News Archive II

News Archive

August.31.2000
Obasanjo on N1.4m annual salary

W-African gas pipeline project scales Ivorien hurdle

Airline seek partnership with Nigeria Airways

Protest as Abuja crash death toll hits 40

Four face trial over attempt to defraud Nigerian Army of N21.55m

Widow dies preventing neighbours from killing goat

Sharia: Concerned Citizens meet in Lagos

Edo Police urged to devise better ways of
controlling crime

IAP accused of scuttling workers’ push for new pay

Eight communities benefit from UNDP N7m projects

LCCI lists measures for solid minerals development

Group asks Gowon to reject Northern Consultative Forum chairmanship

Ibori dismisses critics over 13% derivation

Nigerians hopeful at Sydney despite Korean defeat

FG plans new 4,980km rail lines

National Identity Card, a must for future elections — Afolabi

Nwobodo’s certificates missing

Operational hitches hit NEPA revenue target

Some legislators out to assassinate me and split NLC — Oshiomhole

Okere Itsekiris move to make peace with
neighbouring communities

NDDC for inauguration Oct 1, says Obasanjo

Airways loses N180m to foreign firms in shady deal

Police arrest seven NDLEA officers in Kaduna

An American president's dreams for Nigeria

NNPC boss appeals to marketers on gas price

Refrigeration without tears...electricity or not

Dafinones make world record

Communities protest non-inclusion in govt's bitumen committee

NLC gives Guardian Newspapers
one-week ultimatum to recall sacked
union leaders

Police commissioners to take orders from governors

Ondo govt pledges to monitor free education programme

Nnamani urges churches to sustain
democracy

Bombardier scores another flight time first

Maduekwe explains why port unions were dissolved

15,000 private sector workers face sack
threat in Kano

Lagos votes N600m for coconut farming

Afribank boss okays CBN’s draft guidelines on universal banking

Nigeria to showcase mineral potentials in U.S.

Insurers seek alliance with foreign firms

Safety standards not to be compromised - NNPC boss

Obasanjo decries delay in bitumen exploitation

Obasanjo promises more role for PTOs

Dock labour council sets up monitoring committee

Avoid premature liberalisation’, African govt charged

Cable manufacturers seekfurther duty cut, govt patronage

Let change our attitude to work — Oshiomhole

New York route cabin crew undergo training

Why EPZ is under-utilised, by Kuye

August.29.2000

Clinton's visit has raised our profile, says Obasanjo

Govt, contractors meet over projects

Obaseki blames NNPC staff over pipeline fire

PDP chieftain replies Kuta on relief materials for Ilaje, Ijaw people

U.S officials assures of market for Nigerian textile

Crime control: Tinubu renews call for state police

Fiery crash in Nigeria kills many

Cameroun Consul recommends joint border patrol

Police arrest two clerics over human skull

Bayelsa plans mobile court to try sanitation offenders

Court frees 54 MASSOB detainees

Corporate Council on Africa to boost Nigeria's economy

Zamfara govt denies sabotage of PAP

Retired workers protest non-payment of
allowance in Kwara

Abalaka offers to submit HIV vaccines to lawmakers

Sharia: Kastina liquor seller storm Army barracks

Court vacates order on 13% derivation*
Youths invade Shell facilities

Panel chairman laments fraud in NAL

Nigeria businessmen plan seminar in New York

Nwobodo protests summon by Airways probe panel

A'Ibom, UNDP release N8m loans for small scale firms

American marines to train three more battalion for Nigeria

Mbadinuju protests UBE quota allotted to Eastern states

Another set of child labour group intercepted

Plateau civil servants resume strike over minimum wage

Sokoto retires Grand Khadi over Sharia

FG to distribute new patrol vehicles to police formations

Court stops dissolution of maritime union

Commander urges soldier to be frugal

Govs ask for 40% revenue allocation

Abalaka to release HIV vaccine to Reps

Nigerian workers on strike

Makoju emerges NEPA MD

NNPC targets autonomy

Financial sector workers seek implementation of minimum wage

Invest in Akwa Ibom, Attah tells indigenes in U.S.

