Monday March 4th, 2002

NEWS
Modakeke Declares 'Self Rule,' Appoints 'Chairman' | Zimbabwe Divides Commonwealth Along Racial Lines | Telecom Deregulation Saves FG $10bn - BPE | THISDAY EIG Holds Economic Briefing Today | Pastor Tunde Bakare Regains Freedom | Gauis-Obaseki Appears in Court over Contempt Charge Today | IBB Rally Disrupted in Port Harcourt | 336 'Blind' Regain Sight in Ondo | Newsmen Urged to Stop Praise Singing | Cameroun's Hold on Bakassi Feeble, Says Don | 'Sack of Electoral Chiefs a Bad Omen' | Rivers PDP Crisis: Graham-Douglas, Awuse, Others Petition Atiku | Lawmaker Cautions Colleagues on Presidency/House Rift | My Survival, A Miracle-Nwizu | Ghanaian President to Commission Yar'Adua Centre March | Ita-Giwa Wants Anti-Violence Retreat Decisions Made Public | Lagos LGs Stand Dissolved from June 1 - Speaker | Sokoto Psychiatric Hospital Buildings Collapsing | Chevron Earmarks $345m for Facilities | Assembly Surmmons Commissioner, SSG over Extra Spending | Mbang Cautions Foreign Media on Negative News | Lagos Government Spends N83m on Explosion Victims | AD Senator Gives Conditions for Adesina's Re-election | UNIPORT Set to Host NANS Convention | Water Summit Holds Today in 14 States | NLC Decides on Labour Party Tomorrow | NIA Denies Hand in Officer's Death | Bauchi LG Spends over N300m on Amenities | Time Set for Return of Taraba Displaced Persons | Middle-aged Man Resides in Cave | Benue Committee for New LG's Receives 111 Requests | 'Students Face Bleak Academic Future' | Investigate Savannah Bank Closure, FG Urged | Agip Donates Another N3m Materials to Disaster Victims | FG Sets Up Urban Development and Housing Committee | Our Democracy Must Not Die - Tinubu | Nigerdock: Core Investor to Relocate to Nigeria | Obasanjo Urged to Intervene in Abia PDP Crisis | Peace Forum Holds in Umuahia |
State of the States
Sokoto Indigenes Poised to Take Education to Greater Heights | UNN Management Dissociates Self from Illegal Broadcast Station | No Zero Allocation to Local Councils -- Tukur | We Have Started Implementing RMAFC Recommended Salaries --NASS |
POLITICS
2003: Posters Announce Ebonyi Speaker's Governorship Bid | Borno Assembly Extends Recess by Three Weeks | 'Obasanjo Isn't the Cause of Nigeria's Problems' | Kogi Traditional Rulers Endorse Audu for 2003 | 2003: No Alternative to Aliero -Aide | When Audu Signed Kogi LG Bill into Law | INEC and the Fear of 2003 |
BUSINESS
Investors Stake N832.6m for 90.4m Shares | Seven Companies' Financial Results | CBN Keeps N31bn, Sells $36.8m | Banker Calls For Holistic Approach to Economic Policies | Fountain Trust Nets N583.4m |
ARTS & REVIEW
Sade Adu's Lovers Rock Wins the Grammy |
COMMENT
Rebellion: Between Savimbi and Taylor | Savannah Bank: Disaster Foretold |
EDITORIAL
Softly, Softly Chief Kuye | ... Of Distress Fear and Sentiments |
LETTERS
BPE and Investors Agony |
FEATURES
Mobilising Finance for Nigeria's Future | When LBS Sent Kolade Off |
CITY DIARY
Amorc Offers Free Membership to Anglican Priests | Nwizu, Immigration Boss, Resumes After Medical Treatment Overseas | Council Boss Bags Performance Award |
SPORTS
Vassell, Other Kid wonders Boost England's Hopes | Weah Pleads for Disbanded Eagles | Mboma Hits Target on Full Debut | ...Egypt's Said Fails Dope Test | Fraudsters Swindle Another Foreign Coach over Eagles | Disabled Marathoners Take over Ikorodu Road | El Aynaoui, Santoro Win Dubai Tennis |
EXTRA
How Not to Involve Banks in Funding Education | Don't Let Mugabe Hide |