Monday January 7, 2002

NEWS
Ige: Police Declare Man Wanted | GSM: CIL Demands $2.125bn from Chase Bank | FG Invites Bids for Private Refineries Thursday | Onshore/Offshore: Hearing Resumes Today | Electoral Act: Wali Absolves Obasanjo of Blame | NEPA: Obasanjo Commends Imoke, Others | INEC's Claim over Power to Delineate Wards Wrong - RSIEC | Over N1m Recovered from Suspended School Principals | Mohammed Abacha in Hospital Again | I Will Not Seek Re-election -Mitee | Bauchi Earmarks N250m for Park Development | NYSC Year Begins with Innovations | First Rain of the Year in Lagos | Tears, As Family, Colleagues Lay Umar -Omale to Rest | NAPEP Recruitment Fair, Says Co-ordinator | Econet Donates 10 GSM Lines to Ministry | NANS Declares PPPRC Illegal | Aspirant Proffers Solutions to Political Rift | Ibru: Counsel Insists Judge Demanded Bribe from Bamaiyi, Others | Police Arrest 30 over Alcohol, Prostitution, Gambling | FG Awards Telephone Contracts for 7 Towns in Kebbi | Another Woman Faces Trial for Adultery in Sokoto |
Behind The News
Fuel Prices Hike: How Reasonable? | Politics of Price Hike |
POLITICS
Osun Crisis: Politicians Have Not Learnt their Lessons -Senator | Ige: Council Boss Expresses Worry Over Police Inquest | Gov Adebayo Dismisses Falana's Governorship Ambition | PDP Chieftain Urges Youths to Guard Against Being Used as Agents of Destruction | 'Ige's Murder Masterminded by Political Enemies' | UND Chieftain Carpets Obasanjo over Electoral Act | Politics of Ige's Burial |
BUSINESS
Inland, Gulf, Metropolitan Take Over Securities Firms | PTO Announces Commercial Launch of New Network | Unipetrol Budgets $0.7m to Reshape S/Leon Oil Facility | Quoted Banks Need N5.3 Billion to Meet CBN's Requirement | More Banks Move to Acquire Stockbrokerage Companies | Stock Market May Record Improved Performance in First Quarter | What Difference Will the Euros Make? | Investors Go for Petroleum Marketers Amid Other Products' | Customs, NPA Move Against Touts at the Ports | Sovereign Trust Grosses N326m as at September 2001 | Abuja Commodity Exchange: Wasting or Waiting? | Paterson Zochonis Industries Plc | Monetary, Credit, Foreign Trade and Exchange Policy Guidelines for 2002/2003 | NEM Insurance Loses N56.7m | CBN Increases Treasury Bills Rediscount Rates | CBN Pegs Savings Deposit at N5,000 | Continental Trust Bank Limited Hosts UNN students |
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Rosicrucian Utopia Calls for a World Govt After UN | New 'Globalisers' Can Thank Free Trade for their Progress | African Nations Make Progress in Fighting Poverty: 2001 Review | Health Aid For Poor Countries |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Community in Search of its Essence | Angelique Kidjo Signs with Columbia | A Happy New Year for Shaggy | Art News |
COMMENT
Bolaji Akinyemi at 60 | New Developments in the Petroleum Industry |
EDITORIAL
Fuel Price Increase |
LETTERS
Salutary Signs from the Senate | GSM Black Market Already? |
FEATURES
Onu Anioma: A Search for Identity | To Prevent War, Prepare for Peace |
CITY DIARY
Who Owns the Baby? | Coke Fetes Orphans at Christmas | Group Marks Anniversary | Jubilation in Lagos Community as Police Arrest Notorious Bandit | Police Diary |
SPORTS
Atlas Lions Storm Mali for Redemption | Amodu Moves to Appease CAF over Deadline | Amodu Picks 26 Players for Egypt Friendly | Keshi, Oliseh, Finidi Confident on Eagles | Job Aims World Cup Place with Goals | Morocco Drops Hadji, Fouhami from Nations Cup | Zambia Hit by Another Withdrawal | Odegbami Tips Eagles for Nations Cup Gold | Japanese Firm Threatens Eagles World Cup Campaign | Nigerian Administrators, Obstacle to Handball Growth | N1.5m Oceanic Bank Sponsorhip for Warriors | AFN Drops Ojokolo from Commonwealth Party |
EXTRA
Ige: A Tribute by the Federal Government |