Thursday August 2nd, 2001

NEWS
NITEL Interconnects GSM Tomorrow | House Wants NNPC to Account for $2bn | FG Gets $100m World Bank Credit for NEPA Reforms | Kudirat Abiola's Aide Returns | Aviation Workers' Strike Disrupts Flights | Guinea Arrests 51 Nigerians over Human Trafficking | 2003: Wada Nas Supports Igbo Presidency | Court Orders FG to Return Toll Plazas to Operators | Deputy Gov Decries Senate's Rejection of New Councils | Breast Feeding, a Form of Contraceptive - Commissioner | Navy Justifies Ejection of Ex-administrator | Looted Funds: Maduekwe Deplores Western Nations' Double Standards | Lagos Seeks Assembly's Nod on N25bn Loan | PDP Lists Conditions for Re-instatement of 'Expelled' Party Chieftains | ASUP May Embark on Strike Tomorrow | Minister Scores Local Road Contractors Low | Fresh Strike Looms in Health Sector | Baale Accused of Incitement, Abduction | '100% Imports Examination, Targetted at Ndigbo' | Group Seeks Legal Teeth for Oputa Panel | FG to Subsidise Farm Inputs | Speaker Decries States, LGs Under-funding | Bucknor-Akerele Ready to Work with Tinubu | Gani Back Tomorrow, Salutes Nigerians | FG Tasked over Tiv-Jukun Crisis |
STATE OF THE STATES
Gov Suspends Council Boss, Legislators | House Flayed for Ordering Arrest of CouncilChiefs | Group Urges FG to Rebuild Odi | Organisation Donates N2.6 million Laboratory Equipment to School | Police Flay Lawmaker over False Alarm | Aids Victim Sets Self Ablaze | Erosion Menace Worries Assembly | Shell Trains Youths for Self Employment | House Insists on Probe of LG Councils | 10 Injured at OPC Rally |
POLITICS
2003: Odenigbo Forum Insists on Igbo Presidency | Resign or Be Forced Out, AD Chieftain Tells Bucknor-Akerele | PDP Will Sweep 2003 Polls Gov Kalu | Disqualification of Presidential Aspirants, the Bane of Our Tenure -Aikhomu | I'm Still Relevant in Kwara Politics | Ashorobi and the Burden of Reforming Lagos PDP |
e-BUSINESS
Will the World Be in the Pocket? | Itjobsnigeria.com Set to Reduce IT Unemployment | Lesotho Lays the Foundations for Internet Access | ERP Systems Slowly Emerge in Nigeria | Nigerian Telecoms Industry and the Challenge of Change | VoIP Customers Benefit from Intelligent Network Support | BT to Launch High-Speed Satellite Web Service | Kenya Seeks to Enshrine Telco Monopoly Till 2004 | Firms Unveil Mobile Banking Solution, Sign on STB | IBM Opens Office in Nigeria | Zinox Technology Announces September Launch Date | NCR Posts N13.6 Million Profit in 2000 | Expert Cautions Businesses over Digital Divide | SCOA Sees Brighter Future in Nigeria | Odife Stresses Need for Mini-Stock Exchanges | First Beneficiaries of UBA Premium Save Get N15m | Indemnity Finance Achieves 56% Profit Growth | Demand Rises Marginally At IFEM |
COMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft to Block AOL Buying AT&T Cable Stake | HSBC Plans to Launch Payment Plan with Yahoo | Intel Extends Agreement to Use ARM Chip Designs | Uganda Plans to Network Ministries | Compaq Supports MTN in GSM Service Launch | Alcatel Buys Scotland's Kymata in œ134m Deal |
ARTS & REVIEW
Ebony Night-Out at Jazzville | The Nights Jos Stood Still for Benson & Hedges |
COMMENT
Nitel's Privatisation and National Debt | Still on Mid-term Performance |
EDITORIAL
ILO's Alarm on Child Trafficking |
LETTERS
Remember Ohuhu Land, NDDC | Obasanjo's Promise on Bumper Harvest |
CITY DIARY
Smuggling Booms at Idi Iroko Border Town | Group Pledges Support for Education, Health |
THISLIFE
From Amsterdam with Woes | Kids Drink From Kanu's 'Heart' |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: Mr President, the Rules Changed |
SPORTS
Olajuwon rejects Rockets' $10m Offer | Eagles'll Be Team to Beat in Mali -Amodu | Igbinedion's Loss Sparks Reaction in Edo Camp | Brazil Arrives Tomorrow for Kanu | Nabbed Onyenwenwa Regains Freedom | Fans Laud Man of The Match Poll | Toyota Motors Lifts CAF with N1b |