Monday December 3rd, 2001

NEWS
Otudeko, Ohiwerei, Malami, Jostle for Marginal Fields | AD Fielded Incompetent Candidates in 1999, Says Adesanya | Electoral Bill: Arewa Seeks Constitutional Reforms | Obasanjo Chides Security Agents over Ethnic Crises | We've Not Banned Tokunbo Vehicles - Atiku | Eyewitnesses Describe Horror of Haifa Bomb | Court Halts Dualisation of Abuja-Keffi Road | FG Owes Prisons Staff N1bn | Attempts to Redeem Nigeria's Debt Fail Again | Telecoms: FG Voids Frequencies over Irregularities | Ogbulafor Seeks Yoruba Support for Obasanjo | Jos Riots: Judicial Commission to Rule on Appearance of Gov | Presidential Jet in Near Mishap | Violence Mars APP Congress in Rivers | FG Urged Against Unkept Promises - Don | Couples Advised on Pre-Marital AIDS Test | Govts, NDDC Tasked on Development of Niger Delta | Adegbite Calls for Scraping of First Lady Office | NEPA Monthly Revenue Hits N2.9bn | Ondo Petitions Obasanjo over Oil Wells | Adamac Group Signs $300m Contract with Shell | Babalola Joins 2003 Guber Race in Ekiti | OPC Suspends 8 Members | Lawal Declares Free Education in Kwara | FG Approves N50m Water Project for Owo | Military Back to Barracks for Good, Says Commandant | Nigeria is S/African Airways Best Station | Egwu Attends Thanksgiving for Wife's Life | Ondo Reaffirms Commitment to Technical Education | Haruna's Critics Told to Be Fair | Kachallah Lauds Youth Role in Democracy | Makurdi Varsity Cash Strapped | N350m AIDS Drugs Available for Distribution | Patients Are no Outcast, Says Govt | NAFCON Debunks Claims on Privatisation | Legislator Wants Burnt School Rebuilt | Nobody Can Snatch PDP from Us - Gemade | NMA Asks Court to Jail Daniel Kanu | Don't Go Back on 25% Salary Increase, AD Tells FG | PDP: Ogbemudia Committee wants Trustees Membership Prunned | Nnamani Vows to Protect Women's Rights |
The US Strike Against Afghanistan
US to Britain: Prepare to Attack Somalia | War Near Kandahar Heats Up, Afghans Eye Bonn Deal | Groups in Germany Nearer a Deal | US Will Do What's Needed - Rumsfeld | US Bombs Hit Three Villages, Scores Killed | Pentagon Denies Bombings | Alleged Plot Against US Embassy in Peru | Afghan Woman Cuts Bush's Hair |
State of the States
Workers Protest Non-payment of Salaries, Allowances | Alamieyeseigha Appoints Monarch As Varsity Chancellor | Romania Seeks Cooperation with Nigeria | Satellite Campuses Defy FG's Order | Free AIDS Screening Soon | Econet To Spread Across Africa - Zachary | Govt Moves to Relocate Broadcasting Station | Surulere LG Gets $225,000 Equipment | Bill on Civil Service College Ready Soon, Says HSF | Don Advocates a Joint Funding of Varsities | Govt to Promote Small Scale Industries | Calabar Declared Free Port Zone |
POLITICS
When Gore Came Calling | ...We can Create a Future | Only God can Remove Me-Mbadinuju | We Must Extend this Democracy-Nnamani | Ekiti North Senatorial Seat: Otitoju Steps Down | ...As PDP Picks Candidate | Mbadinuju's Opponents Are Desperados, Say Kinsmen |
BUSINESS
BCC Records N500 Million Loss | Nigeria Admitted into IMO Council | ConPetro Confirms Relationship with Petroleum India | Oil Firm to Open 22 Kerosene Service Stations | Cadbury's Sales Hit N5.5bn in Half-Year | S.K. Beecham Returns to Profitabile Track | Citibank Donates $60,000 to Club | Williams Decries High Bank Rates | Common Board May Emerge for GlaxoWellcome, S. K. Beecham | TotalFinaElf's profit Hits N3bn in Third Quarter | Ekocorps Lists Healthcare Sector's Problems | Guinness Calls for Review of Excise Duty, Multiple Taxes | Battle for the Soul of Eko Bank | The Financial Press or the Court? | Indigenous Freight Forwarders Strangulated, ANLCA Alleges | Michael Power's Visit Set to Expand Guinness' Market | How Michael Power Peps Up Guinness Stout | Memo to AAPN(2) | For SO&U, Staff Turnover is Getting Bigger | Kufuor Urges Africans to Repatriate Funds for Investment at ABR Conference | Nigeria Wins South African Airways Best Station Award | NUB International Holds Team Management Workshop | Hallmark Bank's Fact Behind the Figures | CAP Plc Introduces New Paint Products | Investors Stake N1.3bn for 118.4m Shares | Assemblymen Opt for Capital Market Funds | Naira Loses 50k at IFEM as Oil Firms Inject $26m | Smartpay Launches Largest ATM Network | Lead Offers Investors New Products |
INTERVIEW
'Why Most Banks are Going for Recapitalisation Now' |
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
World Bank Appoints New Global Hiv/Aids Adviser | How to Curb Money Laundering, Financing of Terrorism - IMF | Nigeria Gets Training on Poverty Alleviation Strategies |
ARTS & REVIEW
From Kora with a Song | Ola Balogun's Iroko launches Jump at Sizzlers |
COMMENT
UK-U.S Envoys' Meeting with Governors | Democracy, Dialogue and Consultation |
EDITORIAL
Labour and Wage Increase |
LETTERS
Privatisation and the Problem of Transparency | The Sale of NITEL |
FEATURES
How Drugs Are Made |
CITY DIARY
Benin:Armed Bandits on the Loose | Horror in Kirikiri Prison |
SPORTS
IAAF President, Diack Due in Nigeria Next Year | UNIPORT Proposes Sports Complex for NUGA | Abuja Hosts Inter'l Sports Trade Expo | AFN Renews Bilateral Relationship with Cuba | Amun Blames NFA for Nigerian Football Woes | Ilodigwe Celebrate Mandela Cup with Kaizer Chiefs | Nigeria Needs Luck-Nnacheta | Adamu Ranks Nigeria Low | Pairing Excite Senegalese | Africa's World Cup Challenge in Korea/Japan |
EXTRA
Aluko's Love for Abacha Economics | ...And the Dictatorship of Adams Oshiomhole |