Wednesday August 15th, 2001

NEWS
Oputa: Why IBB May Not Appear, By Counsel | Lam Adesina to PDP: It'll be Fire for Fire | Senate to Probe Management of Abacha Loot | BPE Restates Commitment to Transparent Exercise | Problem of 'Zero Allocation' Over Soon - Atiku | Clearing Agents Protest, Close Tin Can Ports | Robbers onslaught won't deter us - AIG | UNIDO to Spend $12.7m on Nigerian Managers | 22 Power Stations to Gulp N28 bn | Nigeria's biotech policy requires N2.5 bn | PDP Suspends Membership Registration in Ebonyi | Obasanjo Restates Commitment to Better Nigeria | Sacked Commissioner's Bank Accounts Frozen | House Member Scores Budget 2001 Low | Tinubu is Still in Control - Commissioner | AP Prays Court to Wind Up General Oil over N3.5m Debt | Voters Register: Non Release of Funds Worries INEC | Bill on Lagos Metro Gets Assembly's Support | FHA Boss Accuses Lagos of Frustrating FG's Housing Plans | FG Establishes National Sports Trust Fund | NECOM House Opens Next Month | FG Seeks Closer Ties with Canada | Poison Scare: Police Quiz Commissioner | Sacked Lagos Workers Storm State Assembly | Man, 47, Arraigned for Raping 10-month Old Baby Baby | PDP Suspends Eight over Assault on Adeojo | West African Drug Law Agencies Meet Today |
STATE OF THE STATES
Youths Want Committee Disbanded | MASSOB Extols Eastern Governors | Council Boss Seeks Aid on Erosion | Abuja Environmental Board Procures N80m Equipment |
POLITICS
Ex-Lawmaker Cautions on Revenue Allocation | Politician Blames Osun AD Chairman over State Crisis | Orlu Youths Oppose Mbakwe over Position on Zoning | 2003 Will Be Crisis Free ... but - Chinemerem | Enugu State Desires A Change - Ohamadike | From Abakaliki, A Peep Into Egwu/Anyim's Diatribe | Igbo Group Explores Presidential Chances |
BUSINESS
Liquidated Banks Still Owed N30 Billion | More Banks Fail Compliance Test | Insured Banks -Reported Frauds/Forgeries and Fidelity Bond Insurance Cover | Using Annuity Concept to Accumulate Wealth | Flour Mills Holds Annual General Meeting | Treasurers Proffer Solution to Exchange Rate Stability | Indo-Nigerian Merchant Bank Set for U-banking | CILT Advocates Transport Commission | EMS/Speedpost Introduces New Products | Gulf Bank Deploys 200 ATM's | Asalu Advocates Privatisation of Abuja Stock Exchange | Government Advised to Arrest Dumping of Tyres | Capital Deficiency in Nigeria - A Way Out | Focus on Lead Merchant Bank Limited | New Syllabus for CIIN Takes off April 2002 | Housemate, an Affordable Protection | Urban Governance: Committee Hears Case Study from Nigeria | FDI-Linked Cross-Border M&As Grew Unabated in 2000 | DN Meyer Declares 40 kobo Dividend Payout | Omegabank Increases Profitability by 67 Per cent | FITC, ETB Strike New Partnership | IFEM Demand Advances by Eleven Per cent |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Tourism Development Levy: NTDC Seeks Way Out | NIHOTOURS Boss Calls for Tourism Training | Caribbean Expo and Owambe Rumours |
ARTS & REVIEW
Northern Artists Square Up Sharia Zealots | Rantseli and Pilgrim Hosts M-Net's Big Brother |
COMMENT
The Politics of Oil Exploration in the North | RADEV: Blazing the Trail in Ogun State |
EDITORIAL
Enough of IMF/Govt Deceit, Please! |
LETTERS
Leave Abubakar Audu Alone | Shameful Adoption in Edo State |
FEATURES
Caring for Cancer Patients | For a Better Tomorrow, SAY... |
SPORTS
Amodu Eats Own Words on Salary Increase | Let's Think and Talk About Love | Amodu Identifies Problems of Soccer Administration | Nigerians Crash in Doubles Events | Berger Restates Commitment to Victory | Amodu Poaches Eagles' Team B Squad | Blatter Hails Nigeria's Qualification | Veteran Journalist Craves Early Preparation | African Handball Tourney Shifted |