Thursday May 9, 2002

NEWS
FG Suspends Use of BAC 1-11 Aircraft | As FG Holds Special Session for Aku Today... | EAS to Pay Victims $50m | FG Orders Full Commercialisation of NNPC | Nigeria Airways Lost N18.4bn in 16yrs - Panel | BPE Again Defends Mint Privatisation | I Will Keep Flying, Says Crash Survivor | Only APP Can Guarantee S/South Presidency - Marshal Harry | ...Party Dissociates Self from Attack on Atiku | House of Reps Refutes Fraud Allegation | Senate Probes Law School Admissions | NDLEA Uncovers New Drug Trafficking Trend | Nigeria Establishes $25m Technical Cooperation Fund | NECO Conducts External SSSC Exam October | FG to Spend N20bn on Rural Electrification | Employ Thugs and Be Fired, PDP Warns Aspirants | Adefarati Asked to Sack Finance Commissioner | Be Courteous to Civilians, AIG Tells Policemen | Exploit Internet to Spread Gospel, Says Pope | Bako Urges Electorate to Vote Wisely | FG Saves N7bn via Research | FG Awards Scholarship to 50,000 Students | Unipetrol Insists on Agip Take-over | Bad Roads: NUPENG Serves Govt Fresh Strike Notice | Gani Drags INEC to Court over Electoral Act | PDP, PLP Merge | Rivers Assembly Summons NLNG MD over Employment Scam | Why Shagari Was Toppled, By Shinkafi | Nwosu Greets Firm over New Diabetic Drug | Ige: Court Rejects 18 Detainees' Bail Request | Experts Alert on Cell Phone Pollution | LASTMA, Area Boys Clash in Oshodi |
POLITICS
LG Tenure: TMG Kicks Against Transition Committees | Na'Abba Not Running for Presidency-Lawmaker | 2003: Osun People Call for Change | 'Igbo Presidency, Not Negotiable' | In Katsina, Gladiators Jostle for Supremacy | 'Why Obasanjo Should have Stepped Aside' | Mbadinuju Should be Given a Breathing Space |
CITY DIARY
Marwa: Flourish of Honours in Lagos | Corpers Seek Support in Project Execution | Man 24, Drown in Private Swimming Pool | Re-distributing Wealth to Stem Crime Wave | Lawyer Petitions IG Over Alleged Murder |
EDITORIAL
The Kano Air Disaster |
LETTERS
Road Accidents are Caused by Distractions, not GSM | Gov Adesina Should Hear this |
COMMENT
Fiscal Policy and Poverty Reduction | Last Card for Another Mandate |
e-BUSINESS
Making the Nigerian Website Work | Law Reports to be Launched on CD | GSM Brand Gets Strong Rating | Siotel Opens Port Harcourt Office | Experts Extol Benefits of IT for Businesses |
COMMUNICATION
Asia Global Crossing Seeks Cash Lifeline | Internet Firm Asks Court to Dismiss Wind-up Suit | Promising Start for HP After Merger Closes | Nigeria Not Doing Well in Telecom - Minister | Waiting for More Nigerian Computers | For VGC, a Telephone System that Speaks for Itself |
BEHIND THE NEWS
Flying With Battered Wings | 'Too premature to Apportion Blame' | History of BAC 1-11 |
ARTS & REVIEW
Producers in Police Net Over Sleaze Films | Eve Raps Lagos to a Stand Still |
THISLIFE
Burden of Being Akanu Ibiam's Daughter | Njaba People's Own Democracy Dividend |
SPORTS
Obiorah Accuses Eagles of Paying to Play | Super Eagles Turn Up in Style | Akiga Takes Over Sports Ministry Monday | Angry Fans Attack Enyimba in Jos | Nwobodo, IGI Condole Kano Plane Crash Victims | Arsenal are Champs | Lagos Sources for N1b to Complete Balogun Stadium | England Relax for Eagles in Dubai | Troubled Tunisia Needs Miracle to Survive | While FIFA Fights, the 'Beautiful Game' Goes On |