Judicial panel into UNIZIK students'
disturbances submits report

Shehu Musa lists threats to democracy

Shell, 37 others indicate interest in power sector

CBN commended on MRR reduction

BCC acquisition: Committee visits Dangote's Indonesian partners

Nigerian investment market summit hold in October

Governor Adebayo blames govt for industrial crisis

Food firm launches product, promises employment opportunities

FG tasked on market development

BDC operatior's efforts to access forex through bank fail

Steyr to produce military wares, says minister

Bagged cement import allegation: Why we cleared Richtrade — Customs

Shipper council explains benefit of dry ports

Promoting SSI and SME in Nigeria

STB-McCann launches media independent

August.28.2000

Inculcate African values in children, Tinubu tells parents

Nigeria may get relief on debt burden

Governor Odili’s Headache:

Two die in clash over motor park levy

Clinton Welcome Ceremony Curtailed By Security

Jerry Gana rescues journalists

Clinton’s visit will not impact on our democracy —Dr. Akinola Aguda

U.S President is Dan Masanin Ushafa

It’s a plus for Nigeria —Prelate Sunday Mbang President, CAN

Mayor advises on Nigeria-U.S. talks

NEPA urges staff to embrace new order

The unholy war against alcohol

Alamieyeseigha frowns at discriminatory policies

Cleric tell Clinto to be a good Samaritan

How to make Nigeria's economy work, by Bill Clinton

My Goal is to Help Other People:

Unite, Clinton advises Nigerians

Businessmen urged to invest in the media

Financial institutions are the nation's problem of industrial development—REPTEM boss

Firm launches new product

Oil near peak as importing nations cry foul

NACB gives N16b loan in 26 years

Foreign investors drive is like a wild goose chase — Okonkwo

Universal banking begins in November

TIP recovers, earns N121 million in six months

NPA approves payment of minimum wage

Citibank donates computer to ICSAN

CBN not against state ownership of banks, by Sanusi

Ibo Ethnic Group Plans Hunger Strike Outside US Embassy

Man gets 80 strokes in Zamfara

Fawehinmi asks Clinton not to grant Nigeria loans

US N1.5bn largesse for workers, soldiers •FG, Lagos State also to benefit

Nigeria, U.S. begins open air services

Muslims insist on debt forgiveness — Adegbite, NSCIA scribe

Obasanjo forgives Awka students, okays Bakassi Boys

Fani-Kayode misrepresented Islam

NCP condemns Obasanjo's
pledge to aid crude oil price cut

Nigerian doctors in America plan boreholes for the Nation

Gas, Kerosene scarcity hits Lagos

Lagos commissioner faults UBE implementation

When will Nigeria’s own Bill Clinton come?

Clinton is a role model — Na‘Abba

America’s New Thinking:

Fresh facts suggest life on Jupiter moon

The visit gives Nigeria a clean bill of health —Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife

Abiola: CD asks Clinton to apologise to Nigeria

PDP marks anniversary

Touching the Hearts of Edo People:

Way out of the wage crisis

Rural women prone to cancer, says report

Pykassa residents disappointed

Why The Lower House Also Needs A Probe

August.25.2000

Clinton to visit a divided Nigeria

NNPC plans trans-shipment of products to
curb pipeline vandalisation

CBN, NDIC Confirm Fresh Distress Signals in Banking Sector

Drug suspects face extradition —NDLEA

Airways panel opens more cans of worms

Families urges Lagos to probe demolished building

Govt, Russian firm sign N120 Steel contract

Promotion creates glut of senior officers in Customs

Oil importers, exporters disagree

U.S. offer N400 billion aid to energy sector

Nigeria police hold slave trade suspect

Only 40 okayed to see Clinton *Govs, ministers screened out

Humiliation of Nigerians to Feature in Obasanjo/Clinton Parley

Clinton?s Visit: Military Plane Arrives with Security Equipment

3 in police net for forging Obasanjo, Okadigbo's signature

Prisons boss warns officials against corruption

Police arraign five over N2.5m fraud

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs rates Current Govt. Low

Oil prices top Clinton's agenda

Mbang Warns Reps over Attempts to Impeach Obasanjo

$1bn plane engines missing, NAL probe
panel told

Another pipeline breakage occurs in Abia

Clinton's African agenda

C'River House seeks redeployment of
Police Commissioner

Kaduna council heads want private schools scrapped

Abalaka: Court Restrains FG

Renewed pirates' attack claims five,
engine in Bayelsa

Maintain links with the army, Malu advises retiring officers

Nigeria, Togo, Benin meet on N15b power project

Tanker drivers stop lifting kerosene in
Oyo

August.24.2000

President Clinton arrives tomorrow

FG moves to protest visa saga to Clinton —All international, local flights diverted to Lagos

