Wednesday October 24th, 2001

NEWS
100 Killed as Soldiers Raid Benue Villages | NEPA: Imoke Shifts Goal Post, Says December Unrealistic | PDP Cancels Abia Polls | Privatisation: N10bn Share Purchase Fund Ready | CBN Makes Contingency Plans Against Bank Distress | Don't Go On Strike, FG Pleads with ASUU | Ibeshi, Olawepo: Court Says It Has Jurisdiction to Entertain Case | Oputa: IBB Granted Leave to Apply for Judicial Review | De Klerk to Present Curriculum at Anyiam-Osigwe Lecture | 'Government is Not Killing Sugar Industry' | Lawmaker Commends Obasanjo on WTO | Benue-Taraba Dispute: Lawmaker Advocates Military Action | Fake Woman ASP Nabbed in Port Harcourt | Hitch in Shell's $25m Suit Against Communities | Jos Riots Panel Boss Pledges Fairness | Open Varsity Takes Off January | Gana Sets Up Committee on Migration | Fuel Marketers Sack Tanker Drivers, Withdraw Trucks | Sacked NITEL to Face Anti-graft Panel | Charly Boy Pleads Okada Operators' Case | FG to Reconstruct Eastern Moule with N1bn | Anthrax Scare at Adamawa Radio | Econet Launches GSM Services in Uyo | Accept Criticisms from One Another, Obasanjo Tells African Leaders | Police Recovers Arms, Ammunitions from Nasarawa Communities | Gov Decries Neglect of Judicial Officers | Yabatech Lecturers Blame Management for Labour Crisis |
The US Tragedy Update
Anthrax in White House | N/Korea Warns Against 'Murdering' Aghans Civilians | Iran Vows Not to Restor Ties with US | Military Hospital Destroyed in Herat, Says UN | Iraq Denies Link to Anthrax Cases | US Studies Hospital Bombing Report | US, British Forces Strike Afghanistan | Why Civilians Are Hit - UN |
State of the States
FG, States Blamed for Poor Funding of Education | Parents Seek Legal Action Against FGC | Legislator Urges Medical Doctors to Go Into Politics | NGO Brokers Peace Between Warring Communities | PDP Convention: Group Raises N36m to Fight for Nwodo's Re-election | Eleganza Boss Deplores Influx of Substandard Products | AD Senator Berates Afenifere's 'Dictatorial Tendencies' | Famuyibo Backs Four-year Tenure for LG Chairmen | FG to Spend N15bn on Water Project | Muslim Women Told to Preach Religious Tolerance |
POLITICS
APP May Scheme Out Moghalu for Mike Okoye | Assembly Decries Obasanjo's Condemnation of AD Govs | Igbo Professionals Set to Tackle Eastern Problems | Lagos Assembly Takes Up Pensioners Case With Govt | Truth and Lies Without Reconciliation | PDP Scribe: Can Azike Stop Ogbulafor? |
BUSINESS
FG Urged to Establish Universal Access Fund | NIPC Commences Harmonisation of Investment Regulations | Summit Focuses on New Reforms | Facilitating Savings Culture, Customer Service | Platinum Bank Energises Credit Card Market | IFEM: Uncertainty Prevails, Two Years After | Kakpol, Oni Slam Fixing of Exchange Rate | Anya Supports Debts Cancellation for Nigeria | 'Electronic Trading Eliminates Distress in Capital Market' | 'Nigerian Stock Market out-performed Other Exchanges' | Regulator Faces Rising Tide of Troubles | Producing Cassava Starch for Export | 'Diamond Bank Has Promising Future' | NICON Launches Four New Products | Operator Challenges NIA on Image Laundering | Niger Insurance Increases Capital to N250m | Insurance Boss Seeks to Offshore Risk Placement | Insurance Boss Plans to Increase Capital Base | 'Insurance Still Untapped in Nigeria' | Nigerian Breweries Thrills Stock Market | Julius Berger Wins Nigerian Stock Exchange Award | Habib Bank Pledges Non-Interest Credits to Enugu State | Wema Bank Takes "Wemalink" to Ogun Joint Trade Fair | Citibank Donates Books Worth $30,000 to Lagos Island |
EDUCATION
NECO/WAEC Bill: Waiting for the N/Assembly | OAU Alumni Optimistic About Reinstatement of Expelled Students | Ibadan Polytechnic: Another Agenda Before Resumption | Kuku Endows Post Doctoral Fellowships | Borishade Queries FUTA Pro-Chancellor, Council | Commissioner Tasks Nigerians on Child Upbringing |
ARTS & REVIEW
Beauty in Forms | Again Jesus Wept | Nigerian Artistes Unite for Peace |
COMMENT
From Waste to Wealth | National Assembly and the Bitumen Bill |
EDITORIAL
Before the PDP Convention |
LETTERS
Odera: An Unrelenting Hero | Tinubu, Ejigbo Residents Need Your Help |
FEATURES
Human Rights And Their Abuses | Making of A 'Lion' President |
CITY DIARY
Our Missionaries Are No Terrorists - Tablighs | Murder Suspect, Emeka Wawa, Released on Bail | Eight Houses Razed by Kerosine Fire | Lagos Transporters Threaten Strike | Legislator, Clergyman Robbed |
SPORTS
NFA Registers Enyimba, Others for CAF Competitions | Ministry Summons Scribes, Coaches to Abuja | Makarfi Backs Kaduna Polo | Ipswich Misses Finidi Sorely | Football College Honours Nigerians | Sponsors Shun Eagles Over Friendlies | Ghana Shops for Foreign Coach | NSSF AGM Holds Today In Minna | Customs Leave For Abidjan Oct. 31 | No Alternative to Joint Effort |
EXTRA
The Enormous Cost of Ethnic Crisis |