Wednesday February 27th, 2002

NEWS
CBN to Banks: Sit Up Or Be Shut | IG Vows to Flush Out Striking Policemen | Assurance Bank: CBN to Assess Preferred, Reserve Bidders | US Bomb Experts Arrive, May Move Residents from 'Danger Area' | Pension: Ex-Biafran Soldiers Petition House, Decry Injustice | Ogbeh Mediates Obasanjo, House Face-Off | Nigerians' Commitment to Democracy Unshakable, Says Gana | Court Upholds Dantoro as Borgu Emir | Ibru: Judge Accuses Bamaiyi, Others of Ploy to Delay Trial | NCP Asks Lagos Assembly to Probe Enron | Afenifere Denies Pulling Out of AD | Pension Arrears Hit N242bn Mark | TotalFinaElf Begins Crude Oil Production on Amenam Field | FG, States Share N70.197bn | Tinubu Takes Case of Insecurity to Presidency | NAFDAC Destroys N67.2m Unsafe Products | Resource Control: Nwuche Commends Group | FG Releases N117m for Wushishi Dam | Cameroun Concludes First Oral Argument Against Nigeria | Police Charge 119 Okada Operators with Arson | 2003: I Await Newsmen's Greenlight, Says Haruna | FG Loses N10m Yearly to Illegal Miners | 30 Journalists for ICT Training in Ethiopia | FG Urged to Establish Land Use Commission | Housing fund Beneficiaries Advised on Use | Hashidu Constitutes Sharia Implementation Panels | Lamido Urges Journalists to Ascertain Democracy Benefits | UNITA Accuses Portugal over Savimbi's Death | Students Drag Satellite Campus Co-ordinator to Court | Anyim Takes Debt Case to Netherlands | FG Urged to Fish Out Sponsors of Violent Clashes | NNPC Recovers 57 Trucks from Army | Mrs. Atiku Opposes Sex Before Marriage | Lawmaker Faults PDP on Presidency/House Rift | Ex-Commissioner Blames Military for Police Woes |
POLITICS
2003: 'Obasanjo Will Return on Merit' | Rights Group Scores Tinubu Low on Social Miscreants | Ekiti Set to Create Additional Councils | Obasanjo and the Politics of God |
BUSINESS
CBN May Clamp Down on Another Bank | 'Delayed Budget Threatens Marine Insurance Business' | SBN: Blues for Investors in 12 Firms | Savannah Bank: Other Shareholders Want Fair Share | Okada Riders to Wear Uniform - Banire | World Bank Solicits Assistance in Meeting Poverty Reduction Goals | Enpee Replaces Board Chairman | IPWA Re-Engineers Operations - MD | The Global Village Reality | Rebuilding Confidence in the Insurance Industry | FG Summons NSE's Director General over Savannah Bank | Manual Trading Depresses Transactions | US Stocks Sail Higher | Banks' Contribution to SME's Hit N6.1bn | City Express Bank Donates To Bomb Explosion Victims | First Atlantic Bank Goes Public |
EDUCATION
Relevance of Sustainable Communication in Education | Group Calls for Minister's Intervention | British Council Donates Library |
ARTS & REVIEW
FESTAC and the Irony of a Celebration | Local Belt for Soap Opera |
COMMENT
Requiem for Ikeja Bomb Victims | Nigeria and the 21st Century |
EDITORIAL
Mugabe and the Opposition |
LETTERS
Letter to Gov. Mu'azu | Strikes too Many |
FEATURES
In Search of Peace |
CITY DIARY
Boy,10,Kidnapped at Ikorodu | Police Nab 6 Fraudsters |
SPORTS
Obienu Predicts Doom for Nigeria | Amodu's Sack, Predictable - Ikpeba | Nuga President Speaks on NUGA Games 2002 | Ogbeha Laments Dearth of Inter-House Sports | Amodu Lashes Critics | Eight States Ready for Sports Festival | Sports Ministry Keeps Federations Guessing | FCMB Plans First Disabled Marathon in Lagos | FIFA Allows Beer Sales at World Cup | Panathinaikos Bench Olisadebe for Fitness Problem |
EXTRA
What is Babangida's Place in History? |