Saturday March 29th, 2003

NEWS
Iraq: US Deploys 100,000 More Troops | NLC Begins Strike Tuesday over 12.5% Wage Increase | Ige's Son in Tears, Narrates How Dad was Killed | I'm Still in the Senatorial Race - Omisore | British Newspaper Says Saddam's Preparing to Flee | 'US Drone Downed' | Four US Marines Missing | Why Other Parties Are Not Campaigning - Ogbeh | World Igbo Congress Invites Ojukwu, Okocha to US | INEC Clears Mbadinuju, Others for April Polls | Police Nab 31 in Sokoto over Political Violence | NDDC Executes 700 Projects in Nine States | ASUU Rejects NUC's Invitation | Bafarawa Frowns at Fund Raising for Candidates | Catholic Body Calls for Peace in Oyo | Group Urges Churches to Partake in Politics | 'Detonation of Ikeja Explosives yet to be Completed' | NAFDAC Alerts on Circulation of Vitamin A Deficient Foods | Akume Decries Defacing of His Posters | 'Obasanjo 'll Sign Dichotomy Bill Before Elections' | Ibru Flags Off Senatorial Campaign | Edo North Senatorial Seat: Opposition Mounts Against Legogie |

SATURDAY EXTRA
A family of Watch Repairers |
COVER
US-Nigeria Relations: On a Dangerous Bend | Gulf War: Counting the Human Cost |
CAMPAIGN
Gani and Okotie's New Image | Mixed Emotions as the Best Receive Oscar Awards |
LETTERS
An Encounter With LASTMA | Letter to OAU Vice Chancellor | Is Hemp Smoking No More a Crime? |
COMMENT
Opinion Poll and Ogun Guber Race | Encouraging Agriculture in Rivers State |
SATURDAY PLUS
The Door Man's Leap | The Serbs... The Travails Of A Boisterious People | For Pastor Inalegwu Omakwu: Death is Swallowed Up in Victory | On the Cutting Edge |
HEALTH
The Diabetes Epidemic:Are You at Risk? |
INTERVIEW
I'm Back to My Beat - Akume |
POLITICS
The Language of the Moment | 'Orji Kalu is Practising Mamacracy' | We're Battle Ready, Says Osun DG | What Does Buhari Promise? | Understanding 'Conviction' and 'Sentencing' | 'Why Abuja Needs a Mayor' |
SPORTSDAY
Blantyre Debacle | Kid Dynamite | Preparing to Live in Exile |
BACKPAGE
Much Ado About a Debate |