Friday August 31st, 2001

NEWS
INEC Sets April 13 Date for Council Polls | NLC to FG: Don't Share $1.2bn Oil Windfall | Marginal Fields: 23 Oil Blocs Put on Offer | Obasanjo Seeks Legal Backing on ID Card | Dele Giwa: IBB, Others Get Sept 24 Date | 15 Banks Refinance AP | NDLEA Seizes 60kg Cocaine at Tin Can | Customs Overshoots 2001 Revenue Target by N13bn | Police'll Eradicate Cross Border Banditry -Smith | Ibori Backs Obasanjo over Foreign Trips | FG Votes N1bn to Resuscitate Federal scholarship Scheme | ... Extends Time for Clearance of Non-CRI Goods | PDP Condemns Anyim/Egwu Rivalry | Ebonyi Crisis: Lawmaker denies Supporting State of Emergency | NDLEA will Be Reorganised - Atiku | BPE Foreign Loans Unconstitutional - Lawmaker | 'Nigerian Economy, Car with Weak Battery' | Nigeria, Ireland Sign Immigration Pact | Ekiti Approves N20m Monthly Grant for Retirees | Shagari's Wife Laid to Rest | Sobowale Heads Task Force on Mission Schools | Protests Greet PDP Membership Registration Exercise | Senate Monitors Budget Implementation | Nigeria, US to Formalise Agreement on Culture, Tourism | Anenih Makes Case for Foreign Contractors | Decongestion Panel Bemoans Late Arrival of CRIs | Learn from Mistakes, Shagari Cautions | Gani's Party Frowns at Privatisation Loans | Party Registration: NDP Writes INEC | Lagos Opposes Application for Gani Adams' Release | Five Osun LGs Owe N4bn Salary Arrears |
POLITICS
Why Lam Adesina Has Not Forgiven Me - Akinjide | Council Indicts Staff over 'Ghost Workers' | I'll Leave Anambra Better Than I Met It-Mbadinuju | UPGA Inaugurates Committees | 2003: Middle-belt Will Ensure Obasanjo/Atiku Ticket -- APP Chieftain | Adeleke: Central Issue in Osun Politics | 'He Failed As Governor' |
BUSINESS
FG Urged to Check Sky-rocketing Inflation | Freight Forwarders Deplore Duplication by Customs Officers | House Committee to Brainstorm on Solid Minerals | US Firm Explores Local Business Opportunities | New Ondo Bank 'll Not Affect Omegabank's Fortunes | FedEx Redstar Elevates Obinna, 7 Others | Experts Warn on Consumption of Harmful Products | Bus Operators Cry Foul Over LASTMA's Operation | 'Railwaymen's Strike Reduces Revenue' | Group Blames Kano Luxury Bus Accident on Overloading | FRSC Threatens to Impound Vehicles with Old Numbers | Chisco Boss Honoured with Chieftancy Title | Questions Over Non-CRI Scam: Setting the Records Straight | Hunger Striking Refugees Threaten Riot Aboard Norwegian ship | Crude Oil Carriage: Fresh Obstacles for Indigenous Shipping Firms | Cargo Consolidators Ask for ECOWAS Berth at Apapa Port | Dockworkers to Enjoy New Condition of Service | Fighting Smuggling with Kid Gloves | NLC Asks Government to Review WTO Agreement | Dockworkers' Welfare A Must in Port Reforms Programme - Emmanuel | NPA Workers Elect Ebri Dockyard District Chairman | Institute Wants Transport Commission Set Up | Abia Inaugurates Committee for Technology Transfer Exhibition | NUATE Gives Conditions for Peace in FAAN | Cargo Ship Sends Distress Call | New Beverages Hit Market | 'Rust-bucket' Ships, Threat to Gulf Seas | Abubakar is Capable of Defending Himself, Oshiomhole Told | ISSSAN Calls for Speedy Action on Draft Electoral Bill | Chevron's $13.6m Sales Depress IFEM Demand | Savannah Bank Reaps Gains of Repositioning | Union Bank Donates N35m to Education |
ARTS & REVIEW
Live Theatre Resurrects at FESTINA 2001 | Another Song for Olurunbi |
COMMENT
Zimbabwe and Colonial Atrocities | NANS Tragic Stance on WAEC |
EDITORIAL
New Revenue Formula: Robbing the Grassroots |
LETTERS
Situation of Things at UNILORIN | Re: Corruption at NEPA |
CITY DIARY
Discontent over Police Activities Heightens in Lagos Community | Fresh Suit filed to Partition Oshodi | Cleric Flays Change in Police Name |
FEATURES
Baguada, Nature and Law School |
SPORTS
Okpomo Insists on Parley with Minister | Satzenbrau Action Shifts to Lagos Water Front | Senate Committee Chairman Frowns at NFA Reorganisation | Coca-Cola Commends FA | President Cup Enters Quarter-finals |
EXTRA
The Orkar Men Are Coming | The Ebonyi Warriors |