Friday December 28th, 2001

NEWS
Police: Suspect Promised N1m to Kill Ige | When Can Emergency Rule be Declared? | Afenifere, Arewa Against Emergency Rule in Osun | My Hands Are Clean, Says Omisore | Group Canvasses Special Summit of Yoruba Leaders | Adebayo, Duke, Anenih, Others Mourn | Soyinka Denies Weeping | House Leadership Files Amendment to Electoral Act | Varsity Autonomy Law Becomes Operational 2002 | Oil Price Hits $21 as OPEC Cuts Production | Plateau Budgets N15bn for 2002 | FG to Sign Debt Rescheduling Pact with Germany | Obaseki Orders Increased Product Supply | State Electoral Commission, A Time Bomb - Lawmaker | Kalu Criticises Proposed Fuel Price Hike | Police Declare 9 Wanted over Ritual Killings | Ebola Kills 18 in Gabon, Congo | Justice Commissioner Tells Youths to Shun Cultism | Ige: Okoya Advocates Tight National Security | NEPA Pensioners Write Obasanjo over Unpaid Arrears | Borno Assembly Bows Out of Rift with Kachallah | Kenya Airways Plane Crash: Ministry Accused of Aiding Airline | Police Arrest 127 Robbery Suspects, Kill 47 Others | 5 Killed in Car Crash, 14 Others Injured | Perm Secs Laud Rivers Govt over Labour Relations | Abia to Rehabilitate Abandoned Palm Plantation | Shaggy Storms Nigeria Tonight |
POLITICS
Bola Ige: Bode George, Uwajeh, Others Condemn Killing | Principal Officers Must Go December, Imo Legislators Insist | Obigbo Proposes Joint Coalition with AD in Next Election | Politician Urges N/Assembly to Pass National Conference Bill | Ige: Can the Yoruba Council of Elders Survive His Death? | 'Federal Government Must Empower the Private Sector' |
BUSINESS
Pension Scheme: NAMA Provides N30m Take-off Grant | NPA Plans to Stem Traffic Congestion | Chemical Workers Ask FG to Discourage Consumption of Animal Skin | Launch a Campaign to Avoid a Lay-off | NITEL: Workers Ready for Another Showdown with BPE | Textile Workers Laud 100 Per Cent Inspection | NLC Congratulates Darego | When NCAA Alerted London-bound Nigerian Travellers | Towing Vans Target Rickety Vehicles in Lagos | NARTO Boss Appeals to Tinubu over LASTMA Officials | RTEAN Elects New National Executives | Extortion: Lorry Drivers Threaten Showdown with Traffic Police Extortion | Traders Cry Out Over Illegal NRC Land Allocation | When Government's Onslaught Against Malpractices Yields Dividends | Nigerian Importers to Enjoy Direct Sea-link with Miami Port Soon | 'Consult Shippers Council Before Going into International Trade' | Blue Chips Raise Capitalisation by N4.5 billion in Last Minute Rush | NSE's Suspension Saves EIB's Shares - Investors | Zenith Bank Tops Agency's Rating | Christmas Takes Shine off IFEM |
HEALTH
Year of Mixed Fortunes for Health Sector | 'Erase Negative Attitudes About Cancer' | Female Genital Mutilation Linked to Maternal Mortality |
WEEKEND REVIEW
Prognoses for an Ailing Sector |
COMMENT
Need for Inter-ethnic Harmony | Giving Democracy a Bad Name |
EDITORIAL
Special Bank for Niger Delta |
LETTERS
That Well-deserved Honour on Tinubu | Attention: Mr President |
FEATURES
What Experts Say About Anthrax | Still on the Meaning of Christmas |
CITY DIARY
Actress Found Dead in Police Lover's Room | Application for UNILAG Vice Chancellorship Closes |
SPORTS
NFA Scribe's Candidates Narrowed to Laloko, Ojugbana | Edo Faces Niger in Semi-finals Pairing | NFA Bars Journalists, Fans from Eagles' Camp | Egypt Picks New Date for Friendly Against Eagles | NIS Groans Under Funds Scarcity | C'Wealth Games, Not for All-comers -Ngerem | Bafana Bafana's Nomvete Doubtful for Mali 2002 |
EXTRA
From Where Have These Beasts Strayed Without Tether? |