Friday July 6th, 2001

NEWS
Ige Lied to Nigerians on NEPA Fund - Suleiman | Presidential Jet Divides N/Assembly | GSM: Nigerians Should Expect High Tariff | Obasanjo's Name Still on Wanted List - Falana | Adebayo Blames FG for Weak Naira | Missing Nigerian Girl Found Dead | FG Releases N7.2bn For Settlement of Pension Arrears | House Panel Clears Okorocha over Radar Contract | Adesanya: Court to Rule on Application to Charge ex-Kudirat's Aide | Adesina Wants FG to Pay Traditional Rulers' Salary | SSANU Poised for Strike Action | NEPA Sure of Meeting 4,000 MW Target by December - MD | Alleged Murder Attempt: Omisore's Aides Sue IG | National Conference Won't Lead to Disintegration - Expert | Slain Policemen Killed by Robbers in Military Uniform - Okiro | FG Pledges Support for Aerospace Survey Project | NASU Wants WAEC, NECO to Conduct May/June SSCE | Olawepo, Ibeshi Get Another Date | Virgin Airline Makes Maiden Flight to Nigeria | Shagari Commends Oputa Panel | Obasanjo for Zambia Sunday | Ibori Backs Call for State Police | Sharia: Sokoto to Amputate Convict's Wrist | Crime Control: OPC Splinter Group Faults Tinubu's Recipe | Five in Court over Layi Balogun's Murder | Three Arraigned over Elegbede's Assassination | Obasanjo Pledges Support for Busworld | Abia bans MASSOB | Senator Gives Reasons for Prolonged Labour Strikes | Minister Canvasses More Investment in Technology | UI Lecturers Resume Work | Caesarian Section Delivery Now Free in Rivers | Ondo Denies Involvement in Impeachment of Council Chairmen | Lagos Decries Indiscipline in Secondary Schools |
STATE OF THE STATES
Govt to Build 3,000 Housing Units | Communal Clash Claims 7 Lives | Sharia: 574 Cartons of Beer Destroyed | Concerted Efforts Sought Against AIDS |
POLITICS
Endorsement of Obasanjo: YCE Is Exercising Freedom of Expression - Adebanjo | Don't Scuttle Democracy, Senator Tells Journalists | NSA May Apply for Registration in September | I am Still a Bonafide PDP Member - Usulor | Tinubu: Politics of Asiwaju of Lagos | 5000 APP Members Join PDP in Akwa Ibom | Coalition Group Calls for Constitutional Approach to Niger Delta Crisis | 'Council of Eastern States, Non-partisan' |
BUSINESS
Nigerian Companies Urged to Embrace ISO 9001: 2000 | Expert Advocates Industrialisation through Agric Development | 'NCP's Legal Framework should be reviewed' | SSASCGOC Changes Name, Elects new Officers | Workers Pledge Support for 100% Inspection, Decry NPA's Privatisation | African Women Appeal to IDB for Assistance in Education | ABB Employs 160,000 Workers | Senior Public Servants Elect Obiajulu President-General | Adewumi Elected President of NITEL/NIPOST Senior Staff Association | The Gods are Not to Blame Over Weak Naira | Senior Public Servants Elect Obiajulu President-General | Cabotage Bill Forbids Foreign Vessels in Coastal Operation | Ports Congestion: Cargo Delivery Improves | NMA Proposes Cargo Support for Indigenous Shipping Firms | Freight Forwarders Plan for a Unified Body | Cruise Ship With 35 Defects Was a 'Potential Hazard' | MOWCA Plans to Tackle Pollution, Maritime Safety in West Africa | Concealment: NAGAFF Still Pushes for Removal of 50% Surcharge | Ukaumunna's Wife Cries Out for Release of Husband | FG, Maritime Workers on War Path Over Ports Privatisation | Dock Labour Employers to Promote Sanity in Ports | Coastal Shipping to Solve Imbalance in Tonnage | Goldlink Posts N546 Million Premium Income | Schwartz Group Sponsors Seminar on Soil Erosion | Eskom Enterprises Strengthens Ties with Nigeria | 1% Commission May Heighten SEC, NSE Face-Off | Ekiti State to Raise N4bn from Capital Market | IFEM Demand Dips 41 per cent | Banker Identifies Signs of Problem Loan | Interest Rate Cut Unlikely in Britain |
ARTS & REVIEW
And the Winners are... the Veterans | Charting a New Course for Nigerian Film |
COMMENT
Time and Wisdom | Running Abia State Aground |
EDITORIAL
The Yobe Example |
LETTERS
Ekwueme, G-34 and Letter to Abacha | The Menace of Council Officials |
CITY DIARY
Police Renew Offensive Against Robbers in Lagos | Railway Pensioners Protest Non-Payment of 13 months' Salary Arrears | Three in Court for Defrauding Man of N1.465 million | Labourer Bags A Year Imprisonment for Stealing Church Properties |
FEATURES
Ebonyi: Roads as Development Pivot | AIDS in Nigeria: Silence Facilitates Spread |
RIGHT OF REPLY
No Owambe for Duke, Adebayo |
SPORTS
Aku Attributes Eagles' Victory to Patriotism | Odegbami Escapes Armed Robbery Attack | Nigeria Chosen as Africa's Dopping Centre | Oriala, Ogunkoya in UNIC Clash | Ogbemudia Applauds Eagles, Backs Indigenous Coaches |
EXTRA
Unmasking The Nigerian Politician (IV) | Anenih And Our Roads |