Monday February 18th, 2002

NEWS
Obasanjo: I Won't Be President-for-Life | ... 'Gives as Good as He Gets' | Foreign Investors Plan 2,320mw Power Plant for Nigeria | CBN Retires 2,000 Workers | 'We're Not Influenced by IBB' | Bloody Clashes: Afenifere, Rights Group Flay Obasanjo, Awoniyi | Ibori Berates Private Sector's Lukewarm Approach | Lawmaker Tells Elected Officers to Brace Up | Why Legal Aid Council is Weak, By D-G | Soldiers Can't Declare Trade Dispute, Says Adisa | Court Orders Arrest of Gaius-Obaseki | Economy on the Right Track - Kpakol | NSPMC to Commence Printing in Abuja March 15 | Olikoye, Mustapha's Counsel Escape Plane Crash | Workers Blame IMF, World Bank, for Problems of Steel Sector | Arbitration Group Honours Kolade Today | Nigeria Ready to Issue Ecowas Passports | Judge Sues Obasanjo, Uwais, Others | Customs Arrests Arms Smuggling Suspects | Media Awards, Tour a Waste - Wada Nas | FG to Enhance Traditional Rulers' Welfare | Three Peace-keeping Soldiers Die in Sierra Leone | Jobless Woman Gets Presidential Life-line | Youths Want President to Visit Nasarawa | Cattle Breeders Association Raise Alarm over Killings | Aviation Ministry Curbs Indiscriminate Issuance of Licences | Ige: Why Police is After Me - Keyamo's Brother | Robbers Raid Malaolu's Residence | Olikoye Regrets Slow Reaction to HIV Scourge | Cleric Advises Christians to Shun Violence | Lagos to Replace Fela's Seized Land | Adefarati Approves Establishment of Fertilizer Plant | Shagari Counsels Students on Unity | Vision Launched in Nigeria |
STATE OF THE STATES
Fear Grips Workers as Consultant Takes over Revenue Collection | NASFAT Swells Explosion Victims Relief Fund | Education System Collapsed Years Ago, Says Varsity Don | LG Boss Predicts NAPEP's Failure | Group Sets Up AIDS Counseling Centre | Guber Aspirant Flays N/Assembly's Move to Devalue Naira | NLC Flays Aliero's Decision to Buy Aircraft | Govt Moves to Check Graduate Unemployment | Assembly Moves to Resolve Political Crisis |
POLITICS
Sarumi Won't Leave PDP - Lagos PDP Boss | Let Nigerians Benefit from Poverty Eradication Programme-APP | 'Audu's Govt. Has Marginalised Ebiras' | Why I'm Running Against Osoba-Guber Aspirant | Bomb Explosion:PDP Chief Wants Donation Centres Decentralised | NITEL: House, Obasanjo Locked in High-Stake Politics |
BUSINESS
Nigeria's Foreign Reserves Drops to $10.4bn | 'Nigeria's Bonga Field, Largest Discovery in 2001' | FG May Penalise Stevedoring Contractors | The Professional's Dilemma | 'Pepsi Big Hit Promo' Builds Reputation for the Brands | IIL: Mixed Reactions Greet First Bank's Fortune | 'Involve All Stakeholders in Corporate Governance Document' | Afribank Calls Others to Assist Victims | Union Dicon's Fortune Dims in Stock Market | Enron Executives Saw 'Manipulation' | Enron Fires Top Accounting Executives | Packaging Trade Fair Holds in Germany | Nigeria-Japan Sesame Seed Trade Hits N1.9b | Major Divestment in Eko Bank | Strategic Repositioning, Boost to PZ Industries Plc | All-share Index Dips 2.6 Percent | US Shares Slump on IBM Woes | CBN Releases Guidelines for Sale of Travellers' Cheque | 'Abolition of Intra-state Clearing will Boost Payment System' |
MONDAY INTERVIEW
'Our Mandate is to Promote Nigerian Exports' |
ARTS & REVIEW
Scenes and Echoes from the Underground | Arts Council Shifts Gaze to the Living Arts | African Culture Meets Italian Rennaisance |
COMMENT
CNN Reports and National Insecurity | Democracy and its Critics |
EDITORIAL
Honourables, Make Your Pay Public Please! |
LETTERS
Towards Solving NEPA Problems | NITEL, Release My Line |
FEATURES
Has Nigeria a Stake in WTO? | Jos Market: Fortunes Up in Flames |
CITY DIARY
Lagos: Puzzling Rise in Bank Robbery | Women Tasked on Abandoned Children | 'Fear of God is Panacea to Violent Clashes' | When Police Officer Went Gaga |
SPORTS
End of the Road for Amodu's Old Soldiers? | Obasanjo Queries Aku on Ogunjobi's Appointment | NFA Board Reviews Amodu's Contract | Arsenal's New Deal for Vieira | Lewis Confirms June Date with Tyson | Amodu Shuns Glory-seeking Bosnian | Lagos Releases N12m to Athletes | Mallorca Wants FIFA to Hammer Eto'o | 49 Countries Enter for 2004 Nations Cup | Angola Warms Up for African Cup | Hearts Chairman, Zakkour Quits |
EXTRA
The President and His Speech Writers | Between the CIL and IIL |