Friday August 3rd, 2001

NEWS
Afenifere Expels Lam Adesina | Airport Workers Return to Work | First e-Commerce Transaction Conducted in Nigeria | FG Bars Officials from Acquiring GSM Phones at Govt Expense | Progressives Form Party Today | Police Go Tough on Tinted Windscreens | 200 Nigerians, Others Arrested in Kenya | Police Set up Special Office for Informants | FG Approves N6bn Food Programme | Body to Scrutinise Projects Above N250m | FG Pays N91m to 438 Pensioners | Niger Delta Records 4,835 Oil Spills in 20 Years | Gani's Award Restores SAN Glory - Ozekhome | Nigerian Army Denies Involvement in Proliferation of Arms | Strike Threat: FG, ASUP Sign Pact Tuesday | Doctors Set for Another Strike | Anenih Laments Absence of US Construction Firms | Why More Indigenous Firms Participate in Oil Industry - Lukman | Youths Disrupt Petroleum Products Loading in Port Harcourt | N100m Equity for Abuja Housing Scheme | National Assembly Urged to Speed Up Action on NDDC Budget | College Council Defies Directive on Provost's Removal | Nigeria, US may Cooperate on Dredging of River Niger | I-G Urged to Investigate Extra-Judicial Killings | African Petroleum Restructures for Higher Growth | FG Justifies Action on Toll Plazas |
STATE OF THE STATES
FG is Executing N6.7bn Road Projects - Minister | Aviation Minister Lauds Tinubu's Accident Emergency Services | Violent Communities May Lose Shell Benefits | Senate to Float Medium on Publicity | Akwa Ibom State Passes Bill on Derivation Fund |
POLITICS
A Prince of Peace? | 2003: Obigbo Restates Commitment to Igbo Presidency | South-South Presidency, Group Takes Campaign to Bayelsa LGA | I'm not Involved in PDP's Investigations of Alamieyeseigha -Bozimo |
BUSINESS
'Decline in Status Enhancement Jeopardises Quality of Professionals' | NRC to be Re-organised, Says Waziri | First Aluminium Increases Productive Base | Agric Workers Floor Civil Servants over Membership | Casualisation: Union Proffers Alternative | NUSDE Expresses Helplessness over Casualisation | Dock Workers Defy Maduekwe's Order, Hold Delegates Conference | Coca-Cola Director Appointed Rotary District President | NUSDE Holds Delegates Conference | Cuban Ambassador Bids Farewell to Nigerian Workers | Tin Can Gets New Port Manager | South African Airways Appoints Transformation Manager | Transport Institute to Take Over Exams | UPS Appointed Distributor for T&E | De-United Foods Plans More Indomie Noodles Flavours | Always: Consumers' Fears Persist Despite Manufacturer's Assurances | 'The Consumer is Boss' | Bicycles: What Hope for Nigerian Railways Rehabilitation Project? | Mass Transit Trains: Relief for Commuters | Lagos State Laments Wilful Damage of Road Infrastructure | NAMA Moves to Address Safety Lapses | 'Wreck Removal Issue to be Resolved Soon' | Leona 11: Appeal Court Orders Release to Integrated Oil and Gas | Customs, NSC Tasked on Proliferation of Agents' Associations | Nigerian Consortium Acquires Five Tankers to Lift Crude Oil | 75% Rebate on Terminal Fees Lauded | Comptroller-General to Investigate Internal Wrangling in Apapa Customs | Lagos State Resuscitates Babakekere, Five Others for Ferry Services | 134,000 Metric Tonnes of Rice Arrive Lagos Ports | Huge Transactions Lift NAL Merchant Bank by 3.0% | NLNG Sells $10m at IFEM | Omegabank Opts for Recapitalisation | Bond Market Vital for Economic Growth- Odife |
WEEKEND REVIEW
More Than Celebration of Life | N.S.T.V Sets up Planning Committee | First NANTAP Playwriting Competition |
COMMENT
These Soldiers of Fortune | Oputa Panel: Metaphor Versus Meaning |
LETTERS
Shangisha Residents Need Democracy Dividends | Re: Another Nigerian Journalist Wins World Literary Award |
CITY DIARY
Ex-police Officer Arrested over Human Trafficking | Immigration Chief Tasks Officers, Men on Anti-graft Law |
FEATURES
Fighting Poverty on Another Front | A Better Deal for Consumers |
SPORTS
Nations Cup Camping Commences in December | Amodu Identifies Clogs in Football Growth | Atere Cautions Eagles Ahead 2002 | IAAF Confirms Diack as President | Neglected Scribes Get New Posting | Awojobi captains Tigers to Morocco |
EXTRA
Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense | Tinubu As the Journalist's Nemesis |