Monday December 31st, 2001

NEWS
Afenifere to Omisore, Kofo: Accept Your Govs or Resign | Ige's Assassins Want to Destabilise Nigeria, Say AD Govs | Bola, Awo's Dependable Loyalist - HID Awolowo | New Fuel Prices Out in 48 Hours | INEC Needs 12 Months to Prepare Voters Register - Guobadia | Firework Kills 227 in Peru | Day I Realised the Futility of Man's Power - Obasanjo | Ocean Surge Sacks Pinickers at Bar Beach | FCT: Indigenes Insist on Compensation | NLC Assesses Labour Situation in 2001 | Fuel Queues Return to Abia | FG, Germany Sign Debt Rescheduling Pact | 100 Feared Dead in Boat Mishap | Borno Proposes N24bn Budget for 2002 | Be Subservient to Civil Authority, Gowon, GOC Charge Army | Obasanjo Thanks God for Life | Ige: Esa-Oke Community Gives FG 21-Day Ultimatum | Kachallah Condemns Assassination as Anti-Democracy | Pre-shipment Agents Get N8bn for Services | Appeal Court Gives Disputed Land to Hassan Komolafe Family |
The US Strike Against Afghanistan
Agreement Reached on Multinational Force | Women Urged to Unveil | US Holds 150 Taliban, Al Qaeda Fighters | Pakistan Freezes Scientists' Accounts | UN Scales Back First Afghan Refugee Move | 15 Killed in East Afghanistan |
State of the States
Jamodu Lists Plans to Boost Local Manufactures | PDP Repositions for 2003 Elections | Govt, NAFDAC Counter Fake Drug Dealers | Chief Judge Orders Release of 20 Prisoners | Govt Budgets N11.9bn for 2002 | Asaba Residents Celebrate Xmas in Darkness | NDDC Moves to Connect Communities to Gas Turbine | FRCN Chief Commends Canada over Resumption of Visa Issuance | African Church Cathedral Marks Centenary Anniversary | Group Flays Adefarati's Style of Leadership |
POLITICS
I've Not Betrayed the Mandate of Kaduna People - Makarfi | Egwu Promises to Create More Local Governments in Ebonyi | LASG Assures Mushin Residents of New General Hospital | We The Children of Ige |
BUSINESS
Stock Market Outstrips Economy in Performance | 'Place Stricter Regulations on Generating Sets Importation' | Dunlop as Efficient Manager of Funds | Hospitality Industry: Savouring the Dividends of Democracy | Stock Market Records Improvement in 2001 | Capacity Utilisation Has Improved - Manufacturers | UTB's Managing Director/CEO Resigns | Time to Build Strong Made-in-Nigeria Brands | Nigerdock Staff Welfare Paramount, Say New Owners | Exchange, Interest Rates and Fiscal Management (1) | NSL Sales Force Recharged for Better Service Delivery | TotalfinaElf Lifts Stock Market | CBN Withdraws N33.7bn as N10.5bn Cash call Flows into Economy | Nigerian Insurance Industry in 2001 |
MONDAY INTERVIEW
'How We Use People to Make Profit' |
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Forum Pleads for Safiya | Farm House Dialogues on Women, Youth and Good Governance | World Bank Welcomes New Report on Macro-economics and Health | 'Free Trade Not Only Way to End Poverty' | G8 Must Move to Reverse the Slide in Aid to Africa |
ARTS & REVIEW
Love Comes Down at Christmas | A Night of the Stars of Art House |
COMMENT
Letter to Uncle Bola Ige | The Bar in the Shadow of Death |
EDITORIAL
As Bank of Industry Takes Off |
LETTERS
Ige: One Assassination Too Many | Who is Afraid of Daisy Danjuma? |
FEATURES
In London, Hospitality Beckons |
CITY DIARY
Christmas Most Peaceful in 3 Years - Police | NMA Chairman Donates Goods, Cash to Stem Begging | Coke Fetes Orphans at Christmas | Group Marks Anniversary | Agony of a Family | Lions to Distribute 450 Eye Glasses in Lagos Community |
SPORTS
Club, Country, Which Comes First? | Amodu to Decide Orman's Fate in Eagles - Okpomo | Nigeria to Host WACC Quadrangular Next Year | Eagles' Poor Preparation Worries Amodu | Tunisia, Gabon Bid for Handball Championship | C'Wealth Games Organisers Await NOC | Immigration Team Threatens to Boycott League | Finidi Vows to Quit After World Cup | Chelsea Cedes Babayaro to Nigeria | Egypt White-washes Nigeria to Victory | Plateau Utd 'Keeper Escapes Lynching | Duodu Pardons Kuffour | Shun Complacency, Okocha Warns Eagles |
EXTRA
Should We Really Give Up? |