Tuesday June 19th, 2001

NEWS
LG Chairmen Drag Six Govs to Court | Danjuma Defends Defence Vote | Firms with N200m Capitalisation May be Recognised | FG is Sincere on Privatisation, Says Atiku | Enron Adds 60 Megawatts to National Grid | Obasanjo Advises Doctors on Pursuit of Welfare | EU to Spend N47.9bn in Nigeria | FG to Open Tenders for Private Refineries in September | Mbang Clarifies Stand on Obasanjo's Re-election Bid | Three Former Administrators Appear Before Tribunal | Na'Abba Advocates Cooperation Between US Congress, House | House Begins Review of 2001 Appropriation Act | Obasanjo, ECOWAS Chairman Discuss Need for Peace in S/Leone, Liberia | Gana, Private TV Owners, Trade Words over NTA Law | Ikorodu Plane Crash Blamed on Technical Error | Negotiating Team Keeps Mute as ASUU Strike Rages On... | National Frontiers Meets Ohanaeze, Afenifere | INEC to Commence Registration of voters in October | Tinubu to Reactive Metroline Project | Why Fuel Scarcity Persists - IPMAN Boss | Navy Urges FG to Secure Investments | Don't Go on Strike, House Members Plead with PENGASSAN | Ex-NMA Chief Charged with Stealing N26m | Ekpe May Replace Kyari at UBA | Niger-Delta Group Seeks Yoruba Aid in Struggle | PDP is Comatose, Says Isa Mohammed | Stakeholders Tasked over Drug Abuse and Trafficking | Explosion: Bayelsa APP Seeks Presidential Probe | 'New Judges Advised on Success Formula' | Security Arrangement Won't Involve OPC Alone- Fasheun | I-G given 72 Hours to Release Detained Journalist | FCT Wants Mayor, More Senatorial Zones | Court Adjourns Na'Abba's Suit Against Code of Conduct Bureau | Olunloyo Predicts 'Serious Revolution' in Nigeria | Take Your Postings in Good Faith, Abba-Gana Urges Corps Members |
STATE OF THE STATES
Traders Lose Wares in Awolowo Market Blaze | 'Why Govt Can't Lift Embargo on Employment' | Mineral Resources: Govt Signs Pact with Chinese Firm | Council's Vice-Chairman Suspended | Ogoni Youth Dies | 'Area Boys' Terrorise Calabar Residents | Gov Told to Release White Paper on Chieftaincy Crisis | Marwa Pledges Support for Women's Project | Protesting students paralyse activities at Govt House | Kalu Threatens to Deal with Tax Evaders | Smugglers Burn Customs Office | North-Central Youths Condemn Olawepo's Expulsion | 2003: Shehu Sani Tipped for Governorship |
POLITICS
Edo APP Congress Ends in Free-for-all Fight | Niger Delta People Are Genuinely Aggrieved - Uzodinma | Babalola Warns Adebayo's Critics | PDP Threat in South-west Is Empty Propaganda- AD Youth Leader | Group Accuses Adefarati of Wasteful Spending, Non-Performance | AADEF Backs Atiku for Second Term | A Return to Hope 93 Camapaign Headquarters | 'Suspended' Council Bosses Pitch Udenwa against Assembly | Governor's Wife Seeks Support for NGOs | Afijio: Lessons in Political Zoning |
BUSINESS
FG May Grant N450 Million to Revive Volkswagen | Shell Budgets N60m on Community Development | FG Wants German Partnership for Gemstone Project | Nigeria Spends $213.5 million on Used Cars Import | FNCCI to Attend Equip Auto 2001 in Paris | NBC Jos Adopts Global Benchmark | South African Airways Unveils New Products | Expert Worries about Decline in Food Production in Africa | Commodity Price Hike: The Rural Farmer Vs Middlemen | Indigenous Nations Gather to Oppose Arctic Drilling | IPP: Expert Harps on Central Power Transmission System | Let Deregulation Start Immediately- DAPPMA Chairman | NEPA calls for destruction of Illegal Structures | SPG Trains 61 Workers to Boost Performance | Powergen Electrotex Exhibition 2001 Begins Today | Schlumberger Launches Oil & Gas Information Solutions Group | Profit Taking Depresses Blue Chips | SEC Lifts Suspension on De-Canon | Bank CEOs Call for Reversal of Forex Rule | FG Advised to Maintain 100% Inspection of Goods | IMB Joins Billion Income Leaque |
HOME & REAL ESTATE
Desertification: Obasanjo Launches Shelter Belt | Architects Demand legislation on sustainable development | Gombe Govt Develops N505m Housing Estate | Court Asked to Dismiss Army Officer's Suit for Contempt | ACEN Meets in Ibadan |
LAW
Friends or Foes? | We Hold your Brief | Registered Owner's Title is Indefeasible | Appeal Must Be Based on Ratio Decidendi | Only Conduct Repugnant to Equity and Good Conscience Amounts to Laches and Acquiescence | Judiciary Should Indigenise Procedures to be Effective | Citizens Mediation Center: Free Justice for the Indigent | Tribute to Mr. Justice Reider Joe Jacks, JCA |
ARTS & REVIEW
For a Friendly Environment | The Sruggle for Self Discovery | Sacred Seduction on Internet |
COMMENT
Alternative Party is the Answer | Defects in Teachers Registration Council Decree |
EDITORIAL
Blair's Re-election |
LETTERS
Ufot Ekaette, INEC and AD | Nationalism, Heroes and Role Models |
FEATURES
June 12: Not Yet a Distant Memory |
SPORTS
NFA Writes S/Leone FA over Match-fixing | Wilson Pledges Time for Athletics | Organisers Bar live Bullets From Olympic Day Venue | FG Sends Delegation To Schools Tourney | Eagles Namibia Exploit Excites Coca-Cola | NFA Names Squad Against Sudan |
EXTRA
June 12: After the Rehearsals | The House and the Budget |