Wednesday August 22nd, 2001

NEWS
Stopped at Airport, Aikhomu Cries Foul | FG, States, LGs to Share $1.2bn Oil Windfall | Tinubu Signs Fresh Agreement with Enron | Privatisation: BPE Releases Revised Timetables for NITEL, Nigerdock | 'LNG (II) to Start Production in 2005 ' | Senators with Fake Papers will be Known Soon, Says Zwingina | Al-Mustapha Family Cries Out over Alleged Threat | I Won't Take This Disgrace Lying Low - Aikhomu | 2003: Obasanjo is Our Best Choice - Imo Speaker | Why IBB Won't Contest Presidency - Ladoja | Don't Turn Kwara to Battlefield, Politicians Warned | PTA Challenges Lagos Govt over Mission Schools | Ondo Sends Juvenile Inmates to Home States | Govt Donates Seven Transformers to LG Council | Five NRC Workers Appear in Court over Land Theft | Yoruba Yet to decide on Obasanjo - Ige | World Bank Asked Us to Disband Federal Tenders Board - Ogbulafor | Obasanjo Assures on Africa's New Relationship with Developed World | Okiro to Punish Cops for Police Station Invasion | Guobadia Assures on Registration of New Parties | Nigeria Urges Quick Resolution of Israel-Pakistan Crisis | Na'Abba's Aide Criticises Computerised PDP Card | First DNA Equipment Commissioned in Abuja | Rotimi Panel: FG Institutes Committee to Implement Recommendations | GSM: Assembly Backs FG over Reduction in Tariffs | Tinubu/Deputy Saga: Lagos Governor's Office not Vacant - Counsel | Oputa May Wind up Public Hearing in October | ... Can't Compel IBB, Others to Appear - Dansadau | Makarfi, GTB Boss, Others Named Members of Solid Minerals Committee | Customs Warns Importers on Non-CRI Goods |
STATE OF THE STATES
Rimi Alleges Plot to Tarnish Image | Solution to Manpower Development Problems Identified | Union Calls for Prompt Payment of Salaries | Duke Blasts Councillors on Non-Performance | Ijaws Call for Conference of Ethnic Nationalities in Niger Delta | Quacks Take over Lab Science | Govt to Support HIV/AIDS Cure Claimants | Asuu Condemns FG on Delaying Agreement |
POLITICS
Ebonyi PDP Chairman, 20 Others Remanded in Custody | Stop Using Awolowo's Name to Get Votes, PDP Chief Tells AD | PDP Vows to Win Next Governorship Polls in Kogi | 'Why Oyofo Can't Return to Senate' | Odili Signs 7 Bills Into Law | Breaking the Ice in Rivers | We Shall Drag National Assembly to Court Over LG Creation - Ebonyi Speaker |
BUSINESS
Insurance Companies Pay N6 Billion Claims | Fake Drugs Blamed on Low Purchasing Power | IPWA's Shareholders Worry over Losses | Ovia List Gains of Automated Clearing System | Metropolitan Bank's Zero C.O.T Blitz | What Does Equity Bank's 'Equity PAC' Offer? | S/African Bank Governor Urges Stronger African Regional Blocs | Total Swallows Elf in Merger | Golden Guinea Queries Payment of Licence Fees to Partners | NOLCHEM Recoups N1.5 Billion in One Week | Way Out of Capital Deficiency in Nigeria | NPF Community Bank Demonstrates Modest Performance | Amadeus Opens Marketing Company in Nigeria | Enterprise Forum on Ghana Holds in Abuja | 'Universal Banking is No Threat to Insurance Industry | 'Insurance Needs Research to Design Good Products' | IEA Commissions Staff Facilities | ACB Awaits Approval of Name from CBN | Easyjet Founder Plans Easymoney Credit Card | NDIC Indicts Banks Over Risk Management | Standard Chartered Group Post Impressive Result | IFEM Demand Hits $42.8m |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Legislative Imperative for Tourism | Penthouse Opens Ultra-modern Restaurant | Isreali Embassy, Tourism Body Hold Workshop |
ARTS & REVIEW
Between Critics, Folklore and Hausa Films |
COMMENT
Industry and Democracy Dividends | Beyond Royal Dethronement |
EDITORIAL
Recall of Sacked UNILORIN Lecturers |
LETTERS
When Will NITEL Sit Up? | The Ugly Death of Bagauda Kaltho |
CITY DIARY
Lagos Council Recovers Missing Mace | New Lagos Passport Office Nets N50m | Spareparts Traders Refurbish Vehicle For Police |
FEATURES
Engineers and the Challenge of Change |
RIGHT OF REPLY
For Abdulsalami , Silence is Cowardly |
SPORTS
NFA Board Deliberates on Amodu's Programme | Nigerian Team Suffers Walk Over | Sundowns Arrive Nigeria Tomorrow | Aku Ratifies Election Results of Sports Associations | Bada, Oriala Lament Poor Outing at Edmonton | Lawal fights back on Transfer Bid |
EXTRA
IBB and the Burden of Memory |