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Friday October 26th, 2001

NEWS
How Tiv Villages Were Sacked | Round Tripping: CBN Okays Investigation of 20 Banks | Four Persons Killed in Fresh Warri Crisis | Gemade, Nwodo Fight Back | BPE Signs MOU with 25 Banks | Why Lagos Won't Pay HATISS IV Now - Tinubu | 1999 Constitution not Woman-friendly -NGO | Mohammed Abacha Sues Oputa Panel | Bisket, Two Others Know Fate December 5 | Aromolaran Vows to Protest Adamawa Indigenes | NYSC Donates N.5m Items to Poor Students | NEPA to Make Repair, Upgrade of Equipment Continuous - Imoke | Lawmaker Accuses Lagos Assembly of Shielding Govt's Misdeed | NUJ President Makes Case for LUTH | NAPTAN Urges N/Assembly to Pass UBE Bill | NUPENG Calls for Liberalisation of ECOWAS Treaty | Osun SSG Wants NYSC Reshaped | NUPENG Suspends Strike, Resumes Fuel Lifting | 2003: INEC Needs N8bn for Voters' Register -Gumel | N/Assembly Calls for 2001 Budget Reports | Chancellors Demand Varsity Financial Empowerment | Bomb Scare at Israeli Embassy | Public, Private Sector Exchange Programme Underway | Electoral Bill: N/Assembly Acted Illegaly - Igbinedion | FG Deplores Unguarded Statements over Policies | Ward Congress: Stay Clear of Abia State, Group Warns Governors | 3 Die in Area Boys Fracas | Anti-Corruption: Immigration Officers Charged for Extortion | FG to Inaugurate 3 Commissions, October 31 | Gov Pledge Continued Reorganisation of State Service |
The US Tragedy Update
Taliban Soldiers are Tough Warriors - US | Lebanon: Terrorist Gets Death Sentence in Absentia | Pakistani Tribesmen Ready to Join Taliban | Exiled Afghans Call Assembly, Urge End to Strikes | Cluster Bombs Dropped on Taliban Frontlines | US Under Pressure as Ramadan Approaches | Dianna Fund: Stop Using Cluster Bombs | Civilian Casualties Worry Red Cross | Saudi Arabia Backs Pakistan Over Afghan Strikes |
State of the States
Family of Slain Student Demands N10m Compensation | Women, Youths Protest Alleged Abduction of Former Speaker | Referendum on New LGs Hold Tomorrow | Adegbite Advises US to Review Policy | Assembly Suspends LG Council | Vote Wisely, Nnamani, Nwobodo Advise PDP Supporters |
POLITICS
'Abaribe, Ukasanya Planned to Rig Abia PDP Ward Congresses' | Why Kalu Called off Ward Congress in Abia - PDP Chiefs | PDP Chieftain Commends Imo Ward Congresses | AD Commends Afenifere, Calls for Ideological Politics | Andmarks Giant Strides in Ekiti At Five | Marginalizing Ukwa/Ngwa People | The Story of the Aborted Ward Congress in Abia |
BUSINESS
FG Urged to Abolish Legal Cession | Mortgage Bank Floats 80 New Shares | Used Fridge Importers Jostle to Beat Deadline | Obasanjo, Oshiomhole Counsel Employers, Workers on AIDS | Labour House Fire: Oshiomhole Asks Govt to Disband Fire Service | NLC Mourns Gambo Sawaba | Ex-Workers Drag Government to Court | Newly Registered Workers' Union Vows to Resist NPA's Privatisation | NLC Chieftain Reiterates Non-recognition of TUC | TUC Appeals to Lagosians over LASU Teachers' Strike | Labour Leader Supports Attack on Afghanistan | Cornerstone Insurance Gets New Chairman | Courier Association Gets New President | 1000% Licence Fee Hike: Customs, Agents on War Path | Sowemimo Tasks Customs Officers on Destination Inspection | Our Target is to Achieve Efficient Port Services - Akagwu | Shipping Finance Fund to Reduce Freight and Insurance Bills | Fear of Terrorist Attacks Slows Hawaii's Cruise Ship Business | Women in Shipping Hold Annual Summit | Customs PRO Bags NIPR Membership | Indigenous Operators Set Agenda For Shipping Development | Eastern Nigeria Development Corporation: Advocacy for Strategic Resuscitation | NURTW Blames CAC for Crises in Motor Parks | Chinese Firm Assures on Train Rehabilitation | Waziri Delights in $4.5m Spare Parts For NRC | Berger Gets Fresh Mandate on Road Extension | 'We Seek Corruption-free Traffic Corps' | Chisco Announces Goodies For Passengers | Coca-cola Launches Advertising Campaign | Dunlop Storms Trade Fair With 'Treasure Basket' | The Politics of Food | Aviation Insurance and Some of Its Clauses | Russian MIG-21 Upgrade Project :Taking the Right Steps | Taking Aviation to the Promised Land | Market Capitalisation Slips by 0.2 Per cent | NSE Approves Mutual Benefits Assurance Share Offer | Demand Shrinks by 42 Per cent at IFEM | First Bank Set to Meet Global Business Changes | Research Firm Absolves Self from Distress Report |
WEEKEND REVIEW
The Excitement of ANA Convention 2001 | Comedy at NANTAP's National Delegates Convention | PABHA: The Excitement is Here |
COMMENT
Towards a Peaceful Co-existence | Egwu and the Gains of Democracy |
EDITORIAL
New LGAs: The Niger Example |
LETTERS
Teaching Militias in Benue a Lesson | Re: Cost of National Media Tour |
FEATURES
VVF: Disease Women Dread Most | North-East and the Dividends of Democracy | A Hospital's Strides in 25 Years |
HEALTH
Anthrax: Disease of the Moment | Simulation May Reduce Infection | Group Uses Herbal Remedies for HIV | "Undemocratic Rule: Cause of Psychosis" | High Infant Mortality Blamed on Cancer |
CITY DIARY
Police Inaugurate Zonal PCRC | Council to Re-develop Aswani Market | The Top Attainable By All- Oyedepo |
SPORTS
NFA Seeks New Date for Reggae Boyz | Falcons Tackle Mali Today | Indiscipline Ruined Berger - NFA | Toyota Condoles Berger over Ogbemudia's Death | Tunisia Favoured to Sweep Stakes | NFA Blacklists Aba, Warri, Maiduguri Stadia | Lagos Ikoyi, Kano Titan Eye Dickenson Cup | Ex-stars Grace Senate President's Cup |
EXTRA
Abia: The Spectre of Political Anthrax |