Truck carrying abducted children intercepted

NNPC sanctions six oil firms over wrong bids

Past military leaders 'll hijack democracy —Ex-Speaker

Debt Forgiveness for Nigeria Difficult, says US Official

Nigeria won’t repudiate $30b debts, says Lamido

Police alert on robbery gang

How to end corruption, by NOA

Lagos insists on redeveloping Lagos Island

N54b cocoa scam: Panel summons perm sec over missing files

Two Students Docked for Conspiracy,Forgery

Govt to erect registration, voting centres in prisons

Nwobodo protests invitation by Airways probe panel

Succour coming for oil pipeline fire victims

Students apologise over attack on Obasanjo

'Why Northern leaders oppose National ID card for polls'

Five wounded in Lagos communal feud

Looking for Good Samaritans? Forget Lagos!

CNN team visits stock exchange today

Customs marine command impounds N5 million goods

Police intercept suspected child, women slaves in Awka

Human rights groups task Clinton over
Niger Delta

Pensioners write Obasanjo over unpaid increments

Ola Rotimi?s Death, a Great Loss, by Yerima

15 firms in race for NICON shares

Abducted fisherman urges FG to secure
release of others

Teachers to re-awaken interest in mathematics

Foreigners may be barred from clearing
business

200 New NEPA Distribution Transformers for Benin Zone

Lagos AG to testify before Rotimi panel

Ayinla absent at panel's sitting, Aziza reports to police

FG moves to ban 'pure water' sachets

Nigeria signs open skies pact with U.S.

August.23.2000

Ex-envor wants senators to refund N1.5m excess allowance

U.S. to extradite Nigerian drug barons

Prosecutors canvass criminal justice reform

Gulf Grows Over the Use of Islamic Law in Nigeria

Clinton's Nigeria Visit Generates Interest And Controversy

Gani Revives Party, Nurses Presidential Ambition

Obasanjo scolds bankers on rising fraud, rates

Deputy governor wants oil states to pass law on
resources control

Olympic Dream Team Faces Ban Over Team List

Police Nab Three Suspected Robbers

Wage crisis: Osun workers urged to shun govt overtures

Clinton may discuss debt for Nigeria

G.I.'s to Arrive in Nigeria This Week to Train Locals

Cabinet Shake-up in Lagos

How Edo State Fits Into the Grimy International
World of Commercial Sex

Fresh suit against Owodunni’s alleged leadership of CCC

750 drug dealers jailed, four face extradition

Lagos plans take-over of FESTAC Town

Obasanjo on Peace Mission

Poll Indicates Grassroots Support For Clinton Visit

Ige pledges to enforce anti-corruption law

CBN admits dragging naira down

NOA to invite governors to stewardship forum

Foreign investors stake interest in new bank

Immigration to ease passport issuance to Lagosians

Ekwueme revisits boy-child education in Anambra

President Obasanjo Due London This Week

FAAN Boss Loses N1.1bn in Lagos Hotel

Excited village awaits Clinton

How to firm up the naira, by Sanusi

NEPA Increases Energy by 600mw

Govt gets $15m EC grant for water project

Aliyu decries continued neglect of Niger Delta

Preparations for President Clinton: FCT clears refuse

Manufacturers worried over N6.6 billion edible oil imports

August.14.2000

N100m fraud: Contractors’ accounts frozen

‘Nigeria’s graduate unemployment highest in the world’

Court strips Unigbe of Grail Movement's leadership

Jemibewon to be flown abroad for treament

Middle-Belt , Niger Delta leaders form alliance

Abalaka shuns HIV verification committee invitation

ELECTRICITY generated by the nation’s power station peaked at 1,900 mega watts

Cell phone bidders to get documents on Sept. 15

Lady, 30, faces trial for allegedly duping employer N.2 million

Kuta Panel went too far — Agbakoba

Menakaya explains ban on AID vaccines, Abalaka reacts

Lagos-New York route: US accepts Nigeria’s deal with South Africa Airways

Igbo and the crisis of leadership

Contractors threaten to sue PTF over debts

Groups urge probe of executive, judiciary, councils

Bakassi Boys go commercial

Charge indicted senators for anti-graft offences — Tanko Yusuf

Kaduna workers seek rich citizens' trial tax evasion

Bank rates rise again

Maritime workers suspend planned strike

Man, 25, arraigned for allegedly raping 31-year-old woman

World Bank bars 29 contractors, others for defrauding Nigeria

INEC looks into petition for recall of legislators

Protesters in Adamawa seek council boss removal

Church demands probe of invasion by police

Pipeline fire in Delta again

Edo Assembly still on Onyearugbulem, Iyam's trail

AD leaders fine-tune plans for hitch-free convention

Derivation fund: Court warns oil states against contempt

Young, Obasanjo, Anyim worship in Abuja

August.11.2000

Science minister resigns as Igbo leaders shun talks with Obasanjo

World Bank reacts on fraud allegation

Igbinedion's Multi-Million Naira Scam (Opinion)

