Friday March 8, 2002

NEWS
FG to Crackdown on 'Agents of Destabilisation' | Savannah Bank Remains Sealed | We Considered Dumping Nigeria, Says IMF | Marginal Fields: 70 Firms Shortlisted for Final Bids | I Sent Strike Force to Monitor NADECO Rally - Al-Mustapha | Bakassi: Nigeria Faults Cameroun on Boundary | Confusion over $185m Loan to NITEL | Senate Dismisses Sovereign National Conference Bill | 3 Ex-servicemen Die Awaiting Pension in Abuja | Police Investigate Alleged Stealing of N14m by Legislators | Students' Protest, Thugs Mar PDP Rally | House Suit: Obasanjo's Counsel Escapes Contempt Charge | Dikibo, Harry Trade Tackles over Rivers' PDP Congress | Controlled Detonations Begin in Ikeja Cantonment | Ezeife, Amechi Head Anambra Peace Panel | Two Feared Dead in Ibadan Poly Cult Clash | Assembly Verifies Council Projects | Police Return Robbed N5m | NDE Begins Unemployed Census | Good Chance bin Laden is Dead, Says French Defence Minister | Court Awards N2.6bn Damages Against NNPC | Why Poverty Alleviation Schemes Fail, By CDRT | Moves to Suspend Speaker, Deputy Flop | School Girl Does Nigeria Proud in America | Ibori Faults NDDC Structures | Saraki Tasks Obasanjo on Security | Atiku Condoles Yar'Adua | Civil Servants Build Staff Secondary School | Sokoto Psychiatric Hospital Cries Out for Support | Armed Robbers Stage Come Back in Yola | Nigeria Still Committed to Pan-African Vision - Ogunkelu | Katsina School of Basic Studies Gulps N177m | 2003: Obasanjo's Silence Generates Tension, Says PDP Chief | FG Moves to Resettle Ajaokuta Villagers | Igbo Count Losses in Idi-Araba Crisis | Council Bosses to Blame for Zero Allocations, Says Gana | Maccido Urges Rulers to Steer Clear of Politics | Suspected Dealer in Human Parts Nabbed in Gombe |
State of the States
New Electoral Chiefs are PDP Members, Says Bafarawa | National Open University Re-opens Soon - Borishade | Politicians Told to Ensure Democracy's Success | Atiku To Flag Off Democracy Seminar Wednesday | New LG Indigenes to Ensure Smooth Take-off | Monarchs Reject New Tariff for 'Fancy' Number Plates | Fire Guts LG Boss's Residence |
POLITICS
C/River PDP Suspends Six Lawmakers | Why Obasanjo Should Not Seek Re-election, by PDP Chief | Retired General Canvasses Support for Obasanjo/Atiku | Bomb Blast: Politician Want Ikeja Residents Relocated | Oshodi Tasks Women Politicians | Pay Kogi Pensioners Benefits, Audu Urged | 2003: Will They Run Again? | The Politics of Smith's Exit |
BUSINESS
Savannah Bank: NUBIFIE Assures Members of Entitlements | FG Urged to Reposition Nigerian Railways | Apapa Port Records N5bn Revenue | Ajaokuta Steel Company Employs 19 Graduate Indigenes | TUC Calls for Special Resource Allocation to Lagos State | Privatisation: NLC Scribe Assures of Harmonisation of Position | Staff Welfare Paramount, Says Eleganza Director | Ghanaian Unionist Cautions Nigerians on Time - Consciousness | Textile Workers Condemn CNN's Report on Disasters | Ajose, Ajai-Akhile Join USP Board | Enugu Governor Commends Kolade Foundation | EIB Gets New Board of Directors | Union Calls Minister's Attention to Crisis in Unity Schools | 'Our Challenge is to Come out from the Rear' | Irukwu, Sarumi Others Task Stakeholders on Cargo Defence Fund | Akagwu, Agu, Others Win Award | Harmonization of Freight Forwarders Association Soon | Nigerdock: New Investors Put Ship Building on Hold | Court Consolidates Bank's N24m Judgment | 40 Leading Women to Get Global Award | Nigeria Contracts NAVAIDS Calibration to Senegal | El-Rufai and Privatisation of Nigeria Airways | Touts, Police: Commuters', Drivers' Nightmare | New Locomotives Will Boost Passenger Traffic - NRC Boss | Lack of Police Report Stalls Investigation | Between European Airlines and 'Maltreatment' of Africans |
MARKET NEWS
Onosode Kicks Against Unclaimed Dividend Trust Fund | Niger Insurance Trades 6m Shares for N18.4m |
MONEY GUIDE
Bank of Industry Lists Conditions for Project Financing | IFEM Demand Shrinks, Cost of Funds Leaps | Fortune Bank Beefs Up Capital Base |
HEALTH
New Threat to Health in Africa | 'How to Live Well and Live Long' | Another Agenda for Reproductive Health |
WEEKEND REVIEW
A Coalition on Rescue Mission | Actors Talk Democracy on Theatre Day | ....Battle to Save the Theatre Goes International |
COMMENT
Maduekwe and the New Social Order | Still On State and LG Relations |
EDITORIAL
For a Task Force on Cultism |
LETTERS
Let's Save Ibrahim Awolesu |
FEATURES
Towards Responsive Governance | An Ambassador's Love for Nigeria |
CITY DIARY
A Police at the End of Its Tether | Beyond the Rent Subsidy, Promotion Palaver | Igbo, Hausa Community Move to Shun Ethnic Clahses | Borno: 'We Have Battled Crime to Stand Still' | Traditional Ruler Moves to Regain Palace | Wives of Nigerian Governors Stranded in Libya | Eastern Christian Summit Comes on Stream |
RIGHT OF REPLY
Vanity and the Babangida Scholars | Misdirected Attack | The Force of Nemesis | Let the Debate End | 2003: Before the Babangida Candidacy (II) | Selling a Bad Product | Leave Maradona Alone | Aliero's Abracadabra in Kebbi |
SPORTS
Eagles: Onigbinde Promises Surprise | Corporate Golfers Hit Kaduna for Econet Challenge | HFN Will not Rehabilitate Players- Scribe | Sacked NFA Staff Appeal to Senate | Police Face CAVB Sanctions | Bayern Offer N50m for Song | Amokachi Passes Rapid's Medical Test | London to Host Eagles Paraguay Friendly | Amao Eyes Eaglets Job | Sports Ministry Calls Edo State's Bluff | ...Re-Admits Swimming for Manchester 2002 | No Automatic Shirt for Any Player -Onigbinde | Williams Sisters to Tour Nigeria in September | AACO Top 20 Finalist Emerge |