Thursday October 25th, 2001

NEWS
Tiv Lawmakers Allege 'Ethnic Cleansing,' Petition US, UK | Ibori, Adefarati: Electoral Bill 'll Destabilise Nigeria | NEPA: 'December Deadline on Course' | NITEL: Obasanjo Meets Prospective Investors Today | Shut Refineries Won't Disrupt Fuel Supply - NNPC | Assembly Passes N2.4 bn Controversial Bill | Ukeje Is First Female Federal Court CJ | Govt Awards N4.4bn Water Schemes | Rivers Niger, Benue Dredging for Posterity - Yuguda | Abba-Gana Calls for Selfless Service from NGOs | 15 Dead as Kerosene Explosions Spread to Oyo State | FG Commits N500m to Upgrade LUTH | Stop the Culture of Violence - Clergy | Trial of OPC Leaders Stalled, Case Adjourned | Army Trains Officers to Tackle Communal Strifes | Police Allay Fears over Attack by Religious Fundamentalists | Kogi Assembly Tasks Speaker on Due Consultation | Nwodo, Nwobodo, Onyia Contest Nnamani's Claims on Congress | Famakinwa Panel Recommends State Police | Military Unmasks Fake Pensioners | Ex-railmen Waylay Gana | Participants Urged to Apply Workshop Lessons | NBA Moves to Drop Anyim, Nwuche from Bar List | Exercise Restraint, Na'Abba Urges Kano Indigenes | Defend Yourselves Against Attack, PFN Tells Christians | NAPIMS Inaugurates Committee to Raise Indigenous Oil Sector Participation | PDP Govs Perfect Strategies for National Convention | NEPA Denies Responsibility for AIT Fire | Adamawa Gov Replaces 3 Commissioners |
The US Tragedy Update
Coalition Talks Begin as Military Strikes Continue | Pakistan Rejects Remains of Militants | Afghanistan's Ex-king Calls for Muslim UN Peacekeeping Force | US Admits Bombing Errors | Taliban Fires at US Planes | Anthrax Spores Found in Riyadh |
State of the States
Youths Urge Cease-fire Among Warring Eastern Political Leaders | '85 Ex-railmen Die Waiting for Pensions' | Osoba Canvasses Support for Liberalisation | 2003: Deputy Gov Seeks Support for Alamieyeseigha | Farmers Get N1.5m Soft Loans | Govt Condemns Fresh Communal Crisis in Obi LG | Igbinedion Stresses Role of Judiciary in Democratic Sustenance | My Dispute with Governor Not Personal - Deputy | Terrorist Attack on US: Body of Nigerian Victim Fown Home |
POLITICS
Lagos PDP Ward Congress Was Peaceful, Says PDP Chiefs | Why We Embraced Consensus - PDP Chieftains | Assembly Passes Bill On Power to Hire, Fire Own Staff | Youths Warned Against Violence in Next Dispensation | The Trouble with Abia Politics Ude Ugochukwu | 2003: 'Governors Should Accommodate Competitive Interests' | Only National Confab Will Save Nigeria - Ekpo | Let's Leave Everything to Posterity - Nwosu |
BUSINESS
The Battle for the Nigerian Mobile Market | Insurance Companies Tasked on Adopting Internet Technology | NIIT Budgets N0.85bn for Oracle Training Scholarship | NEC to Outsource Server Production to Solectron | FG Lists e-Trading Promotion Strategies | 'Business IT Spending Expected to Fall' | MultiScheme POS Terminals: Challenges and Opportunities | Expert Identifies Measures for Protecting ISPs | Content Delivery Services May Improve Internet Performance | Investors Meet on BT | Yahoo Diverts Surfers from MSN Search | 'Business IT Spending Expected to Fall ' | Dolphin's Rescue Could Flip Europe's 3G Plans | Alcatel Pays $312m for Control of Chinese Venture | Motorola to Raise $1.4bn to Pay Down Debt | French Chief Says Orange'll Beat Targets | Intel to Close Consumer Products Division | Union Bank Urges Shareholders to Take Rights | Swede Control, Cotecna, SGS Take over Bureau Veritas Job | Intercontinental Bank Opens Six New Branches | NAL Reaps Dividend of Restructuring |
COMMUNICATIONS
Anthrax Scare: How prepared is NIPOST? | MTN Sponsors Kaduna Polo Tournament | 'One-tenth of World Population Have GSM Phones' | Optics Could Push Chips Beyond 10GHz | Siemens Product Sets New Standards in Mobile Internet | ...Selected to Enable Services in China | Sony Ericsson Unveils Wearable Bluetoothtm Handsfree | Inlaks Advocates Credit Asset Event Management System | HP Strengthens Unix's Future | Sun Chosen as Web Partner for Virtual University | DPMS Appointed Thyron Rep in Nigeria | Akiba Bank Signs Up Equinox in Kenya | Excite@Home Creditors Demand More for Assets |
ARTS & REVIEW
The Music Goes on for the Legend |
COMMENT
Gombe and Democracy Dividends | Encouraging Education in Kebbi State |
EDITORIAL
Oputa Panel: What Next? |
LETTERS
Re: Banks Still Need Commercial Court | The Power the President Should Not Have |
THISLIFE
From Classroom to Corporate Nigeria | An Encounter With Robbers |
CITY DIARY
'Chieftaincy Titles Foster Unity' | Striving for a Better Image for the Police | Brown Scores Lagos Passport Officers High | Lagos Council Inaugurates Projects Committee |
SPORTS
Appearance Fee Threaten Nigeria/Jamaican Friendly | Ikpeba Hospitalised for Appendicitis | Lord Rumens Junior Classic Begins Nov 5 | Amodu, Another Bora Milutinovic-Odua | Zambia Thrashes Zimbabwe 4 - 0 |
EXTRA
'It's My Son they're Carrying Out' | From Transparency to 419 |