Wednesday October 3rd, 2001

NEWS
FG Moves to Stop Pension for Gowon, IBB, Buhari | ...As Oputa Rules on Appearance Today | PDP Convention: Govs Meet in Abuja Today | Nigerians Worse Off Under Obasanjo, Says APP | N3.2bn Ogunpa River Project Awarded | ECOWAS Needs $10bn for Power Generation | Boundary Commission Boss Lauds Adamawa, Taraba Govs | FG to Build Gas Turbine in Kaduna | Ebonyi Crisis: Group Calls for Trial of Killers | Lawmaker Wants APP NEC Meeting Put Off | Chike Chigbue, New OFR, Is Dead | Govt Refutes Ada-George's Allegations | Power Distribution Is NEPA's Bane, Says ITT Chief | Adesina, Political Opponents Reconcile | Tinubu Stresses Need for Older Persons' Care | Oputa Panel Stalls Bamaiyi's Trial Again | N/Assembly Moves to Monetise Members' Benefits | FG Assures Foreign Investors on Infrastructure | British High Commissioner Commends DHL | PDP Chieftain Tasks Northern Elite over Own Media | Hashidu Dedicates Independence Day to Children | Privatisation Advisers: BPE Records Poor Indigenous Response | Service Chiefs Promoted, Ogohi Becomes Admiral | Insurance Scheme for Lawmakers Underway-Anyim |
The US Tragedy Update
Blair to Taliban: Surrender the Terrorists or Surrender Power | Over 200 Bank Accounts Frozen in Germany - Ministry | EU to Freeze Accounts of 27 Individuals, Groups | Iraq Ready for Any Eventuality - Aziz | Iranian Students Warn Against US Strikes | Afghanistan's Ex-king Opposed to Military Strikes | Saudi Vows to Protect Bin Laden's Family | Russia Against Involvement of Former Soviet Republics |
POLITICS
Untold Story of Ebonyi Crisis | Lagos PDP: When Handing-Over Turns Reconciliation |
BUSINESS
CBN Funds IFEM with $7.2bn | IMF Says Nigeria May Face 'Boom-Bust Cycle' After US Terror Attacks | Growth and Profitability at Union Bank Plc | Bank Chiefs Disagree with CBN over Changes in MRR | Global Bank Berths in Onitsha | How to Get a Home Equity Loan | Guinness Declares N2.2 billion Dividend for 2001 | GemCard Boosts Banking with 300 ATMs | NBM Bank to Pay Interest on Current Account | Comesa to Set Up Fund in November | SA Airways Seek Ways to Return to Profit | Benefits of Nichemtex/UNTL Merger Listed | IFC Pushes Investors to Africa | South African Unions United in Opposition to Privatisation | African Textile Fair to Be Held in Lome in November | African Airline Association Calls for Vigilance | IFC Launches Pioneering Collateralised Bond Obligation | Newline Insurance Raises Profit by 250 Per cent | House to Conduct Public Hearing on Insurance Bill | Nigeria Re Honours Pension Obligations | LASACO Boss Urges Brokers to Invest on IT | NCIB Boss Wants Direct Insurance Discouraged | CIIN Examination Committee to Assist Students | Conduct of Examination Now Twice Yearly | Universal Banking and Globalisation: Challenge for Nigerian Insurance | Jigawa, UNIDO to Use Neem for Biopesticides | 14 Nigerian Proposals are Development Marketplace 2001 Finalists | 41 Years After, the Economy Continues to Flounder | Capital Market: Mecca for High Dividend Payouts | Forty-one Years of Monetary Policies | CBN Still Striving Towards Efficiency | N800 million Immunisation Grant Underway from EU | Stock Market Applauds Obasanjo over Onyiuke's OON | GTB Website Gets Best Rating | Shell, Agip Boosts IFEM with $15m | Obaze Harps on Sound Social Responsibility Policies | Treasurers Hold Retreat | ETB Posts N2.1bn Profit |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Operators Hail Obasanjo's Broadcast | Lagos Targets Tourism as Major Foreign Exchange Earner | British Airways Announces Cuts in Services | Minister Harps on Training |
ARTS & REVIEW
Gory Tales of a Child Soldier on M-Net's Carte Blanche | Fresh Breath from the French Cultural Centre | US Cultural Figures Gone with the Attack |
COMMENT
Waiting for a Rawlings in Nigeria | The Flying Geese and Industrialisation |
EDITORIAL
Young States and Take-off Grants

| LETTERS
Akhigbe's Desperate Bid to Exonerate Self | Re: New Drug for Sickle Cell Discovered |
CITY DIARY
'Why Police Have Not Enjoyed Obasanjo's Wage Review' | 'Cele Still Spiritually One' | Etsako Group Celebrates 20 Years of Fulfilment |
FEATURES
UBTH: A House Under Siege? |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: America: Before the Rain of Bombs |
SPORTS
Row Over Eagles' AllowancesThreatens Japan Friendly | Alabi Banks on Tradition | Akume Backs Eagles' World Cup Campaign | Kalu Promises to Reward Eaglets | No Marginalising Utibe | Dolphin Mobilises for Challenge Cup Final | Benue Academicals Win President's Cup | Planning, Culture, Talent Combine for Great Success |
EXTRA
Will the West Abandon Its Values? |