Saturday March 16th, 2002

NEWS
2003 Presidency: South-east Moves to Draft Ekwueme | Fola Adeola Stands Down as GTB CEO | House Probes N10bn Poverty Alleviation Fund | FG Denies Plans to Attack House Members | IMF Chief Predicts Bright Future for Nigerian Cocoa | Nigeria Restates Position on Bakassi | OBJ to Hold Talks with Mugabe | ASUU Begins Strike Monday over Sacked UNILORIN Members | Obasanjo Commissions NSPMC Abuja Plant | 2003: Group Vows to Resist Rigging | Our Closure is Daylight Robbery-Savannah Bank Chairman | Mortuary Attendants Nabbed for Removing Dead Pregnant Woman's Foetus | Nwuche Warns on Disobedience to Court Order | Ogunkelu Lists NEPAD's Priorities | Okogie to African Leaders: Involve God in Your Activities | Oil Price Hits $24 Per Barrel as OPEC Retains Quota | First Lady Fights Rickets Among Children | Mai Deribe Passes On | 63 MASSOB Members Killed, 1000 Detained Says Uwazurike | Delay in New Rev Allocation Formula Worries NULGE | Obasanjo Launches Sensitisation Programme on Monetary Zone |
STATE OF THE STATES
Benue Varsity Rusticates 15 Suspected Cultists, Expels 6 | NYSC Director Explains Posting of Corps Members' to Restaurants | Imo Youths Condemn SSG's Interference in Party | Abaribe Battles Kalu, Chief Judge over Speaker as Acting Governor | FG, Others Mourn Zayyad | D-Gov. Canvasses Autonomy for State Police Commands | Police Beef up Security for PDP Zonal Convention | PDP Chairman Intervenes in Church-Govt Face-off | WIN Applauds Icheen's Resignation | FG Suspends Posting at FGC, Jos |
COVER
His Excellency, the Turaki | Atiku: Batting for Obasanjo |
CONTROVERSY
Politics of Oil Exploration in the North |
STYLE
toyin sokefun | jumoke akinjide-balogun |
ISSUE
Of Salaries and Bombs |
FLAKES
Fire For Fire, Which Fire? |
MEDIA
News-magazines: In Search of a New Direction | AVF Opens BackHouse Studio |
SATURDAY PLUS
Public Transport Indeed! | estheraudu... 'i was a tomboy' | I Fear for This Democracy - MT Mbu | 'Honey, I'm Off With the Girls' | IBB, a Worthy Statesman - Ogbemudia | Seal, Sade, Bongos, Fela ,Others Share Honours | PMAN President Gets Car Gift |
COMMENT
ICPC In The History of Public Opinion | The FRCN, Yusuf Mamman And the Press |
LETTERS
A Thought for Nigerian Mothers | Thank you, THISDAY |
MAN IN THE NEWS
President Odumegwu Ojukwu? |
WEEKEND BUSINESS
The Union Bank of Our Vision -Kalu | NLNG Boosts IFEM with $8m | Continental Trust Bank Fetes Customers | Banks Blame CBN for the Circulation of Dirty Notes | Investors Trade 79.103m Access Bank's Shares |
CAMPAIGN
Fanta Enters Into Bonding With Teens | New CMCIN Holds Lecture | Prima Garnet Humanitarian Course Takes New Form |
SPORTXTRA
Eagles Back on the Track | Papic Fears for Enyimba If ... | Before Sun Sets for Sunshine Stars | Athletes Seek C'Wealth Spots in Enugu |
BACKPAGE
Eze Goes to School...! |
FOCUS
2003: Will These Women Surprise Men? | Idi-Araba Clash, My Greatest Challenge - Solomon |
HEALTH
'Why Reproductive Health is a Major Issue' |
LIVING
Like Mother, Like... |
SPECIAL REPORT
Na'Abba Vs El-Rufai: Sour Points of Privatisation | Twists and Turns of an Investigation |