Friday August 24th, 2001

NEWS
Anti-graft Panel Can't Try IBB, Abdulsalami -Akanbi | Assembly Moves to Impeach Tinubu's Deputy | IFC Denies Dictating to Nigeria | Activists Insist on Speedy Trial for OPC Leader | Budget 2002: FG to Reduce Corporate Tax - Anyim | Anyim Pledges Speedy Action on NDDC Bill | Flour Mill Boss Hails Tinubu on Enron Project | Lagos Govt Warns Against Extortion | Why We Withdrew Alaafin, Soun's Power of Consent - Adesina | FG Urged to Allow INEC Register New Parties | Ebonyi Crisis: One Killed, 3 Wounded | Obasanjo to Attend Conference on Racism in S/Africa | US Ambassador Gives Grants to Communities | Lawmakers Condemn SSS over Aikhomu | Federalism is Thriving in Nigeria, Says Obasanjo | No Going Back on Airways' Privatisation -Atiku | Tanker Drivers Block Highway in Protest | ASUU Holds Rally, Spoils for War | Ogomudia Restates Loyalty to Civil Authority | APP Traces Saraki's Posters to Detractors | Rotary Donates N29m Fridges for Immunisation | Oki Debuts in Nigeria, Showcases Product Durability | Allimi Leads FG Team to Sierra Leone | Chikwe Blames Airways on Banned Djibouti Airplane | River Niger May Dry Up in 25 Years - Minister | FG Awards N6.9b Road Contracts in Gombe | Attah, Okiro File Objections to Eviction Suit | Council Boss Seeks Return of Sanitation Day | Traditional Ruler Appeals Against Zero Allocation to Councils | Nigeria Receives N924m for Immunisation |
STATE OF THE STATES
Assemblyman Tasks Federal Government on National Security | N400m Earmarked for City Development | PFN Urges Northerners to Stop Persecution of Christians | Alamieyeseigha Tasks Women Societies | Sagamu Riot: Traditional Ruler, Subjects to Refund N.2m | Opposition Mounts Against Vigilante Bill | AD Leader Tasks Famuyibo Vanguard | NUPENG Apologises to Governor | Proliferation of Chieftaincy Stools Worries Alamieyeseigha | UBE Enrolment Hits 138,000 | Prisons Congestion Blamed on Judiciary, Police | Govt to Revive Agric Sector |
POLITICS
Nwachukwu Re-echos Call for Igbo President | 7-year Jail Term for Members of Illegal Youth Associationin Delta | Revenue: Lawmaker Seeks Special Treatment For Lagos | Cleric Endorses Obasanjo for Re-election | Voters Regisration: INEC Urged to Screen Its Staff | A Birthday That'll Never Be | APP Will Be Vanguard of Change In 2003 - Yusuf Ali | Issues in Ebonyi State Political Crisis |
BUSINESS
Golden Guinea Breweries Stops Payment to Holstein | Olashore Restates Lead's Vision | Group Calls for Restraint on UK Flights | Steel Workers Thank FG for Payment of Salary Arrears | Workers Advised to Accept Lower Retirement Age | Job Creation in Nigeria, A Myth - Don | Origin of Trade Unions in Nigeria | NPA Workers Elect District Officers | Consumers Urged to Embrace Fruit Consumption | Mohammed Appointed Presidential Assistant on International Relations | Minister, Nigerians, at Crossroads over Jet-Bicycle | Chinese Delay Rolling Stocks Importation | Lagos State Rehabilitates New Ferries | Lagos Restores Transportation Signals, Security Lights | Addressing the Interest and Exchange Rate Issue | NASSI and the Nigerian Economy | New Tariff Regime: The War Against Tokunbo Vehicles | Shippers Council Tasks Importers on Abolished Shipping Charges | Nigerdock, Akwa Ibom Government Plan Shipyard | NNPC's Coastal Tanker Providers Decry Non-payment of 8 months Bills | 'FG Should Surcharge PIAs for Defective Inspection' | Customs Agents and Conflicts of Interest | Dock Labour Council, Dockworkers to Promote Port Reforms | Chikwe Poised to Reposition Aviation Industry | Okpere Lauds Immigration in MMA | NAHCO Workers Fault Court Action over Equity Share | Wing's Aviation Commences Operation | $250m Hangar Project to Accommodate Jets | Germany Holds World Largest Rubber, Plastic Exhibition October | ReStraL Consulting Relocates to Lagos Island | Virgin Atlantic Appoints Allied Air as Sales Agent | Unsubscribed Shares Boost NAL Merchant Bank | 2001 Pearl Awards Holds September | ELAN Seeks Tax Incentives for Operators | CBN Official Advocates Integration of Rural, Micro Credit Institutions | AIB to Collect Tourism Fees | ... Sells $40m at IFEM |
ARTS & REVIEW
Ushering Africa into the Global World | Promotimg Culture with Ileke |
COMMENT
Enwerem in the Eye of the Storm | Celebration of Falsehood |
EDITORIAL
As the Fuel Flows |
LETTERS
Intensifying the Baby-friendly Campaign | Tony Anyanwu, Keep it Up |
CITY DIARY
A Priest's Return from Precipice | Ogun Council Chairman Accuses Councillors of Selfishness | Police Arrest 8 for Ritual Offences | World Twins Festival Holds in Lagos |
FEATURES
Silver Lining for Kidney Patients |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: Rimi And Political Morality | Re: My Fear for Wale Oladepo |
SPORTS
Afro-Asian Games in jeopardy Again | Yahaya's Body Finally Flown Home | Nigeria Won't Underrate Minnows - NFA | Toyota to Support Julius Berger FC | Ministry Names Caretakers for Disputed Associations | Traders' Cup Hots Up | Owolabi Happy With 3SC Despite Defeat | Coca-Cola Excites Lamido | National Stadium Won't Scare Us - Dolphin | Wikki Players Thank Enugu Fans |