Friday November 16th, 2001

NEWS
Oputa: Special Hearing for IBB, Abulsalami, Buhari | Senate Okays Life Jail for Coup Plotters | 'Bauchi Governor, Police Chief Gave Rioters Arms' | House Defers Debate on Budget 2002, Passes Electoral Bill | Resource Control: FG Files Fresh Brief | Explosion: Senate Tells NNPC to Compensate Victims | Kids Die in Benue Killings | Army to Try Soldier over Kaduna Killing | Ajibola Resumes at The Hague | Stop Allocating FCT Land, Minister Tells Chiefs | Drought Threatens 17 African Countries, Says Shagari | No Area'll Be Left Out, Says NDDC Boss | Shareholders Criticise PZ Bonus Policy | Group on Ways to Stem Crises | 'Ogbulafor, One of Obasanjo's Finest Ministers' | Court Frees Faseun, Ganiyu Adams | Obasanjo Restates Commitment to Equip Police | 'Southern Governors Meeting in Good Faith' | NLC Threatens to Make Borno Ungovernable | Tinubu Bags Honourary Doctorate Degree | Clergy Blames Ethnic Crisis on Bad Leadership | Igbo in Pitiable State, Says Kalu | Electoral Bill Can't Work, Says Ibori | UBE: FG Pledges More Classrooms in Katsina | Varsity Plans to Establish Firm | Assembly Summons HOS, Commissioner over Ex-workers' Pay | Eki Igbinedion Intensifies War on Female Trafficking |
The US Strike Against Afghanistan
'Capture!... Bin Laden'll Rather Die' | Saddam: The Battle Will Never End | US Jets Pound Targets in Kunduz | UN Resolution to Provide Security | Taliban Faces Tribal Uprising | Special Forces Hunt Al Qaeda | Kandahar Still Under Taliban Control | No Chechen Hideout for bin Laden, Says Russian PM |
State of the States
Ex-AD Chieftain Urges Assembly to Probe Kwankwaso | 'Sharia Cannot Thrive Under Poverty and Ignorance' | Install Olagbegi as Olowo, Senate Tells Ondo Governor | Why We Insist on Conducting Council Polls in 2002 - Akande | Senator Defends Councils' Tenure Extension | Religious, Ethnic Crises are Man-made - NOA Director | Obasanjo Begins 3-day State Visit Nov 22 | Govt Reduces Curfew Period |
POLITICS
Gemade, Nwodo's Ouster Traced to Split in PDP | Afenifere Pays Tribute to Late Senator Ajayi | Fresh Crisis Looms in Lagos AD | Odili is Misunderstood, by Aide | End to Tiv Crisis Not in Sight - Sangari |
BUSINESS
Banks to Issue Free ValuCards | Kenya Airways to Fly Lagos Route Daily | Commission Urges Use of Renewable Energy | 'Upgrade Port Facilities for Destination Inspection' | Operators Laud CBN's Move to Remove Bank Chiefs | Coca-Cola Forms Polio Partnership | NLC to Launch New Education Endowment Fund | Akele Refutes Alake's Claims on Sacked Workers | Evolve New Pension Administration System, Pensioners Advise FG | Hotel Employers Award Bursaries to 3 Students | Newline Insurance Appoints Adegboyega GM | Stanbic Bank Appoints Managing Director | Gainesville (TX) Economic Development Corporation Appoints New CEO | Nigerdock Privatisation: Battle Maduekwe Lost | Indigenous Shipping Firms Tasked on Off-Shore Oil Services | Group Lobbies for NPA Top Post | Tokunbo Vehicles: More Criticisms Trail Govt Decision on Age Limit | Tanker Spill Endangers Fishery | NMA Spearheads Nigeria's Membership of IOPC | Akintola Williams Absolves NSE of Scandals, Fraud | Sharp Launches LCD Digital Dream | Ghana Plans Single Digit Inflation Rate | NASI Advises NCP on NAL's Privatisation | Lagos-London Route: Virgin Crashes Fares | BA Introduces Boeing 777 on Abuja - London Route | Afrijet, NATOP Collaborate on Dubai Route | EAS Airlines Marks Third Anniversary | BA Donates Educational Items to Lagos School | 10,000 Questionnaires for Travellers Awards Out | Nigerian Breweries Canvasses World Class Standards | Explore Opportunities in Lagos, Tinubu Tells Banks | Indonesia Bank Governor Says Graft Charge is Politically Motivated | ICAN Inducts 626 New Members | Inland Bank AGM Moves to Owerri |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Documentarist of Street Poetry | Art and a People's Treasure | Beats of the Faithful | Her Majesty Comes on Stage |
COMMENT
Deceit as Tool in Governance | Creation of LGAs in Ogun State: Matters Arising |
EDITORIAL
The Free Trade Zone |
LETTERS
Danjuma Does Not Hate the Tivs | Osoba, Please Come to Our Rescue |
HEALTH
Pharmacists Urged to Exercise Restraint | 'Only Discipline Can Prevent AIDS' | Transport Owners Vow to Stop Illegal Drug Hawking |
FEATURES
Obi Okagbue: Sunset for a Moderniser |
SPORTS
Amodu Shortlists 30 Players for Nations Cup | African Handball Tourney Draws Ten | I.G Approves Police Trip to Cairo | Portugal, Angola Friendly Ends in Red | FIFA Tips Nigeria, Egypt to Co-host 2010 World Cup | Kaduna Arrives Enugu for Senate President's Cup | Baby Falcons Tackle Morocco January 28 | Mandela Inspires Kaizer Chiefs | Senegal's Golden Year Continues | Malawi to Bid for 2005 Caf U-17 Finals |
EXTRA
The Monster Test-tube Babies | Clash of Civilisations in Onitsha |