Tuesday October 16th, 2001

NEWS
FG Blames 'Discredited Politicians' for Kano Riots | Electoral Bill: Afenifere Set to Battle Senate | Uwais Questions Privatisation Programme | NEPA is Cash Strapped - Officials | First Oil from Lagos Ready Next Year | Corruption Deepens Poverty Around the Globe, Says Transparency International | Poly Students Hold Media Tour Team Hostage | N588m FG Road Project in Ekiti Ready Soon | PDP Scribe: Ogbulafor Declares Interest Today | Minister, IG Dragged to Court over Transport Motion | Four New Medium Security Prisons Ready - FG | Nigeria Gets $400,000 Fao Grant for Gum Arabic Production | Invest More in Nigeria, Afolabi Urges Germany | Oputa laments Petitioners, Litigants Posture | Gani Adams Arraigned at Abeokuta for Murder Attempt | Lagos Seeks Health Ties with NNPC | Workers Yet to Get Democracy Dividends, Says Chiroma | FG's Support Sought for Onne Zone | Lawmaker Criticises South-south Attitude Towards Islam | Sacked Lagos Workers Resume Protest | 11 Feared Dead in Road Crash | I'll Conduct Council Polls Next Year, Says Ibori | Police Arrest 36 over Ebonyi Violence | Police Place Pakistanis, others Under Suveillance over Terrorism Threats | Kerosine Explosions Claim 4 in Lagos | I support Probe of BPE -Rimi | Former Afghan King's Envoy Due in Pakistan | Obasanjo Seeks to Stop Private Acquisition of Firearms | GSM: NITEL Rollout Low-key | Nigeria's External Reserve Hits $10.86bn |
The US Tragedy Update
.1m Afghan Children May Die - UNICEF | African Leaders to Forge Anti-terror Pact | Israel is Fighting Against Terrorism - Sharon | Powell in Pakistan on Afghan's Future | Heaviest Daytime Bombing of Kabul Launched | Iran Says US is Threat to World Peace | Riyadh Objects Killing of Innocents | 'Al-Qaeda Tried to Obtain Nuclear WeaponsÕ |
State of the States
MWUN Panel Won't Condone Disobedience to Summons - Acholonu | 'Councillors Still Receive Jumbo Pay' | FG Inaugurates N1bn Rural Electricity Project | Governor Sues for Peace | Igbinedion's Wife Assures Gambian Deportees of Rehabilitation | PDP Aspirant Urges Reversal of Electoral Law | Kalu Tasks Judiciary on Sustenance of Democracy | Poor Attendance Mars ECOWAS' Fund Raising Dinner | 12 Persons Arrested over N86m Fraud | MSS Cautions FG Against Public Statements in Support of Attack on Afghanistan | Lawmaker Floats Credit Scheme for Constituents | Police Officers' Wives embark on Tree Planting |
POLITICS
Chieftains Blame APP Problem in Govs, National Officers | Afenifere Dismisses Assassination Attempt on Thompson | Why PDP Can't Win South-west - Braimoh | World Bank to Assist LG | What the Yoruba Want, By Adesanya | Warped Sense of Politics |
BUSINESS
Organised Private Sector Urges Ban on Wood Export | Nigerians Told to Prepare for Bumper Harvest | NBC Boss Defends Price Increase of Coca-Cola | NNPC Explores Post-Privatisation Survival Strategies | First Eternit Award Design Competition | Energy Contractors Urged to Embrace Value-Added Activities | Consult Stakeholders Before Signing Trade Treaties, FG Told | 'There is Room for Improvement in Water Bottling Companies ' | 'Multiple Taxation Discourages Foreign Investors' | Nigeria Hosts African Leadership in Enterprise Conference | Oil Firm Seeks Review of Guidelines on Gas Plants | IEA Predicts Steep Fall in Oil Demand | Gas Flaring and Related Issues in Nigeria | Ibom Power Company: Angling for a Stake in NEPA | FG Streamlines Categories of Oil Lifters | 'Gulf Bank Committed to Energy Sector Development' | Shell: Uncertain Oil Sector Outlook Clouds AnalystsÕ Views | IITA/NYSC Strengthen Collaboration on Rural Development | Food Situation Across the World | NVMA Holds Annual Congress | Minister of Agriculture to Open Workshop on Yam at IITA | Auditor's Report Forced Adeniji to Retire- Union Dicon | CBN Cautions on Thrift Schemes | Kakawa Declares N100m Dividends | Fire at Glass House | Uncertainty Prevails at IFEM |
LAW
Electoral Bill: The Senate is Wrong | We Hold Your Brief | 'Application for Bail; Onus of Proof on the Prosecution' | 'Court of Appeal Duty Bound to Pronounce on Reference From Lower Courts' | 'Power to Convene Court Martial Cannot be Delegated' | Judiciary Is In Decline | Burden of Proof On Accused Misconceptions | Senate Cannot Make Laws for LGs | Prison Record Computerisation Project: A Giant Leap |
ARTS & REVIEW
Synergy Educational Floats Lagos 2001 Book Fair | Ban on Ulysses film lifted after 33 years | Facing Facts in Urban Ugliness |
COMMENT
Threatening the Fourth Republic Slowly | Unprecedented Precedence Act |
EDITORIAL
The National Media Tour |
LETTERS
Whose Playing Politics with the Judiciary? | Worrisome State of the Economy |
FEATURES
That the Disabled May Rise |
CITY DIARY
Lagos CJ Blames Prison Congestion on Inaccurate Records | Islamic Body Decries Escalating AIDS Scourge | Jesse Warns Against Self Enthronement as Cele Leader | Traders Renew Demand for Slain MembersÕ Corpses | Group Honours Aregbe |
SPORTS
Taribo's Quit Notice Worries Amodu | Sponsors Stalk League Kick-off | Nigerian Boxer Disgraced in Ghana | NFA Silent on Amodu's World Cup Mandate | Mali Wins 4-Nation Tourney | Athletes Threaten Festival Boycott | Schalke 04 Suspends Mpenza | Chelsea in £97m Debt | Moroccan Skah Sprints to Victory |
EXTRA
The Muddy Road to 2003 | Domesticating the American Dilemma |