Friday October 12th, 2001

NEWS
Obasanjo 'll Sign Electoral Bill, Says Ezeife | Terrorist Accounts: CBN Gives 7-Day Ultimatum to Banks | GSM: NITEL Ready for Take-off Monday | Ogbeh Joins Race | Council Boss, Deputy, Councillors Decamp to AD | FG Releases Additional Grains - Minister | FG to Ministries: Submit Details of Foreign Accounts | House to Probe Management of Pension Funds | Boundary Commission Tasked on Gombe Disputes | Review Convict's Case, CLO Tells Bafarawa, Sultan | FG to Spend N12.7bn on Ibadan-Ilorin Road | SPDC Spends $60m on Niger Delta Development | Kuforiji-Olubi Advised IBB to Annul June 12 Election - Counsel | Fish Out Olomoro Flow Station Vandals, Says Ibori | Atiku Reveals Plan to Halt Women Trafficking | We Plan Alternative to Satellite Campuses - Obasanjo | Obasanjo, Mbeki for Africa Markets Summit | Nigeria Welcomes World Bank's Re-engagement | EU Commends New African Initiative | FG Sets Up Panel on National Security | Police Ban Protests in Ivo | Militiamen Hold 20 Nigerian Soldiers Hostage |
The US Tragedy Update
Blair Says Campaign Doesn't Target Islam | Blair Denied Audience in Saudi, as US Loses First Soldier | French President Appeals for Release of Journalist | 18 Civilians Killed, 30 Injured | God with New York, Terrorists - Anglican Bishop | Taliban's Troops Hit as Allies Plan for Commando Raids | Taliban Defiant as Fresh Raids Begin on Kabul | US Targets Taliban Troops, Guns | Bush Salutes Sept 11 Victims | bin Laden 'Never Fought for Palestine' | 'Hundreds Dead' as Families Flee Taliban | World Bank Pledges Aid to Pakistan |
State of the States
FG Urged to Ban Steel Products Import | Group Pledges to Inculcate Positive Changes in Youths | Deputy Gov's Wife Sets up PAP Factories | Group Tasks Anenih on Development Pledges | Bomb Detection Devices for Post Offices | Upsurge of Crimes Blamed on Immoral Films |
POLITICS
My Position on APF - Annie Okonkwo | Tinubu Commends Mushin Council Boss | Abia PDP Congress: Where Would the Pendulum Swing? | Anyim and the Generation Challenge | Governor Akande and Gana's Media Tour GANA MEDIA TOUR | Let's Have Another All-Politician Summit, Says Shinkafi | House Considers Bill on Cabotage Law |
BUSINESS
Nigeria'll Be Most Beneficial to Investors - Atiku | Customs Decries Delay in Clearance of Non -CRI Goods | NLC Warns Employers on Workers' Rights | TotalFinaElf Oil Installation Vandalised | 'Third World Needs Sacrifice for Development' | FG Plans Airstrip for Birnin Kebbi | NBC Holds Plants' Correspondents Conference | TNT Takes Courier Service to Hinterland | Radar Not a Factor in Milan Crash- SAS President | NJIC Chairman Calls for Enhanced Real Income | NULGE Extends Ultimatum to October 26 | Workers Plead With Ogunbanjo over Allied Biscuit Company | Dismissed Works Ministry Staff Plead for Reinstatement | We are Not Opposed to Labour Unity, Says TUC | TUC Explains to Odili, Others in Rivers State | NLC Aleges Attempt to Defraud Workers | Agreement to End Child Labour on Cocoa Farms | Anyanwu Now MD/CEO Dependable Securities | Sign Association Appoints New Officers | FG Considers Options for Replacing Sacked Pre-shipment Inspector | 'Tough Decisions Will Bring Positive Changes in the Ports' | Dutch Consortium Rescues Sunk Submarine | JODLIC Boss, Others Bag Maritime Award | Shipping Position Debuts on Radio | NAHCO's 40% Equity: A Hard Nut to Crack | NASI Calls for Bill against Arms on Board Civil Airliners | BA Merges Two Subsidiaries | Hard times for Scandinavian Carrier SAS | 'NBWF Trade Fair Promotes SMEs' | FCMB Improves Life of Nigerian Youths | Alternative to IMF Staff Report on Nigeria | Opportunity Nigeria Confab Holds November | All-Share Index Hits 11,000 Mark | CBN Releases New Guidelines on Forex Management to Banks | ICAN Gets Technical Committee on Syllabus Review | First Atlantic Bank Links Nigeria's Five New Trading Centres On-line |
COMMENT
An Oasis in the Desert | Birthday Talk with Ikhazobor |
EDITORIAL
Mr Bush and Palestinian State |
LETTERS
Letter to Orji Kalu | Appeal to NEPA |
CITY DIARY
Area Boys Go Haywire |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Re: Between the Falcon and the Falconer |
SPORTS
Norway, Bulgaria, Morocco Line-up for Eagles | Berger's Striker, Aikhonbare, Killed in Crash | NFA's AGM Kicks-off in Maiduguri | Mali Replaces Coach Matte with Kasperczak | Black Queens Crave Falcons for Christmas Celebration | Italian Carnevali May Replace Amodu in Eagles | Okpomo Moves to Sanitise NFA | Nana College Advances to Semi-finals | 4-Nation Tourney for Eagles | Clubless Eagles Worry Amodu | CAF Denies Paul Bassey |
EXTRA
Mid-West and its new Roaring Tiger |