Friday January 25, 2002

NEWS
Violence Mars PDP Meeting | Senate Rejects Auditor-General Nominee | Fresh Confusion Over MTS Analogue Licence | NA'abba Orders Probe of N3bn Military Pensions | Nigeria, Mali Draw | Judge's Absence Stalls Labour's Suit Against FG | Why We Backed FG Against Labour, by Kwankwaso | 2003: Nominate Only Credible Candidates, Duke Advises PDP | U.S Pledges $296m Aid to Afghanistan | US to Help Boost Nigeria Agricultural Exports | Nigeria Sues for Peace in CAR | PDP Inaugurates New NEC Members, Seeks Reconciliation | Police Welfare Package Inadequate - Tinubu | UBA Releases N1.5bn for Anambra Market on BOT | Ekiti Threatens to Sack Ondo Indigenes | FG Pledges Input Support to Farmers | Albarka Airline Cuts Fares, Secures $3m Foreign Loan | Akwa-Ibom Tops AIDS Chart, Says UNICEF | Accept Supreme Court Verdict on Tenure, LG Boss Tells Govs | Navy Arrests 5 Suspected Pirates | Rural Communities to Enjoy Modern Information | Ibori Seeks ECOWAS First Ladies' Hands on Peace | SPDC Set to Generate 400mw of Electricity | Smith Seeks Judiciary's Cooperation in Crime Fight | Uwais Queries Lagos CJ over Misconduct | Nigeria, Switzerland Sign Debt Rescheduling Pact | FG Urged to Honour Accord with Varsity Workers | ASUU Expels 8 Dons over Pro-govt Activities | OAU Parents' Forum Approves Levy | Borishade Suspends Kaduna Polytechnic Council | Commitment to Rebuild Nigeria Hinges on Peace - Obasanjo | Judge' s Absence Stalls FG Suit Against NLC | Accept Supreme Court Verdict on Tenure, LG Boss Tells Govs. | Nnamani Scores Self High on Performance | Ige: NBA Commends Keyamo over Suspect Hand-over | Assured Workers' Rights Stimulates Business Growth - Anya | AD Boss Lauds Obasanjo over NEPEP | Edo First Lady Extols King's Legacies | CLO Decries High Violence Rate in Enugu | Rewane: Court Rejects Suspects' Bail Application | NDE Spends N4m on 93 Projects in Abia | ESUT Professor Dies in Flat Blaze | Defected Christian Pilgrim are Traders - CPC | CFAO Hosts Tinubu |
State of the States
Why I Set up State Electoral Commission--Tinubu | Relocate to Dutse or Quit, Civil Servants Told | House Plans Law on Better Funding for NYSC | Commissioner Criticises New Pension Rates | Jos Crisis: Commission Chairman Warns Trouble Makers | Gwoza LG Renovates 12 Schools | U.S to Help Boost Nigeria's Agric Exports | Assembly Complex Ready for Use Next Week |
POLITICS
2003: Opinion Poll Forces Aso Rock Back to Drawing Board | Obasanjo Tasked on Restructuring | Ige's Politics was Bad-Cleric | Council Dissolution Undemocratic, Says LG Boss | Bashorun Joins Lagos PDP Guber Race | Upholding the Legacy of Ahmadu Bello | Electoral Law: The Unresolved Issues |
BUSINESS
FG May Increase Navigational Charges to $90 | Association to Importers, Agents: Shun Fraud | Lafarge Unfolds Plan for WAPCO, AshakaCem | Shell Denies Sacking Rivers State Indigenes | LAWAN Holds Delegates Conference, Elects New Officers | The Need to Organising the Jobless | Workers Advise Govt to Ensure Affordability of Houses | 'IDA Supports Imprisoned Korean Trade Unionists' | ILO Launches 'Red Card' for Child Labour in Africa | Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Director Bags OBE | United Trust Assurance Appoints Gam-Ikon Director | Union Assurance Promotes Three Staff | 100 Firms Register for India, Nigeria Trade Meet | Prudent Valucard Holder Wins Star Prize | Guinness Gordon Spark Hits Lagos | Destination Inspection: A Scheme for Revenue Windfall from Imports | Lack of Logistics Hampers Fight Against Smugglers | NMA Appoints New Secretary | Dust over Navigational Charges | Contractor Assures on Lagos Airport Terminal Project | Toward Faster Poverty Reduction | Vandalisation Threatens Newly Imported Railway Equipment | Sacked NRC Workers Threaten Court Action | Fraudsters Invade Nigeria Railways | Banire Tasks Oil Marketers on Truck Parks | Glut Takes Toll on Equities' Prices | Banker Seeks More Investment in Telecoms | Omegabank Presents Gifts to Ex-chairman | SGBN to Assist Ekiti State Government |
WEEKEND REVIEW
A Legend Goes on Rampage | Kween Adds Colour to the Music Scene | Black Roots' Journey of the Mind |

COMMENT
My Man of the Year | Obasanjo and ASUU |
EDITORIAL
Leopold Sedar Senghor (1906-2001) |
LETTERS
Presidential Visit and Kwara APP | Re: Cop Shoots Police Chief |
FEATURES
Ige: The Many Challenges of a Noble Death |
HEALTH
WHO Pledges to Developing Countries | AfrabChem Rewards Staff, Distributors | Drug Scare at UNTH | Dietician on Effective Herbal Healing | Does Indian 'Ayurveda' Have An Answer to AIDS? |
CITY DIARY
Cleric Foresees End to Cele Crisis | Ijebu Ife Marks Annual Day | Oshiomhole Unhappy With NUJ Leadership |
SPORTS
Weah Disowns President Taylor, Liberian Govt | Radebe Fears Worst for S/Africa | ...Resigns as Technical Director of Liberian Team | Lagos Agog for Shell Cup | Quinton's Misfortune Cost South Africa Against Ghana | Bocande Craves Eagles for Senegalese Lions | My Popularity Could Kill Me- Weah | Tyson Apologises for Unruly Act | Romario Dropped from Brazilian Party |
EXTRA
2003: Before the Babangida Candidacy | Soyinka, Not 'A Wasted Generation' | The 1998 5-Million-man March |