Saturday August 3, 2002

NEWS
Lagos Explosion: FG Relocates Army | AD Governors Postpone Council Polls | Obasanjo Orders IG to Investigate INEC Bribery Scandal | FG sets up on Committee on Voters' Register, ID Card | Akwa Ibom Govt Flays Continued Closure of ALSCON | Imo Releases Results of Primaries | Military Mentality, Cause of Executive, Legislative Rift - Anyim | University of Uyo Closed Down | Obasanjo Tasks Sierra Leonean Govt on Safety of Nigerians of Nigerians | Senate Whip Denies Gubernatorial Ambition | Air Transport Workers Alert of Threat to Peace at Airports | Lagos Demands 2 Per Cent Special Allocation From FG | Shun Plateau Peace Summit, Lar Told | UNN to Reopen Sept 3, Moves to Sanitise the Institution | Comptroller of Prisons Pulled Out, Canvasses More Funds from FG | Sokoto Police Clamp Down on Users of Party Colours, Flags |
STATE OF THE STATES
Hashidu Moves to Bring Down Crime Rate | House Intervenes on Fee Imposition on LG Contestants | Imo Citizens Differ on Udenwa's Performance | Jos Crises: Lawmaker Canvasses State of Emergency | 270 Immigration Officers Undergo International Training | Onshore/Offshore Dichotomy: A/Ibom Rejects N390m Grant |
COVER
Obasanjo And The North | In the North, Ambition Fired By Anger | 2003:The North as Political Minefield | Is the North Really Angry? | 'North's Opposition, a Cry for Equity, Justice' |
SHOWBIZ
Thrills of PMAN's Patrons Investiture | Okukuseku Tours Nigeria Soon | Jennifer Lopez Seeks Divorce | Res's Timeless How I Do |
EDUCATION
Caught in the University Autonomy Web |
TRIBUTE
Delta's Man of Destiny |
ESSAY
Before Our Policemen Go on Strike Again |
BUSINESS PEOPLE
A Praying Banker at Work |
MEDIA
The Making of a People's Broadcasting Code | Kolawole Back to the Fold |
CAMPAIGN
Marketing a Mania the Econet Way | PRCAN Publishes PR Review | Taijo Wonukabe: Selling with a Mysterious Name |
COMMENT
Nigeria's Survival Beyond the Year 2003 | The Way To Show Forgiveness |
LETTERS
Praise for Dr. Fasehun | Community Associations And Civil Clashes |
SATURDAY PLUS
Would You Allow Your Wife Go into Politics? | GSM Fad and the Card Hawkers | Riding through the STORM | The Many Faces of Prostitution | The Hunger Strikes at Last | Triumphal Return to Abeokuta |
ISSUE OF THE WEEK
Blackmail, Name Calling As Political Tool |
POLITICS
2003: Personalities, Issues in Borno Guber Race |
SPORTSDAY
Sour News from Manchester | Clubs' Burden | Inegbenoise Prefers to Catch 'em Young in Bossdor | ...Slams Onigbinde for Accepting Eagles' Job | Fund May Scuttle Rangers' League Ambition | Odili Bails-out Sharks |
PROFILES OF THE WEEK
Buhari: One Emotional Moment | A Governor's Many Troubles | Still Waiting for Dafinone | Mbadinuju: Who did He Speak For? |
CULTURE
Omo Oodua and the Blameless gods |
BACKPAGE
The Moment of Truth |