Monday May 20, 2002

NEWS
Obasanjo: Abacha Deal, Hardest Decision of My Life | ...Supreme Court Judgment on Resource Control Must Be Obeyed | EAS Crash: Aircraft Overshot Runway - Witness | INEC Vows to Go Ahead with Guidelines | Swiss Court Slams $1.8bn Against NNPC | US Detects New Terror Threat | US, Norway Oil Firms to Build New LNG Plants in Nigeria | Police to Promote Graduates from Constables Upwards | Why We Joined PDP - PLP National Chairman | Fire Guts Minna Central Market | Makarfi Refutes Allegation of Assembly Inducement | LG Boss Threatens Sani with Akanbi Commission | Kabbah Triumphs in Sierra Leone | Aspirant Chides Ogbeh over Plateau PDP Crisis | Obasanjo in a Better Position to Rule - Ekwueme's Son | Senate Begins Review of Media Laws June 2 | Adefarati Halts Creation of New Councils | Video on bin Laden Released in London | Forum Vows to Resist Oil Firms' Threat | Ohanaeze Youth Call for Nzeribe's Recall | Akinloye Can't Become Olubadan, Says Council | Kokori Scores Oshiomhole-led NLC 75% | Romania Offers Aviation Aid | FG List Plans to Halt Desert Encroachment | ASUU Wants New V-C at UNILORIN | ECOMOG May Redeploy Troops to Liberia, Says Minister | Lagos Moves to Create 37 More LGAs | Adamawa House Gets Service Commission | Igbinedion, Parties Unite Against Thuggery | Rigging, Threat to Igbo Presidency - Onoh | NEPA Workers Pledge to Redeem Image |
STATE OF THE STATES
Lagos Approves Measures to Check Collapse of Buildings | Why Polio Persists in N/West, By Experts | Poly Expels 23 Students over Exam Fraud | Guber Aspirant Defends AD | Nnamani Asks CBN to Restore N1 Note | Politicians, NOA Canvass Peaceful Polls | Robbers Kill 2 at Fuel Station | Group Canvasses Reinstatement of Ada Palm Boss | Group Advises Politicians | PDP Strategises on Successful Polls |
POLITICS
2003: Afenifere in Decisive Meeting Today | Anambra: ALGON Vows to Resist Dissolution | Ex-Abia Speaker Denies Involvement in Arms | 'Why Nigerians Are Still Poor' | Plateau: Combatants in Epic Battle |
EDITORIAL
Drums of War in Liberia |
LETTERS
Celibacy, Catholic Church and the Rest of Us | MTN and Access Time |
COMMENT
On the National Volunteer Service Scheme | Nzeribe and Igbo Leadership |
BUSINESS
Workers Insist on NEPA's Commercialisation, Not Privatisation | Communities, Shell Worried over Threats to Gas Plant | Cadbury, Unilever Battle for Knorr Franchise | Can UACN Sustain its Current Profitability? | Stock Market Operators, Investors Warned Against Abia Bond | ICON Unit Trust Asset Stands at N66.6m | NWC Raises Investors' Hope | CSCS Blames Registrars over Share Scam | Akintola Williams Deloitte & Touche Celebrates Golden Jubilee | UAC Foods Raises Stakes in Customer Service Management | Statutory and Regulatory Issues in Offshore Banking | 'We Have No Machinery to Check Forged Certificates' | Cadbury Appoints Charella for South-East Outdoor Ad | Guinness Promotion Winners to Receive GSM Phones |
FEATURES
Malaria: Africa's Time Bomb | Morality for Africa's Survival |
SPORTS
Behold the World Cup Eagles | Eagles List: Okocha Faults Onigbinde | Sweden is no Threat - Kanu | COJA Gets Special Task Force | Prisoners to Watch World Cup | Blatter Fights Back | Shattered Oruma Breaks Down | Main Press Centre Opens in Seoul | Mixed Reactions Trail Onigbinde's List | Oliseh Keeps Mum | Odihili, Ikoyi Sweep MTN/Virgin Classic Prizes | Tennis: Federer, Williams Triumph |
EXTRA
A Daughter's Vote |
MARKET NEWS
All-share Index Rises by 0.67 Per cent | US Stocks Close Week with Gains |
MONEY GUIDE
Nigeria's Foreign Reserve Dips Further | CBN Sells $30.5m, Keeps N27.3bn | Pharez Holds Senior Treasurers Retreat |
ARTS & REVIEW
Re-defining a Nation in Transition | For the Nigerian Child, a Book |