA Announces Power Disruption in 13 States | US Police Impound African Ivory Shipped from Nigeria | Nigeria, USA Map Out Strategy to Fight Crime | NITEL's Bids for Equipment Supply Hold Today | FG Accused of Starving NDDC | Obasanjo Told to Sanction Public Officers with Foreign Accounts | Waziri Condemns Formation of New Political Associations | Doctors Strike: Health Minister Accuses NMA of Breaching Agreement | Shonekan Enjoins FG to Encourage Agricultural Export | United Nations to Hold Special Session on HIV/AIDS | National Frontiers, NSA Meet Today Over Merger | Yusuf Mamman Spells Out Conditions for Reconciliation in AD | Igbinedion Sacks Commissioners | Ship Explosion: Disciplinary Measures Await Exploded Ship's Owners | UNICEF Launches Global Movement for Children Tomorrow | Fear Grips UNIBEN Workers as Screening Begins | FG Pays N95 Million to 237 Pensioners | Anyim Blasts Politicians Scheming for Re-election | FG Accuses ASUU Of Ulterior Motives | Robbers Attack Ibru's House |
STATE OF THE STATES
Lagosians Score Tinubu Govt High - Report | Govt Votes N339m for Ecological Projects | N10 Million Needed to Reactivate Rice Fields | Royal Father Calls for Establishment of House of Chiefs | Adefarati Pledges to Protect Environment | Why We Can't Reconstitute Rulers' Council Now - Ibori | Youths Assassinate Traditional Ruler | Abaribe Identifies Causes of Conflicts in Nigeria | Police Command Warns `Okada' Operators | Kure Approves N60m Education Intervention Fund | Bursary Awards: Students, Thugs Clash at Council Secretariat | House Passes N26b Executive Loan Bill | Closure of Babies Home Illegal, Says LG Chairman | NPC Tells LGs to Keep Off Registration of Births, Deaths |
POLITICS
Eastern Council Moves to Check The North | Lagos AD Wants Tinubu's Deputy to Resign from Exco | PDP Shops for N100Million in Imo | PDP Committee Submits Report on Assessment of Governors | Udenwa's Achievements Lack Direct Benefit - AD | Adamawa Assembly backs Speakers' Suit on Tenure of LG | Local Councils Celebrate Noise and Poor Performance | Senator Canvasses Journalists' Support for Obasanjo |
BUSINESS
List of Approved Banks Ready for Automated Clearing | SEC Advised to Monitor Shareholders Associations | Importers Rush for Form M | Guardian Express Rolls Out Another Set of Products | N27bn CBN Certificates May Create Problem for Financial Market | Chairman, Managing Director Step Aside in Berger Paints | Only Low Interest Rate Can Make Bond Market Active - Odife | Longman's Stocks Remain Highly Priced | Why Equitorial Trust Bank Runs on Full Steam | Econet Launches New Positioning Campaign | ICAN Holds Forum For Bankers | Life Assurance Business Still to Fall in Line in Nigeria | China to Become World's Largest Insurance Market | Economy Forces Insurers to Refocus IT Spending | Fortune Assurance Opens New Office | Cornerstone Posts N48 Million First Quarter Profit | IMF Accused of Giving Ready Emerging Market Excuses | Nigerian Breweries' Turnover Rises by 47% |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
'Tourism, Bedrock of Our Economy' | Nigeria Gets ATA Hosting Rights in 2003 | NTDC Appoints Monye, Onifade to Boost Tourism |
ARTS & REVIEW
Linking Film-makers with the World | Ekiti Constructs Cultural Centre | Midnight Hotel for National Theatre |
COMMENT
The Yoruba and Politics of Pragmatism | NAMA: Facing Facts |
EDITORIAL
Boosting CSM Campaign |
LETTERS
Coping with Igbinedion's Inactivity | ASUU and the Federal Government |
CITY DIARY
Lions Give Out 60,000 Free Eye Glasses | Edo Commends Police for Declining Crime Wave | Imo Community Union Floats Education Fund | Murder Trial of Seven Accused Persons Resumes in Lagos |
FEATURES
A General Looks Back and Forth |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: Politicians, God and Religion |
SPORTS
Amodu Throws Eagles' Camp Open | IGI Insures National Teams for N45million | Abidoye Blames NFA for Eagles' Poor Run | Owubokiri Signs Jigawa Deal With Turaki |
EXTRA
Buhari's New Found Love for Muslims |