Friday January 18, 2002

NEWS
NLC Heeds Court Order, Calls Off Strike | Obasanjo to Ibori: You Control Resource, I Manage It | Electoral Law: Uwais, 6 Others to Hear Suit | Agip/Unipetrol: Board Against Merger | Lawmaker, 3 Others Nabbed over Olagbaju's Murder | FG Denies $2bn Grant with IMF | Privatisation: Matad Group Bids N310m for Durbar Hotel | Anyim Faces Fresh Trouble | Obasanjo, Menezes Task Board on Protocol Implementation | LGs May Get Direct Allocation | N/Assembly Gets Bill to Make Obasanjo Sign Bills at Joint Sittings | Oputa Vs IBB: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing to April 18 | Nigeria Marks Pan African Post Day | Nigerian Student Kills 3 in US | Transport Masterplan to Gulp N700m | Atiku Tasks Traditional Rulers on Peace | Afe Babalola Tipped as new AG | Isyaku Ibrahim, NUJ Condemn Arrest of Labour Leaders | FG Chides EU over Safiya | FG Releases N1bn to Varsities | Ibori Explains Govs' Stand on Fuel Prices | Why Lagosians Stayed Indoor, By Okiro |
State of the States
Bauchi NLC Raises Posers on Excess Oil Revenue | Assembly Tasks Govt on Security | Mambilla Groups Demand New Land Ownership Formula | 400 Primary School Teachers Sacked | Second Pepsi Big Hit Winning Number Out |
POLITICS
PDP Chieftains Decamp to AD in Ogun | INEC Gears Up for 2003 | PDP 'll Win in Ogun - Okupe | Yoruba Want Second Term for Obasanjo - Olumilua | APP Denies Adopting Bucknor-Akerele as Candidate | 'Offor Group Cannot Take Over Anambra PDP' | APP: Postponing A Day of Reckoning | Day Labour Ground Nigeria to A Halt |
BUSINESS
'100 Percent Examination Has Sanitised the Ports' | Airways to Resume Flights on Regional Routes in March | Cross River to Decongest Calabar Port | False Declarations: Will Importers Drop Old Habit? | Import Duty: Agents Ask for Commission | Recession, Blessing in Disguise for Local Ports | Maritime Operator Hails NMA over IMO Whitelist | U.S. May Help Raise Mystery Ship | Licence Fees: FG Intervenes in Agents, Customs Face-off | 20 Countries Agree to Beef up Security of Sea Transport | Bintulu Port May Become Premier Trans-shipment Hub | NCAA Directs Airlines to Begin Campaign Against Use of Cellphones Aboard Aircraft | Virgin Atlantic Introduces $499 Fare for Lagos-London Route | FAAN Holds Workshop on Prosecution of Airport Offenders | 'We'll Smoothen Grey Areas with South African Airways' | Railway Workers Clamour for a Seperate Ministry | LASG May Pull AP Fence to Allow Traffic Flow | Union Postpones Planned Rail Strikes | FG May Order Fresh Auditing of Railway Properties | IFEM Records More Patronage as Strike Loses Steam | IGI to Unveil Eight New Products | Economist Gives Variables for Development |
WEEKEND REVIEW
The Sweet Chariot of Freedom | Carnival of Creativity and Ideas in Minna | A Vote for All or Nothing | Afonja Goes Back to History | A Tale of Broken Silence |
COMMENT
NEPA: Beyond the Megawatts | Osoba's Development Initiatives |
EDITORIAL
Government and Crisis Management |
LETTERS
Igala Education Summit and Misrepresentation |
FEATURES
Rehabilitating the Living Dead | Day Abuja Showcased Nigerian Culture | When GSM 'Fever' Hit Onitsha |
HEALTH
Cesarean Section: Ordeal of Women |
CITY DIARY
'Marriage to Holy Spirit, a Fulfillment of Covenant' | Churches Urged to Comply With Building Regulations | Body Raises Alarm over Sexual Abuse of Female Destitutes | Delta Community Pleads for Quick Completion of Road Project | Islamic Body Decries Escalating AIDS Scourge | 7 Die in Multiple Auto Crash in Benin | Union Assurance GM Bags Title |
SPORTS
Adamu Elected to CAF Executive Committee | Eagles Shut-out Ogunjobi, Insist on Allowance | Coca-Cola Sure of Eagles' Success in Mali | African Nations Cup: How It All Began | Is Mali Ready for Africa? | Schafer Confident of Lions' Success in Mali | CAF Decides on Oruma Today | Lewis, Others Hail Ali on Birthday |
EXTRA
As Power Blocs Implode |