Sunday August 26th, 2001

NEWS
Delta State Backs FG on $1.2bn Oil Windfall | ...To Spend Or Not to Spend? | IFC Frowns at Slow Pace of Privatisation in Nigeria | Swiss Firm Fined over Abacha Loot | Gemade, Mantu Differ on Re-election of PDP Office-holders | Be Gender Sensitive: Gana to Gov Tinubu | Oputa Panel: IBB Won't Appear - Confidant | Ajegunle May Erupt Again | Bhojsons Industries Workers for Dialogue | 2003: Oshiomhole Urge Workers to Shun Violence | Nwachukwu Canvasses Support for Gov Kalu | Obasanjo Inaugurates Solid Minerals Body | ...He has Committed Political Suicide - Marshall Harry | Ex-Minister Slams Sovereign National Confab | Edo Vigilante Bill Political - Oyegun | Sokoto Seeks Investors in Cement Project | Oyedepo Identifies Paths to Success |
STATE OF THE STATES
Political, Membership Registration Crises over Soon - Nwodo | Delta to Upgrade Primary HealthCare with N70m | No Room for Lazy Elites - Abba Ibrahim | 'Amendment to Civil Service Rules Politically Motivated' | UBE to Gulp N14.2bn on Classroom Blocks - FG | Gov Audu Decries Rising Crime by Igala Youths | Wandering No Longer Criminal Code Offence - Chief Judge | Legionaires Lament Members' Fate |
COVER
Obasanjo: The Yoruba Dilemma | Between Awolowo and Obasanjo: Pragmatism Vs Expediency | The Arewa, Afenifere Romance |
POLITICS
Venezuela: Deepening the Institutions of Democracy | A Meteor's Eclipse | Named After His Egocentric Excellency | As the N/A Resumes... | 'The Budget Is not Well Implemented' |
ARTSTAND
Keeping Ola Rotimi's Torch Burning | Big Brother Debuts Today on M-Net |
COMMENT
Making a Living out of Beekeeping | A Voice for Shell |
LETTERS
Panacea to Nigeria's Political Quagmire | Of Edo and Junk Writers | Calling Surulere Local Government |
INTERVIEW
We Shall Resist Use of ID Card for Elections- Habu Fari |
SPECIAL REPORT
Cleaning the Mess in Nigeria 'Air Waste' | GSM, Not for The Common Man |
COLUMNIST
I Write What I Must (1) | Nigeria and Corruption Index |
SPORTS
Berger Dims Sundowns 2 -0 | Kanu's Strike Lifts Arsenal | Ghali Seals it for Al Ahly | Jack Dethrones Da Costa at Cornerstone Tennis |
SUNDAY COMMENT
Aikhomu and State Security |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Sinners, Saints And Ubani's Lies |
EXTRA
The Victory of Ganiyu Adams |