Wednesday July 4th, 2001

NEWS
IBB's Govt Privy to Dele Giwa's Murder - Tsav | Supplementary Budget: House Passes N146.825bn | 16 Firms Express Interest in NITEL | Senate Declares New LGs Illegal | NEPA: NLC Wants Ige, Agagu Sacked | FG Approves N63bn 3-Year Restoration Funding for Varsities | Police Abort Kwara Yoruba Forum's Comfab | Court Joins Plateau in CBN's N1.02b Suit | BPE, Pakistani Agency Collaborate to Sell Pakistani Bank | Police Foil Bank Robbery in Lagos, Kill 6 Robbers | Councillors Storm N/Assembly, Seek Support for 4 Years Tenure | NITEL's Privatisation on Course - Atiku | Alleged Tax Evasion: Madaki Drags Revenue Board to Court | Waziri Urges Senate to Bar Decampee Senators | Nwosu Enjoins Nurses Not to Go on Strike | 'Gains of Globalization May Elude Africa' | Obasanjo Names New Chairman, Members for Population Commission | 2003: Aides May Jeopardise Obasanjo's Chance - Osoba | Workshop Wants Military Commandants Banned at Airport | Igbinedion Recalls Suspended Commissioners | US Pledges to Assist Nigeria Build Good Governance | Bayelsa, a Symbol of Dividends of Democracy - Gana | Niger Delta Indigenes Warned Against Group's Activities | Busworld Establishes Continental Headquarters in Nigeria | I'm Not Owambe Governor - Kalu | 'AD Governors Cannot Boycott Afenifere Meeting' | 2003: Kashim Can't Speak for PDP - Gemade | Free Press, Democracy's Greatest Dividend - Farounbi | Smart-Cole's Cameras Stolen | NOA Poised for 'Operation Purification' |
STATE OF THE STATES
World Bank Pledges N1.6 m for UBE Language Project | Ilaje Youths Boo Council Chairman | NURTW Decries Members' Molestation by LGs | Group Donates N50m Equipment to Kogi State | Villagers Cry Out over Quarry Activities | Governors Sympathise with Adamu over Crisis | Councillors Freeze Orhionmwon Local Govt Account | State Varsity to Open in October | Oil Producing LGs Reject Revenue Sharing Formula | NUJ Inaugurates Ethics Committee | Jumbo Salary for Science Teachers Soon | Chairman Wants LGs to Handle Teacher's Salaries | Lawmakers Want FRCN FM Station in P/Harcourt | Police Arrest Robbers at NRC Compound | Community May Lose 250 Houses to Erosion | Coomassie Deplores Falling Education Standard | Minna Indigenes Pledge Loyalty to Emir |
POLITICS
Lagos State PDP Wears Self Out With Bickering | Kwankwaso Seeks to Break Kano's Second Term Jinx | Kano APP Makes Fresh Start |
BUSINESS
Monetary Measures Introduced to Curtail Anticipated Spending | Why US Investors Won't Come to Nigeria Yet - Envoy | First Atlantic Selected Advisor for New Nigerian | 'Why Customers Do Not Change Banks' | National ID Card Cost Not Known | CBN Sacrifices Interest Rate for Forex | How to Control Your Expenditures | CBN Funds IFEM with $4.8bn in Second Quarter | Is STB's Care Account Really Caring? | Oboh, Union Bank's MD, May not Retire in April '02 | Declining Values Set-in for Privatised Companies | Gateway Bank on Way to Profitability | Gaslink Becomes Unipetrol's Subsidiary | 'Dynamics Place Heavy Demand on Financial Service Providers' | STACO Poised to Improve Efficiency | Brokers Enjoy High Profile and Respect - NCIB Boss | Standard Alliance Holds TQM Renewal Training | IGI Boss Commends NCIB | Workshop Holds for CIIN Boss in Lagos | Oasis Insurance Turnover Hits N154 million | Refuge Insurance Opens Branch in Abuja | Wapic Head Office Commissioned | Custodian & Allied Insurance Posts N179 Million | Taming the Lagos Bar Beach for Profit and Leisure | NSE Records Decline in Turnover Volume | Zenith, Citibank Top Agency's Rating | Liberty Bank for Electronic Revenue Collection | Demand Leaps 8.5% at IFEM |
TRAVEL & TOURSIM
Reprieve for Shrinking Bar Beach | NANTA Boss Promises to Raise Standard of Travel Trade | Airways Eyes Lagos-Johannesburg Route | Jack Warns Critics of Tourism Development Levy | ANJET Visits Ex-NANTA Scribe |
ARTS & REVIEW
Tasks Before Odeh at NFVCB | Exploring the Beauty of Ceramics |
COMMENT
Encouraging Indigenous Construction Companies | Monks without Hoods |
EDITORIAL
Wrong Signal from Pakistan |
LETTERS
Politics of Insults | Thank You, Gov Ibori |
CITY DIARY
Pains, Tears at Military Pensions' Office | Jordanian Charged with Bathing Lebanese with Acid |
FEATURES
NECO/WAEC: Double Scripts, One Agenda | Spiritual Aid for Kano's AIDS Victims |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Between Owambe Governors and Owambe President | ... Of Duke, ENI-B Goofed |
SPORTS
Dim Black Stars, Get Windfall, Odili Tasks Eagles | Berger Face TP Mazembe August 11 | Governor's Cup to Gulp N29million | Omdurman Victory Tickles Oliseh | Governor's Cup Gets N50million Premium | Wild Celebration in Ibadan as Eagles Triumph | Oneya, Yusuf off to FIFA Congress | Athletes Bemoan Ghana's Prowess in Sprints | Pepsi Academy to Float Club | Varsity Don Flays NFA's Free Spending | 'Amodu, Keshi, Erico Good for Eagles' | Of a Commander and his Waterloo |