Friday September 28th, 2001

NEWS
Obasanjo Bows to States, Agrees to Share Oil Windfall | Scrap State Electoral Commissions - House | Rights Groups Demand Reforms to Check Violations | N5bn Released for ASUU Pay | How Parties Can be Registered, by Gemade | OPEC Sticks to Current Output | Uwais Urges Dynamism in Law-making | FG Issues Fresh Conditions for Oil Licences | Mirror Police Activities, Public Urged | Fuel Scarcity Persists in Ekiti | Railways Loses N50m to Strike | US Congress Approves $582m UN Dues | Nigerians Are Better Off Today - Obasanjo | Lagos Backs Ban on Refridgerators, Air Conditioners | Don't Divert Ecological Funds, Atiku Tells States | Nigrians Urged to Sustain Democracy Through Tolerance | Police Nab Illegal Arms Syndicate | Kogi Anti-corruption Panel Gets 2 Judges | Obasanjo in Bauchi, Condemns Religious Intolerance | Virgin Airline Reduces Lagos-London Fare | VON Staff Wins Broadcasting Fellowship |
The US Tragedy Update
Afghan Clerics Issue Jihad Edict | Taliban Leader Warns Collaborators | Pope Calls for Magnanimity | National Guard to Patrol American Airports | Bin Laden 'Plotted to Kidnap US Ambassador' | 'UK Harbours Terrorists' | US, Pakistan Wrap-up Intelligence Talks | US Releases Photos of Hijackers | Annan Urges US to Consider Poor Afghan People | Future Terror Plot Foiled | IMF Approves $135m for Pakistan | Peace Groups Oppose Japan's Involvement |
STATE OF THE STATES
Southeast PDP Executive Meeting Reconvenes Today | Mbadinuju Accuses Detractors of Blackmail | Ex-APP Chairman Writes Off Party | Mamora Urges Patience Among Retrenched Workers | Angry Workers Sack Council Chairman | Group Vows to Chart New Political Course | Assembly Gets New Speaker | Obasanjo Asked to Bail Out Scout Association | Sultan Commends FG over Media Tour | Punish Riot Sponsors, FG Advised | Govt Clamps Down on Fake Drugs Peddlers | Danjuma Explains Commitment to Regional Body | Terrorist Attack Stalls Kogi Cement Company | Okadigbo Heads Senate Riot Investigation Committee | Military Laws Worsened Nigeria's Backwardness - Na'Abba | Audu Blames Terrorist Attack for Failed Foreign Trip | Oghiadomeh Canvasses Joint Effort to Check Road Mishaps | Community Banks Set Up Apex Body |
POLITICS
PDP Convention: Audu Ogbe Tipped to Succeed Gemade | Lagos PDP Dissolution: Ashorobi to Hand-Over October 1 | Irate Mob Burns Epe LG Chairman's Residence | Iyayi to Deliver Lecture on Democracy | Councillors Suspend LG Boss in Niger State | Untold Story of Ebonyi Crisis |
BUSINESS
Nigerian Breweries Lifts Heineken's Earnings | How to Implement Destination Inspection - Freight Forwarders | Equity Bank Elevates 42 Staff | FCMB Invests N3Mn in Management Programme for Corpers | FCMB Appoints Anohu Vice President | Heineken President Visits Nigeria Next Week | The Many Woes of the Shipping Industry | Customs and War on Import Crime | Cargo Consolidators Press for Concession on Berthage Charges | Community Tasks FG Over Oguta Lake | US Solicits African Support for New WTO Round | NCAA Out with Modality to Curb Misconduct | Construction of National Hangar Begins | VAA Commences Operations Between UK, US Next Week | Japanese Company Accused of Deceiving Moslem Consumers with Pork Products | Indomie Rolls Out Irresistible Gifts | What's Harp Up To? | Workers, Motorists Go through Hard Times in Lagos | CILT Gets New National Council | Bank Workers Accuse Guinea Insurance of Spreading Poverty | MWUN NPA Branch Concludes District Elections | Chemical Workers Union Loses Auditor | Bearish Transactions Pervade Stock Market | Four oil firms to Sell $40m at IFEM | Diamond Bank Appointed Adviser on Sofitel Privatisation |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Ooops!!! The Corporate Guys are Getting Interested | English Writers Dominate Booker Shortlist | Aaliyah Comes Top in Death |
COMMENT
America, God Save America | Europe and Reparations |
EDITORIAL
Steady Power Supply and Deadline |
LETTERS
For Sanity in the Senate | Terrorism is Scourge on Civilisation |
CITY DIARY
Soaring Beans Price Heightens Fear of Food Crisis | 'Foam Mattress Not Toxic' |
FEATURES
Misfortune in the Search for Daily Bread |
SPORTS
Amodu Returns Eagles to Sol Beni Camp | Troussier Recalls Europe Stars for Nigeria, Senegal | Lawal, Yobo Uncertain Against Japan | Amodu Steps Up Preparation Against Japan | Kalu, Odili Clash Over President Cup | Finidi StunsTorpedo Moscow | African Players Set UEFA Champions League Alight |
EXTRA
From Kabukabu Diplomat to Tuketuke Historian |