Wednesday September 19th, 2001

NEWS
Southern States Boycott Allocation Meeting | Privatisation: FG Shops for New Adviser for Airways | Abiola: Abdulsalami's CSO Now Testifies Next Week | Senate May Probe Defence Ministry Over 2001 Budget | Uwais Blames High Crime Rate on Judiciary | Blair Hosts Obasanjo, Five Other African Leaders | Shell Poised to Beat 2008 No-gas-flare Deadline | 'Let Performance Determine Second Term' | Bishop Flays Buhari over Sharia | Govt Pledges Assistance on Satellite Campus Closure | Senate to Stop Abuses of Crude Allocation to NNPC | Jos Riot: Bring Culprits to Book, Waku Tells FG | Nwuche Urges Better Integration in West Africa | Agip Commissions Rice Farm in Bayelsa | Anyim Sues for Cooperation with Executive, Judiciary | FRSC Advises on Accident Prevention | Chikwe Tackles Advocates of Igbo Presidency | UNILORIN Parades 13 Suspected Cultists | Govt Relaxes Curfew on Jos | FG Votes N.7bn for Kiddies' Park | NLNG Signs MOU on N500m Credit Scheme | 'Blame Obasanjo for Ethnic and Religious Strife ' | Britain Concerned over Plight of Africa -Lamido | Steel Workers Chide Assembly over DSC | Speaker Raises Alarm over Plans to Destabilise House | Ohanaeze Protests Killing of Ndigbo in Jos | Robbers Operate with Police Van | Anglican Church Shops for N500m to Rehabilitate Returned Schools | Niger Delta Women Drum Support for Alamieyeseigha | LG Pleads with AG to Release Funds |
The US Tragedy Update
Taliban to Decide on bin Laden Today | Israel, Palestine Agree on Truce | S/African Analyst Warns US Against Acting Alone | NSCIA Supports Attack on Terrorists |
STATE OF THE STATES
Jos Crisis: CLO, Lawyers' Group Blame Govt Laxity | Govt Flushes Out Ghost Workers | Governor to Commission Town Hall | LG Boss Appeals to Residents to Stop Fleeing |
POLITICS
Obasanjo, 19 Governors Get Pass Mark | Group Decries LG Chairman's Reinstatement | Disallow Govt Involvement in UNDP Projects - Council Boss | 'PDP Will Defeat APP in Kogi' | Democracy's Booby Trap? | Shagari Offers Assistance to LG | N/Assembly to Address Issue of Council Allocation |
BUSINESS
New Inspection Scheme May Threaten Budget 2002 | Bank Grants N60m for Micro-Credit Scheme | UNCTAD Launches World Investment Report | Manufacturers Asked to Ignore New Tax Order | Manny Bank Floats Two New Products | Investing in Cassava Chips and Pellets for Export | 'We are Clearly Moving to COT-Free Banking' | Shareholders Check Japanese Group's Move to Control NWC | NAL Poised to Repossess Investment Banking Industry | NASB Council Holds Inaugural Meeting | NWC, NAL Express Confidence in N465m Issue | Julius Berger Wins Pearl Award | Germany's RWE Acquires American Water at $7.6 billion | NAICOM Boss Says Failed Companies Can Still Survive | RIMSON Holds Annual Conference in October | Mutual Benefit Records N17m Profit | 'Enhancing Life Assurance Business' | CIIN Students' Day Holds Next Week | Lexington Posts N42m Premium Income | Terrorist Attacks May Be Largest Insurance Loss Ever | Insurance Firms in America Face Biggest Peacetime Claim | Bailey Gives Condition for Participating in Government Accounts | STACO Pays N42.8 Million Claim | 'Insurance Vital to Rebuilding New York' | Customs Retires 4 Officers, Suspends 12 Others over Malpractices | 'Nigeria's Economic Environment Too Harsh For Business' | Gbadamosi Hopeful of Corporate Ethics in Nigeria | Crusader Insurance Grapples with Sustainable Growth | Central Banks Act to Soften Economic Blow Of Terrorist Attacks | Investors Stake N313.2m for 28.8m Shares | Survey Ranks Citibank, Zenith Best Banks | CBN Sells $35.6m at IFEM | Fed, ECB Cut Interest Rates |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
'Conferences Don't Make Tourism But Entrepreneurs' |
ARTS & REVIEW
O'Jez: Riding on the Wave's Crest Waves | KSA for Nigerian Open GOLF Gala Night |
COMMENT
Privatisation, Competition and Foreign Investment | For an Effective Anti-graft Campaign |
EDITORIAL
The Mayhem in Jos |
LETTERS
Reconciliation and Forgiveness | Kudos to Kema Chikwe |
FEATURES
Cry of Anguish from Middle Belt |
SPORTS
Aku Sure of Eaglets' Victory Against USA | Burkina Faso Shocks Spain | Nwozurike, Paralympian, is Dead | Kanu, Agali Clash in Champions League | Female Boxers for World Tourney | Tennis Committee Calls for Entries | Of Injuries Self-inflicted | Trinidad & Tobago Finals Awash with Future Stars | Eaglets Tune USA Ahead Quarter-finals |
EXTRA
America: Before the Rain of Bombs |