Tuesday August 28th, 2001

NEWS
Deputy Governors Are 'Spare Tyres' - Ezeife | GSM: Why FG Took over NITEL's Loan - Elewi | Issues Before the National Assembly | OPC Alleges Plans to Poison Adams | SGS, PPMC Trade Blames Over Toxic Fuel Import | 'Troops in Niger Delta to Stay Put' | Human Rights: China, Victim of Double Standard - Obasanjo | Four Slain Men Were Robbery Suspects - Police | Osoba Re-opens Shut Council | FG Plans 200 New Health Centres | CD Blasts Buhari over Sharia Stance | Govt to Publish Contracts Award Exceeding N20m | Tinubu to Revive MKO's Reparation Crusade | Tyna's Mum Thanks Nigerians | Govt Policies Will Restructure Economy - Atiku | Mobil Targets N8bn Projects in Host Communities | Rivers Police Arrest 15 Pipeline Vandals | Railways Dares Court, Risks Contempt | United Nations Restates Support for Environmental Protection | Ibori Promises More Development, Sues for Peace | Oshiomhole Chides Govs over Minimum Wages | Space Technology Not Luxury, Says Expert | Ministry Plans to Rid Lagos Streets of Polythene Bags | Afribank Sues Benin High Chief over N347m Loan | Only Court Can Decide on Expelled PDP Officers, Says Gemade | NUT Wants Fund Released to Schools | Muslim Group Protests Return of Schools to Missions |
STATE OF THE STATES
Govt to Privatise Firms | Illegal Waste Dump-sites Litter Abuja-Suleja Highway | Local Tanners Trained in Leather and Footwear Technologies | Police Officer's Son Involved in Cult Clash | SSS Arrests Pipeline Vandals |
POLITICS
2003: Bloodshed Is Imunent Unless ... Sidi Ali | How Peace Panel Handled Lagos PDP Crisis | Lagos Council to Hold Public Hearing On Proposed Laws | Osun State Was in A Mess When I Took Over -Akande |
BUSINESS
Harmonise Monetary, Fiscal Polices, NACCIMA Tells FG | French Port to Develop Nigerian Maritime Industry | Kwara State Woos Investors to Solid Minerals Sector | Lever Brothers Moves to New Head Office | Groups Organise Seminar on Traders' Rights | Trade Meet Between India, Nigeria Holds in November | Infrastructure: Traders Canvass Increased Budgetary Allocation | Who Gains from the Abortive GGB PLc AGM? | LCCI Links up with EBAS for Members' Grants | Mobil Attains 70 Per Cent Gas Flares Reduction | Unipetrol Relaunches Four Lubricants for Transporters | Cameroon, Schlumberger Partner on E&P Data | Analysts Forecast $30 Per Barrel by Year End | 'Oil and Gas Industry is Over-regulated' | Developing an Effective Food Safety Policy | Food Security: FG to be Buyer of Last Resort | ... FG Urged to Review Revenue Allocations | Femi Kuti, Others to Campaign Against Hunger in USA | Northern Nigeria Flour Mills' Profit Down by 6.3 Per cent | IFEM Records Low Activity as Demand Slid 24 Per cent | CIBN Forms Alliance with African Institutes | Emir Urges ANAN to Check Encroachment by Non-Professional Accountants |
HOME & REAL ESTATE
Surveyors Urge FG to Address Urban Decay | Lagos Govt. Seeks Dialogue with FG over Land Use, Waterways |
ARTS & REVIEW
When Silence Means Trouble | Going Back to the Roots of Herbal Medicine | A Small Space Filled with Adventure |
COMMENT
Abubakar's Historic Dilemma | Air Conditioners, Refrigerators and Ozone Layers |
EDITORIAL
Abandoned Federal Projects |
LETTERS
Let Odili Be | NEPA, We are in Darkness in Asaba |
CITY DIARY
Relief for Okiro Again | Group Moves to Rescue Youths from Social Vices | GKS Installs New President Sept. 1 |
FEATURES
How Harmful is a Fairly Used Appliance? |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Kalu: There We Go Again | Re-Obasanjo As Consensus Candidate |
SPORTS
Taylor Drags Aku to Presidency over Annulment | Aku Redeploys Yusuf to Sports Ministry | NFA May Scuttle Union Bank's Ambition | Eaglets Leave for Trinidad & Tobago Sept 7 | Ex-Eagle Warns NFA on Dwindling League | Odegbami Blames Moral Decadence on Sports' Neglect | Roma Offers Kuffour $24m | CAF requests Sundowns to change Venue |