Wednesday November 7th, 2001

NEWS
PDP: Pressure Mounts for Due Process | NITEL: FG to Resolve Outstanding Liabilities | Victims Get Leave to Claim N325bn from Pfizer | Budget 2002: Ciroma Promises Stricter Control | Abacha Loot: Court Stops FG's Recovery Efforts | States Must Pay 25% Salary Increase - NLC | Kalu Declares Secondary Education Free in Abia | Nigeria, Romania Sign Economic Pact | Zamfara NULGE Joins National Strike | Female Newsmen Get Leadership Tips | Danjuma Lied About Tiv Militia, Says Benue Governor | FG is Withholding Agreed Funds -ASUU | Guobadia Assures on Free, Fair 2003 Elections | Nigeria is Sick, Says Lam Adesina | Commission Blames Ethnic Crises on Neglect of Law Reforms | Ex-Gov Dares Akande over Council Dissolution | Canadian Firms Short-listed for Bitumen Exploitation | Canadian High Commission Opens Consular Section in Nigeria | Committee reconciles Igbo Community in Yola | Sokoto Govt Reviews Allowances for Boards Members | Afolabi Seeks PDP Unity to Upstage AD | Review Membership of Commissions , FG Told | Ondo Students Plead for Higher Bursary | Kerosene Explosions Claim More Victims | Osoba Debunks Council Dissolution Rumour | Islamic Group Condemns Killings | Witnesses' Convention Gathers Steam | Obasanjo Hosts 36 Governors Sunday | Coupists Risk 14 -Year Jail Term | FG to Introduce New Coins in 2002- CBN | 'Reinstatement of UNILORIN Lecturers not Negotiable' | Lagos Police Launch Operation Smoke out Criminals | Speakers May Withdraw Case Against Senate - Mamora | Gani Adams Advocates Joint OPC-Police Anti-Crime Squad |
The US Strike Against Afghanistan
Four Killed as Taliban Down US Chopper | 'al-Qaeda Seeking Nuclear Weapons' | Iran Urges OIC to Stop Attacks on Islam | Bin Laden Baby Outlawed in Romania | Taliban Warns Neighbours over US Air Bases |
POLITICS
Court Voids Lagos Council Chairman's Suspension | Ayo Fasanmi's Son Joins Race for Reps | PDP Faction Chases Journalists Out of Congress Venue | PDP After the Convention |
BUSINESS
NITEL Privatisation Threatens Money Market | Investments in Telecoms to Gulp $6 Billion | CBN Proposes New Guidelines for e-Banking | This week's Spot: Intercontinental Bank | National Bank, Dunlop Launch 'Rescue Package' | 'Banks Should Emphasise Scenario-Changing' | Towards Sustainable Revenue Drive | Producing Vegetable Oil for Export | Investors Replace Audit Committee in National Oil | Out-of-Court Settlement for Enpee, NAMBL | Expert Wants Insurance Consumers Association Revived | Legal Framework, Bane of the Insurance Industry | Operators Urge FG to Reconsider Approach to Policy Placement | Goldlink Strategies for Future Growth | CIIN Holds 2001 ORC Workshop | Bailey Commends Fortune Assurance Boss | Crusader Insurance Offers Rights Issue | ARIAN Holds Annual National Conference | Mugabe Appeals To UN for $292m Emergency Aid | GBF Devotes N18.13m Credit to SMEs | BusinessDAY Brings London FT to Nigeria | Shareholders Kick Against BPE's Share Purchase Loan | UBA Enliven Market | CBN Sells $41.7m at IFEM | Marina International Bank to Raise Capital by 50 per cent | ANAN Advocates Adequate Funding of SMEs |
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Hertz Wins Business Traveller Award | Travelsyt.Com. Debuts with Promise | Youth, NTDC Plan TEEN Cultural Festival 2001 | Lays Harps on Customers Happy Hour | Target Travels Gets BA's Agency Appointment |
EDUCATION
ASUU/Govt Accord and Harvest of Strikes | UBE is Not New to Nigeria - Tahir | Nigeria, UNICEF Pledge to Sustain Child-Friendly Schools | UN Deplores Quality of University Education in Nigeria | Cadbury Set to Reward Teachers | OAU Admits 4,000 Fresh Students | Ondo Promotes 8,262 Teachers |
ARTS & REVIEW
New Offers on MultiChoice Pay TV |
COMMENT
Anyim's Men at Work | A Standing Tribute for Claude Ake |
EDITORIAL
NAFDAC and Fake Drugs |
LETTERS
Ibori, Kokori Inland Needs Water | Fire in First Bank |
FEATURES
Sharpening Tourism Edge in Ekiti |
CITY DIARY
Kerosene: The Explosions Rage on |
SPORTS
Aku Orders Probe of NFA Accounts | Nigeria, Cuba to Revive Sports Pact | FIFA Reduces Number of Players' Call-ups | CAF Shortlists Agali, Utaka, Others | Ogbemudia Accuses Aku, Ekeji of Cover-up | LOC Plans 10 Sub-Committees for Edo 2002 | Task Before the Triple Crew | Association to Boost Hockey | Sundowns Plan Tight Defence |
EXTRA
Are We Bound To Violence? | No Atheists in Africa |