Monday October 15th, 2001

NEWS
Kano Riot: Police Arrest 235 | House Under Pressure to Tow Senate Position | Round-tripping: 48 Banks Under CBN Searchlight | Navy Destroys 40 Oil Bunkering Barges, Says Afolayan | PDP Convention: S/East Governors, Lawmakers Endorse Ogbulafor | NAPEP Beneficiaries to Train at Women Centre | Investment: FG Woos Nigerians Abroad | Sawaba, Political Activist, is Dead | National ID Cards Project Gets 60,000 Work Stations | Why I'm Being Blackmailed - Dariye | FG Set to Check Ethnic, Sectarian Conflicts | Colleges of Medicine, Engineering Approved for UNAAB | Ondo Govt Blacklists Contractors for Poor Jobs | Kufuor Congratulates Annan on Nobel Peace Award | Govt to Rehabilitate LUTH with N1bn | Eight Firms Get $1.2m Grant | OAU Alumni Plead for Expelled Students | 'Ports Needs Face-Lift' | 40 Operators Jostle for Marginal Oil Fields | Centre for Blind Underway | Group Plans National Confab for Women | FCT Indigenes Give Conditions for Resettlement | NCP Privatisation Seminar for Judges Begins | Ooni Endorses Obasanjo's Second Term Bid | Ugochukwu, Others Form New Group, Charges Kalu | Customs Service Seizes Vehicles, Goods | Borishade Calls for Increased Funding of Education | Fire Guts First Bank Headquarters |
The US Tragedy Update
Taliban Gives Conditions for bin LadenÕs Surrender | Al-Qaeda Again Threatens More Attacks | US Threatens More Attacks | Elite Taliban Assault Force Target of Next Phase | Bomb Misses Target, Hits Residential Area | US Will Suffer More than Russians - Taliban | Taliban Urges Northern Foes to Switch Sides |
State of the States
Rulers Supremacy Tussle Deepens in Egbaland | Adesina Pleads for Sacked Poly Workers | Don't Drag Oba into Politics, APP Warns Benin Forum | Govt Seeks Cooperation for Reconciliation Panel | VC, NUC Task Force Disagree over Satellite Campuses | FG Sets Up Road Projects Monitoring Team | 'Deputy Governors Are Not Spare Tyres' | Govt Spends N761m to Boost Education | Govt Reduces Fertilizer Price | Uyo Varsity Signs Pact with University of New England | Lions Club Distributes Free Eye Glasses |
POLITICS
US PDP Backs Ogbulafor | Senate Decision Can't Stop Osoba's Re-election - Speaker | Primrose Group Cited in PDP Crisis | Before The PDP Congresses | National Confab: The Clamour, the Hurdles |
BUSINESS
Coca-Cola Invests $150m in Nigeria | FG Welcomes Merger of Chevron,Texaco | Worse Ports Congestion Feared | 'Code on Corporate Governance to Reinforce Anti-corruption Act' | Fate Foundation Awards Loans | Much Ado About Investment Schemes | NVMA to Intensify Check on Livestock Diseases | Gombe to Establish Farm Training Centres | John Holt Strives to Return to Profitability | Freedom According to Libertie | ENPEE Counts Losses over Uncompleted N352m Issue | Motorola Heading for 4th Straight Money-losing Quarter | More Banks Raise Capital through Scrip Issue | GTB Raises Investors' Hope with N5bn Half-year Dividend | Insurers Halt Terrorist Attack Coverage | Oluwa Glass Company Plc | Yahoo Posts Net Loss, Expects Lay-offs | Audience Growth | Oyo Govt May Sanction Illegal Fuel Stations | Agriculture: KTSG Redemarcates 680km Grazing Routes | FG Streamlines Foreign Account Operations | Oil and Gas Law Workshop | Liverstock Farm Packages ÔChicken Family ProgrammeÕ | MTN GSM Sales Cross the 60,000 Mark | Emir of Kano Commends Nestle Nigeria | Freight Forwarders Laud FG for Introducing Destination Inspection | Planet Press Begins Plan for e-Trading | Equities in Good Outing | Access Bank Loses Branch to Fire | CBN Releases FG's Share of Oil Windfall | Standard Trust Bank Hits N60.5bn | Lion Bank Posts N364m Profit | CBCLN Set to Unveil New Name and Logo |
MONDAY INTERVIEW
'Legislature Can't Increase Funds Proposed By Executive' |
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
C'wealth Health Ministers' Meeting Due Next Month | Moore's Drafts Urge WTO Governments to Move Forward | UNIDO, Unilag to Meet on Development | 'Rich Nations Can Remove Poverty as a Source of Conflict' | G-7 Leaders Pledge to Work in Concert to Thwart Terrorists | EU May Have First Market in Emissions | Small Loans Help Millions of WorldÕs Poorest Families | UNDP Reports on the Plight of Afghanistan | Poorly Prepared Asian Countries Warned of Aids Epidemic | Prices of Aids Drugs to Drop | Glaxosmithkline Gives Aids Drug Rights to Generic Maker | EU's Stance Threatens New Trade Round | Africa's Contribution to FDI Minimal, Says UNCTAD | 'Attacks on US Hurts Africa' |
ARTS & REVIEW
Godard Storms Stockholm for Honours | New Rhythm of the Jazzman | Screen Veterans Walk the Tightrope |
COMMENT
Funding and Nigeria's Diplomatic Missions | Egwu: Still Riding the Crest |
EDITORIAL
Issues in the Electoral Bill |
LETTERS
Open Letter to Gov Kwankwaso | If I were IBB |
FEATURES
British Council: A Bold Presence in Abuja | School Where Excellence is Tradition | Ajagu to Deliver LCCI 2001 Lecture |
CITY DIARY
Maritime Staff Charged for Stealing N43m | New Lagos Passport Office Nets N100m |
SPORTS
NFA Rejects European Coaches for Eagles | Sponsor Scuttles WAFU Cup Tourney | Nigeria's Ilodigwe in Transfer Row with Chiefs, Stars |
EXTRA
The Case Against Over Regulation |