Thursday March 21st, 2002

NEWS
Council Chairmen Form Party | Ife to Modakeke: 'Self Govt' is Invitation to Bloodbath | Sharia States Should Modify Criminal Laws - FG | Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader Charged with Treason | NNPC, Partners Sign $1.97bn LNG Trains IV, V | IG Launches Operation Fire for Fire | Govt Assures GSM Operators, Users | Benue PDP Threatens to Discipline Icheen | $185m Loan to Nitel is Illegal - Commissioner | Mantu Calls for Cancellation of Africa's Debt | FG to Reconstruct Nigeria/Lake Chad Transnational Highway | Police Takes Over Bayelsa Assembly Complex | Fresh LG Polls Impossible - TMG | FG Water Schemes in Kebbi Abandoned, Says Commissioner | Kenyan Airways Crash: FG Not Insensitive to Victims | 3 Die, 20 Injured in Luxury Bus Crash | APP About to Sign its Death Warrant, Says Wada Nas | Aspirant Wants Enugu Killings Probed | House Summons to Finance Commissioner Worries Edo PDP | Okadigbo Decries Use of Military to Quell Riots | Sanga Crisis: Police Refutes Allegation | ASUU Warms Up for Another Showdown | NMA Decries Poor Resource Management in Health Sector | 1999 Sagamu Riot Has No Political Undertone, Says Osoba | UTB/Chagoury: Companies File N1.3bn Counter Claim | Okogie Condemns ASUU Strike | 300 Policemen Promoted in Imo | 'Delta Not Insensitive to Plight of Victims of PDP Rally Clash' | Fraud: Police Arrest 10 Ebonyi Workers | Farmers Get N12.5bn FG Loan | First Atlantic Bank Heads for Stock Market | 'NEPA's Tariff Hike not Induced by IMF' | Kebbi APP Chieftains Decamp to UNDP | Okupe Joins Ogun Gubernatorial Race | Benue: Force Hqtrs Takes Over Probe of N14m Fraud Allegation | Contempt: BCE Opens Argument Against NNPC's Objection | Govt Maintains Cordial Relationship with Catholic Church - Nnamani | Speaker's Resignation: Akume Absolves Self of Blame | 'We Did Not Snub Audu Ogbeh' | New Electoral Commissioner Resumes in Bayelsa |
State of the States
Anyaoku, Anyim, Mbanefo, Others Join Peace Committee | FG to Spend N326m on Water Projects in Cross River |
POLITICS
2003: I'm Ready to Defend My Seat- Tinubu | Gov's Aide Condemns Attacks on FG | Youths Woo Banker for Kebbi Guber Race | Cross River: When Combatants Fish in Turbulent Waters | 'Nigerians Should be Grateful for this Democratic Dispensation' |
e-BUSINESS
Will NITEL Ever Roll Out its GSM? | Pragmatic Technologies Launches G-Max Desktop PC | SEC Enters Third Phase NNPC VSAT Network | Tranter Introduces Protection Against EMail Viruses | Redington, Intel Dealer, Showcases Benefits of Pentium 4 Processor | IDG Vice President visits Nigeria | Omimi4u.com Moves Trade Fair Date | Afribank Connects 71 Branches Online | S&P Downgrades UMC | Minolta Printers Plan Big for Nigerian Market | SAN Introduces People's-Fon | Motorola Eases Communication with Two-Way Radios | Information Dissemination: Media Workers and ICT Tools Development (II) |
COMMUNICATION
Econet's Network Could be Better, Says Official | DHL Waives 'No-Work-No-Pay' Rule | eTranzact's Debut to Revolutionise e-Commerce - Sybase Boss | Swift Couriers Partners UK Firm | Zinox Has Become a Public Trust - Stan Ekeh | Senate Hearing: COREN, NSE, Recommend Radical Approach for IT | Qwest and Metromedia Fiber Focus on Debt Issues |
MARKET NEWS
Osun State Pledges Support for Privatisation | Market Capitalisation Appreciates 0.6 Per cent |
MONEY GUIDE
Shell, ExonMobil Inject $11m into IFEM | 'Standard Chartered Bank Here to Stay' | ANAN Holds Professional Programs in Enugu |
COMMENT
The Presidency and Ogun Guber Race | The Truth About Corruption |
EDITORIAL
Exit of the Only Madam Speaker |
LETTERS
What's in the Name Festus? | Re: Why ICPC, NAPEP Will Fail |
THISLIFE
Taking Destiny in Their Own Hands | Acclaim for 'Women Friendly' Governors |
CITY DIARY
Again, Another Building Gives Way |

SPORTS
Colarado Rapids Fire Amokachi for Unfitness | ...His Manager Shocked | Pacheco Turns Down Eagles' Job | Chilavert Dropped for Nigerian Match | IOC Offers Grants to Federations | Eagles' Strikers Pull Out of Paraguay Clash | American Court Awards Bash $2.1million | Zimbabwe Survives C'Wealth Games' Axe |
EXTRA
Before the Slide into Adoration Ground... |