Thursday November 8th, 2001

NEWS
Gana: No Power Can Stop PDP Convention | Budget 2002: Single Digit Inflation Priority, Says Obasanjo | Oil: FG Moves to Increase Indigenous Participation | Drug Test: Counsel on Why Victims Makes Bigger Claims | Dariye Criticises Oil Drivation Seekers | Experts Seek Ways to Halt Violence in Nigeria | Reps End Debate on Electoral Bill | Lawyers Differ on Kaduna Reforms | How Ibru Was Shot, By Aide | UNILAG Appoints 21 Professors | Tinubu, Duke Meet over Electoral Bill, Civil Unrests | Unilorin Crisis: Sacked Lecturers May Be Pardoned | Nigerians Recount Their Woes in Cote d'Ivoire | JAMB, Meant to Frustrate Southerners- Clerics | Abuja Indigenes Seek Pact with FG over Territory | Seven Die in Pipeline Explosion | Obasanjo Happy with Civil Service | Eight Teaching Hospitals Get N64bn for Re-equipment | Shun Moneybags, Kalu Tells Electorate | LUTH Retirees Issue Ultimatum on Pension Arrears | Pharmacists Can Stop Fake Drugs, Says Igbinedion | Niger NDE Plansh Two More Institutes | Cabinet Shake-up Imminent in Rivers | Judge's Absence Stalls Shell Suit Against Communities | NMC Boss Highlights Potentials of Solid Minerals | B & H Holds Musical Fiesta | Bizman Calls for National Prayer | Germany, Others Canvass Investment, Aid for Africa | Ige Wins UN Law Commission Seat | 2003: INEC to Recruit 500,000 | Be Custodians of Environment, Gana Advises Nigerians | Gambia Deports Three Nigerians over Girl Trafficking | IBB, Kalu Presidential Race Posters Flood Owerri |
The US Strike Against Afghanistan
US Clamps Down on bin Laden Networks | US Moves to Expand Coalition | Bush to Allies: Do More than Express Sympathy | Agents Told to Back off bin Laden - BBC | Arab League Urges Fair Trial for bin Laden | Pakistani President Wary of Ramadan Fighting |
State of the States
Duke Explains Delay in Salary Payment | Atiku Tasks Engineers on Technology | Striking Workers Accused of Harassing Relief Agency Staff | Police Move to Prevent Violence at Crusade |
POLITICS
Haruna Renews Commitment to PDP | Bayelsa Assembly Institutes Panel to Investigate Commissioner | Odunze, SDP Stalwart Berates Elites | In North Central, South-East, Crises Persist | A Second Term for Muazu? | Maduekwe Should Leave Kalu Alone |
e-BUSINESS
NITEL/M-TEL: The Day After the Probe | Empowerment of Human Resources for Development | CBN Seeks Stakeholders Support on e-Banking Challenges | IT Firm Begins Free Internet Training | Kwara to Establish IT Centres in 119 LGs | Hotmail Accounts Expire Earlier | Palm Cuts Price on M505, Offers SD Card with Others | Pragmatic Technologies Introduces 'Own a Notebook' Package | ...Opens Networking Opportunity to SMEs | Nimex-NetXchange.com Launched | New Threat to Microsoft Deal | NGO Set to Promote IT Diffusion in Nigeria | HP to Bundle Security System With Servers | Phone Number-to-e-mail Service Raises Privacy Concerns | IBM Donates $40 Million in Software to Community | Terrorism Taxes IT Planning | Market Activities Regain Momentum | Access Bank’s Half Year Profit Rises by 20 Per cent | CBN to Roll Out 4th Tranche Certificates Soon | CIBN Examines Offshore Banking in Nigeria | Indo Nigerian Bank Opens Port Harcourt Branch |
COMMUNICATIONS
Anthrax Attack: NIPOST Embraces Preventive Measures | Fixed Wireless Broadband Hits Speed Bumps | Sprint to Buy $1.1 Billion of Nortel Equipment | GM opts for EchoStar Satellite TV Bid |
ARTS & REVIEW
ANA 2001: Writers And Politics |
COMMENT
Onitsha-Aba Road as Death Trap | Jostling for Positions in Lagos |
EDITORIAL
Afenifere at 50 |
LETTERS
Leave Okada Riders Alone | NTA, Pay Us Our Pensions |
THISLIFE
A Clever Girl and Her First Pregnancy | The Teacher as an Accountant |
CITY DIARY
Police Offer N50,000 for Information on Killers of Catholic Priest | Lagos Community Accuses Sanitary Officials of Extortion | Imo Community Launches N20m Skill Acquisition Centre | Adieu, Adio Badmus | Anambra Community Denies Involvement in Awkuzu Robbery |
SPORTS
Obasanjo Craves Aggressive Marketing for Games | Group Lobbies to Extend Okpomo's Tenure | Atiku Lifts Kaduna Polo with N1million | Amodu, Keshi Can't Lead Eagles -- S/Leonean Official | Ghana's Opposition Party Probes Odili's Gift to Black Stars | Basketball Championship Runs into Hitch | AFN Gets Assurance on Marathon Blueprint |
EXTRA
Who is Danjuma Speaking For? | ...Of Terrorists, Beard and All That |