Monday July 30th, 2001

NEWS
Ndigbo Have No Alternative to Obasanjo - Minister | More Pain, Little Gain | 100% Inspection: NEPA's Equipment Stuck on High Seas | Ibeshi, Olawepo May Storm PDP with Bailiffs | Obasanjo Steps into NSE, ASE Rift | NSA Sets 36m Membership Target | Lagos Councils May Sue FG over Irregularities in Allocation | Why National Assembly May Not Pay N77.5m Streetlight Debt | PDP Will Sweep Polls in 2003 Elections - Gana | First Bank Explains Investment in Econet | Another Nigerian Journalist Wins World Literary Award | Stella Obasanjo Criticises Past First Ladies | Adefarati Explains Legal Tussles Between FG, States | FG Berates Irresponsible Student Unionism |
STATE OF THE STATES
New Hydro-Electric Power Station: Communities Face Annual Flooding | FG Urged to Prosecute Past Corrupt Leaders | Private Sector Support Needed in Funding Education | Govt Absolves Self from Ineh's Arrest | Youth Leader Canvasses Support for Udenwa | Women Seek Greater Role in Anti-Poverty Programme |
POLITICS
PDP May Dissolve States Executives In September | Delta State to Establish Internet and TV Viewing Centres | 2003: Group Vows to Use Bakassi Boys | What Does Afenifere Want? | PDP: Between the Law and Politics |
BUSINESS
German Partners Threaten Withdrawal from Golden Guinea Brewery | NDEP to Explore Marginal Field With N3.4 Billion | Anambra Sets Up Company for Refinery, Power Plant | Terminal Benefit: Bankers Also Cry | Union Dicon Writes NSE, Consolidates | Gum Arabic-producing States Commended for Attracting Foreign Investors | Industrialist Canvasses Business Support for Ekiti | Mobile Systems Signs Ericsson GSM Distributorship | Apollo Appoints Nigeria Distributors | Low Margin Also Affects Julius Berger | The Scramble for Branded Bottled Water Market | First Bank Posts N7bn Profit, Declares N2bn Dividend | Insurers Blame Poor Performance on High Bank Rates | lEA Launches Modern Bar Soap | Indo-Nigerian Merchant Bank Holds AGM | Dunlop Cedes Non-Tyre Products to DN Meyer | FCMB, Kano Government Agree to Boost Commerce | Dunlop Injects N4 Billion to Radial Tyres, Streamlines Operations | The Foreign Content of Port Congestion | 'We Serve Over 60,000 Nigerians Daily' | Debt Relief Not a Panacea to Poverty Reduction- IMF | World Bank Accused of Fraud in Internet Scheme | Nestle Tops Gainers' Chart | Nigeria's Foreign Debt Slashed by N44.5 bn | Fortune Bank Raises Share Capital to N3bn | Bank of the North Holds AGM | CBN Mops N21.2 bn, Sells $22.6m at IFEM |
ARTS & REVIEW
Here Comes King Baadu | Smile on their Faces |
COMMENT
Wanted: People-defined African Union | ID Project: Another N27b Scam? |
EDITORIAL
The Protests Over G8 Summit |
LETTERS
Coping with the Triviality of Kofo | Ahoy Saint Maduekwe! |
CITY DIARY
High Level Racketeering at Lagos Seaports |
FEATURES
Fajuyi: 35 Years After Martyrdom |
SPORTS
Obasanjo Endorses Amodu for World Cup | Amodu Thanks God for Victory | Celebrations Greet Eagles' Qualification | Sudan, Others Round Up Qualifiers | Coker Boys Visit Manchester United Stadium | Nigerian Karatekas Haul Medals in USA | Associations Election Holds at Last | Raptors, Cleveland Woo Olajuwon |
EXTRA
Is Abubakar Above the Law, Mr Oshiomhole? |