Monday December 24th, 2001

NEWS
Bola Ige Shot Dead | Arole Awolowo: The President We Never Had | Na'Abba Shut Out of Kano Stadium | Army Gets 42 New Generals | Operators Paid Pittance for GSM Licences - Bello | 2002 Budget Will be Welfarist - FG | Mohammed Abacha Returns to Kuje Prison | Oyofo Advocates Two-party Contest in 2003 | Wada Nas Drags Aviation Training School to Court | FCT Plans to Stamp Out Corruption Next Year | Tinubu to Lead Fund Raising for OAU | Xmas:Transport Fares, Goods Prices Soar | FG Pays N18bn to Pensioners | Debt: FG Plans to Pay $28b in Nine Years | Borno to Boost Water Supply | Bauchi State Establishes Screening Centres | Nigeria, Chad Disagree on Border | NLC Tackles NECA on Pay Rise | Judiciary'll Decide Safiya's Case, Says Bafarawa | Tsav Loses Tiv Traditional Title | Lagos Gives 1,600 PTA Tutors Automatic Job | NURTW Chief Raises Alarm over Pickpockets | Police Drafted to Oba's Palace | Lagos to Purchase 2000 Computers | Randy ABU Don Sacked | FG Commissions Electrification Projects | Three Arrested over Impersonation | Cleric Calls on Govt to Ensure Peace, Security | 1.5m Children Immunised Against Polio | Ritual Killings: Angry Mob Goes on Rampage | NLC May Commercialise Building in Lagos | Assembly Rejects 2002 Appropriation Bill | Ebonyi Budgets N10bn for 2002 Fiscal Year |
The US Strike Against Afghanistan
Bin Laden Still Alive, Says Pakistani Envoy | Afghan Ministers Meet as Kabul Rings Post-Taliban Changes | US Begins Probe Into Air Passenger with Explosives in Shoes | Giuliani Warns of Fresh Terror Attack on New York | Pentagon: New Weapon for Tunnels | Taliban Fighters Surrender Weapons |
State of the States
Assembly Passes Bill on Creation of 27 LGs | 20-Year-old Hosuewife Nabbed for Stealing, Selling Children | Chief of Kagoro Makes Arrangements for Afan Festival | Ahmadiyya Holds 52nd Annual Conference | Chevron-Texaco Merger, A Curse to Ijaws - KEFFES Chairman | Calabar Municipality Loses N26m Property to Inferno | Southern Kaduna People Commend Makarfi | Govt Pledges N20m Press Centre for NUJ | Assembly Bans Circumcision | Ritual Killings: Angry Mob Goes on Rampage | NLC May Commercialise Building in Lagos | Govt Budgets N10bn for 2002 Fiscal Year | Assembly Rejects 2002 Appropriation Bill |
POLITICS
Our Parties are Useless - TMG Chief |
BUSINESS
Lagos IPP: N800m Monthly Subsidy Weighs NEPA Down | Chinese Seek Fresh Interest in Nigeria's Oil Industry | Unipetrol Injects $100m into Sierra-Leonean Subsidiary | Bottled Water: The Place of Natural Spring | Daniyan Clears Air on IPWA Recapitalisation | Unipetrol/Agip Merger: Directors Expect Early Approval | Four Guinness Chiefs Convicted for Theft, False Accounting | Insurance Malpractices Threat to Industry - Martins Kuye | Bunker Operators Seek Resumption of Supplies | Fulfilling the Objectives of Debt Conversion Programme | Orphanges Enjoy Cowbell Gift Splash | Property Company Re-focuses | Smithkline Beecham Nig Plc | NOLCHEM Plans Better Dividend | NSE Suspends Eko International Bank over Sacked Directors | Investors Exchange 119.1m Shares for N1.03bn |
ARTS & REVIEW
Demas Nwoko Makes a Case for Critical Design | Back Again to the Roots | Fifteen Minutes with Olufunmi | The Return of Bob, the Rub-a-Dub |
COMMENT
The Dishonouring Honour | Tribute: Biodun Shobanjo Clocks 57 |
EDITORIAL
Saving the Productive Sector |
LETTERS
Human Rights and Ethnic Crisis | Kema Chikwe: We Disagree |
FEATURES
Nasarawa: Empowering Sesame Farmers | Omegabank Celebrates Christmas With Carol |
CITY DIARY
Tinubu,Victory Church Set for Battle Royale | Bible Student Hour on OGBTV | 'AC. Pipes, Cancer Free' | AIDS: Saloon Operators Counselled on Need to Steralise Equipment | Midas Hits News Stand |
SPORTS
Poor Start to Nations Cup Campaign | Australian Coach Targets Nigerian Clubs | Winners Emerge at Fortune Tourney | Algeria Re-plans for Nations Cup | Okocha Threatens PSG over N18.9m Salary Revelation | England Coach Writes Off Nigeria, Argentina | Aku Spells-out Roles for Sports Associations | Ghana's Goalie Wins FIFA Award for Saving Life | Top Athlete, Nku Loses Father | Supporters Club to Fast for Eagles | Orman Weds Nigerian Girl to Play for Eagles | CAHB, HFN Condole Algerian Team |
EXTRA
Obasanjo, Atiku and GSM Revolution |