Tuesday January 15, 2002

NEWS
Suspect: Omisore Plotted Ige's Murder | Fuel Price: FG, Labour Talks Deadlocked | Bush Faints, Recovers, Says 'I Feel Great' | MTS Insists on Conspiracy Over Licence | Obasanjo, Bouteflika Sign Lagos-Algiers Highway, Pipeline Projects | Nasarawa Dragged to Court over N470m Contract | Senate Committee Chairman Tackles Na'Abba on Electoral Act | Obasanjo Seeks Workers Dedication to Duty | "Enron Saga Exposes American Hypocrisy" | Federation Account Suit: States Demand Statement of Account | Robbers Sack Checkpoint, Fleece Victims | Assembly Resumes, Rains Curses on Ige's Killers | Car Snatching Gang Kills 4 in Lagos | UNIBEN's N73m Power Project for Launch | EU Becomes Biggest Economic Power Soon, Says Envoy | Egwu Berates ASUU over Plan to Join Fuel Strike | Julius Berger Wins N2bn Railways Contract | BPE Hosts National Policy Dialogue | Euro Parliament Condemns Death Sentence on Safiya | Gemade Denies Defecting to APP | Rotary Reiterates Commitment to Polio Eradication | Odili Makes Case for Oil Communities | Ex-staff Wants N10m Damages | Ex-Biafran Envoy to UK Dies | Imo Consumers Owe NEPA N1.2bn | Auchi Poly Rusticates 268 Students | FRSC to Prosecute Under-age Drivers | Rivers Holds Church Service for Fallen Heroes | Zamfara Poised to Conduct LG Election in April | Nigerians Urged to Unite, Move Nation Forward | NYSC Bars 46 Pregnant Corps Members from Camp | Depressed Economy Gets N56bn Boost | Customs Seizes Textile Materials in Capsized Boat | Nigeria to Explore Military Cooperation with Iran - Danjuma | Obasanjo Laments Dearth of Training in Civil Service | Plan to Impeach Delta Speaker Scuttled | Anti-riot Policemen Drafted to Benue Assembly | Taxi Operators Commence Strike over Fuel Price Hike | Ige's Death One Assassination Too Many - Maduekwe | George, Ige's Elder Brother, Passes on |
STATE OF THE STATES
Warri Refinery Maintenance on Course - Lawan | Biggest Marble Church in Africa Inaugurated | Mbadinuju Grants Amnesty to 27 Prisoners | Pensioners Accuse Kalu of Unfulfilled Promises | Fisheries College Takes off Soon | Odili Makes Case for Oil-Bearing Communities | 'Unmask Kemebigha's Killers And Collect N2m' | PDP Stalwart Condemns Govt Critics | Director Seeks Restoration of NDE's Original Ideals | Strike: Patients Desert Hospital |
POLITICS
Ige Got A Glorious Burial -Tinubu | Bakassi: Assembly Wades Into Row | Gani Launches Book on Fuel Price Increases | 2003: Battle For the South-East | Those Who will Miss Ige | Osun: Once Upon a Peaceful State |
BUSINESS
19 New French Companies Enter Nigerian Market | SGS, Pre-shipment Agency, Switches Focus to Manufacturing | Year 2002 Portends Slight Economic Improvement, Say Industrialists | OPS Urged to Remain Focused, Add Value to Society | UK, Germany, France Others Confirm Participation in Kaduna International Fair | 2002 Anticipation of NBC | SA Firm Extends Takeover Offer | Obasanjo to Commission Grand Hotel Asaba | Bus-world Mobilises SME Operators for Auto Fair in China | Harrods Plans Come Under the Spotlight | Oak Natural Water Bags Corporate Achievers Award | 'Infrastructural Devt Key Determinant of 2002 Agribusiness' | Shell Wants ExxonMobil in $14b China Gas Pipeline Bid | US Opens Probe of Enron | OPEC Output Down 970,000 bpd in Dec | Global Oil Outlook for Year 2002 | Lukman Heads For Russia Next Month as Pact Looks Shaky | Stock Market Will Remain Victim of High Interest Rates in 2002 - Asalu | US Stocks Start Week on Sour Note | CBN Sells $35.2m at IFEM | Bank of the North Waives Charges for Pilgrims | Zimbabwe's Forex Shortage Deepens |
HOME & REAL ESTATE
FG Prepares Policy to Guide Land based Activities | Govt. Urged to Budget for Housing in 2002 | FG Moves to Construct Three Boreholes, Mop up Oil Spill | Edu: NCF Loses Life President/ Founder | Ban on Old 'Tokunbo' an Environment Friendly Decision | Update on World Summit on Sustainable Development |
LAW & JUDICIARY
From the Editor | Is Electoral Law Valid And Enforceable? | Ige's Vision of Justice Reform | 'Justice System Should Incorporate Traditional Systems of Dispute Settlement' | 'Ige Worked Tirelessly for Reform of Justice Sector' - Okocha | N/Assembly Should Repeal Electoral Law and Reenact New One | 'Documents Must be Translated in Open Court' | 'Medical Evidence not Necessary to Prove Death' | "High Court's Jurisdiction on Land is Unlimited' |
ARTS & REVIEW
A Celebration for the Man of Peace |
COMMENT
Rejuvenating Yoruba Politics | Deregulating Nigerian Security System |
EDITORIAL
Fuel Prices: Dialogue, Not Strike |
LETTERS
Giving Honour to Whom it is Due | Well Done Gov Tinubu, But ... |
FEATURES
What to Do About Infertile Women |
CITY DIARY
Immigration Raises Taskforce on Deportees, Human Trafficking | Disabled Persons Decry Second Class Treatment | Cele Holds Crusade |
SPORTS
Fans 'Mob' Eagles on Arrival in Bamako | NFA Orders Akwuegbu to Standby for Kanu | Erico Roots for Shorunmu Despite Eagles' Blunder | No NFA Official to Receive Team | President Taylor Begs Debbah to Join Lone Star |
EXTRA
An Epitaph for an Unlikely Martyr |