Sunday March 24th, 2002

NEWS
Assembly Audit: Na'Abba Makes U-turn, Allows Auditors | 2003: Afenifere Want Automatic Ticket for AD Govs | GMN Launch: Councillors Dissociate Selves from ALGON | NLNG Awards $2bn Contract for Plants | House Hearing on Nitel Sale - What El-Rufai Told the House | NLC in Anambra Vows to Disrupt Southern Governors' Meeting | We Will Take over Rivers - APP | Lack of Functional Education, Bane of Nigerians' Development - Dikeoha | PENGASSAN Wants Merger With NUPENG | Obasanjo's Regime is the Most Crisis Ridden - Okadigbo | Nigeria's Safiya to Hear Verdict on Death Monday | Group Restates Commitment to Igbo President | I Have the Best Cabinet - Governor Tinubu | Koran Does Not Approve Stoning-Okogie | Stricking Nigerian University lecturers to loose pay | APP in Zamfara Urges FG to Call Agabi to Order over Sharia Letters | Inter-Parliamentary Union: Women MPs Urge Pardon for Safiya | Nwuche Calls on UN to Be Neutral in Africa's Electoral Institution | Obasanjo Charges Students to Help Develop Nigeria |
STATE OF THE STATES
Court Restrains Arrest of Benue Commissioner | Police Smashes Illegal Firearms Syndicate | Obasanjo Out to Bridge Northern Education Gap - Makarfi | Comprehensive Training for Police , a Must - IG | Mrs. Duke Packages Obudu Cattle Ranch | Medical Director Appeals to Nigeria, Doctors Abroad to Return Home | Ondo, Plateau Workers Protest Non-Payment of Salaries | Hashidu Commissions Ashaka Cement Technology Centre | TSKJ Boosts Education in Bonny, Donate Desks |
COVER
Banks in Crisis: Whizkids or Corporate Mallams? | How it All Began... | How Round-Tripping Works | ...Why it Thrives | Don't Kill the Banks, Cure the Malaise |
ARTSTAND
PACA's Vision for the Artist | Tuesday Fun Gone Sour |
ISSUE
By Their Words We Shall Know Them |
HEALTH
As The Federal Government Reactivate NHIS | Mobiles Worse Than Drink- driving | The Looming Tragedy At Enugu Disabled Centre |
SPECIAL REPORT
Audu Has Marginalised Our People - Senator Ahmed | Kogi: Much Ado About Council Creation | 2003: The INEC Debacle |
COMMENT
Administration of Justice | A Public Relations Dilemma |
LETTERS
Unknown But Trusted President | Dr. Fasheun's Plea on Abacha Associates | Do Not Politicise Office Please |
MOTORING
Cross-Country By Road: A Thrilling Experience | Phoning On Wheels-A Deadly Status-Boosting Act | 7,769 Persons Killed in Road Accidents Last Year |
DISCOURSE
Why Bakassi Belongs to Nigeria |
SUNDAY POLITICS
2003: The President's Possible Southern Opponents | Rumblings in State Houses of Assembly | Can APP Salvage Itself? |
SPECIAL REPORT
Audu Has Marginalised Our People - Senator Ahmed | Kogi: Much Ado About Council Creation | 2003: The INEC Debacle |
SUNDAY COMMENT
Forex Deals: The Way Forward |
RELIGION
Snakes, Serpents, Demons and Devils | Satanic Chapters (3) |
SPORT
Econet Links Abraka as IBTC Goes for Encore | Aficionado Re-launches as THISDAY Supplement | Seve Blast No-Show Sergio | Cadbury Cup: Kano Boasts of Victory in Kaduna | Ogunjobi: Man on a Revamping Mission | Al Ahly Coach Faces Sack in Nairobi | Beckenbauer Backs Blatter Against Hayatou | Arsenal Picks FA Cup Semi-final Ticket | NDL Blends Beach with Handball |
TOURISM
Paradise Reclaimed Lekki Nature Centre Goes Back to the Jungle | Standing on a Rock | Travails of a New Agency |