Sharia: Three get 126 strokes in Zamfara, Katsina

Awoniyi, Rimi, others meet to form party

N200 billion pension fund in parastatals disappears

Why govt approved N38bn for Abuja stadium, by minister

Cultism: 19 Students of Ibadan Poly to face murder trial

Airport Worker Escapes Ritual Killers

Okadigbo’s removal good for polity, says NUJ

Babalola, Baikie, CD, others want wholesome probe

Sharia: Gusau court finds two guilty

N420 billion US market awaits Nigeria textile exporters

Imo Assembly suspends Ehime Mhano LG boss

Militant youths kill two brothers over alleged robbery

Tinubu Defends Cancellation Of Pilgrims Sponsorship

Ex-NBA boss seeks probe extension to Reps

Obasanjo unhappy with bankers, says Martins-Kuye

Sharia: Borno hoteliers, others plan to relocate

Court rejects edict splitting Abraka into two

Bayelsa woos investors as Japanese delegation visits

Katsina Police cancel planned Sharia launch

Deputy governor seeks public officers' trial over failed projects

Okogie, others commend senators’ self-probe

No decision yet on Akureland chieftaincy tussle, says Adefarati

Okadigbo, others must face anti-corruption law, says Tanko Yusuf

Kaduna Refinery shut

Ondo to pay N6,500 as minimum wage

Sharia Will Destroy Nigeria

Lagos-New York flights resume on Tuesday

Three firms bid for govt’s shares in AP

Army gives reasons for banning unapproved courses

Abalaka's vaccines undulypoliticised, says NMA boss

40 Drown In A Boat Accident

Cleric petitions IG over assassination plans

Nigerians in London react with mixed feelings

NDLEA loses 112 officers to drug war

Parents Tasked Over Children Education

Business grounded as students, police clash in Uyo

CDHR insists on corrupt senators’ prosecution

Communities blame spillage on Shell's safety lapses

Niger Delta Union holds talks today

Ex-deputy governor commends Kuta panel

NYSC rejects UNICAL graduates

Enugu chief judge refutes bribery allegations

Obaseki Lauds Moves to Investigate NNPC

August.10.2000

Obasanjo, Kuta's panel hold talks

CDHR wants executive, judiciary probed

Military won’t interfere in governance, says Babangida

Labour, others hail democracy's triumph

Osoba berates Northern politicians over rejection of National ID card for elections

Army bans soldiers from further education

Balarabe Musa, Adesanya, Fawehinmi happy with resignations of Senate officers

Ohaneze never lobbied Babangida, Kuta, says Okezie

Why we prefer Cotonou to Nigerian ports - Importers

Nigerians call for more probes, want culprits tried

NBC, APCON to sanction offensive adverts

Two C'River ex-MILADS took away cars, panel told

U.S. embassy suspends non-immigrant visa services

Bridegroom nabbed at marriage venue over robbery

Energy consortium signs power pact with govt

Group wants indicted Senators prosecuted

Attack on me was masterminded, says governor

Oyo lawmakers laud outcome of senate contract probe

Enugu law school takes off in October

Okadigbo's impeachment, national tragedy—OLUNLOYO

Monarch thanks Obasanjo for facilities at tree-planting launch site

Resign to fate, Clergy advises Okadigbo

Drama before the chioce

Senate probe is democratic, says Obasanjo

Five fake corps members arrested in Delta camp

Aluko blames impeachment on executive's interference

FG moves to flush out ghost workers

No foreign loans for now, says Asiodu

Police kill two over attack on governor

Odili commissions N16m electricity project

Maritime workers give govt ultimatum over decree

Abia police arrest three fake policemen

Ekiti plans private electricity project

Banks romance with capital votes
ends December

June.19.2000

Petrol Tanker Explodes In Lagos

Fuel Price War: Winners And Losers

Shagari restates suport for Sharia

Igbo Students Demand Better Deal from Obasanjo

Presidency, National Assembly Crisis: Unseen Hands Behind The Standoff

Tinubu: Fawehinmi goes to Supreme Court

Military Will Resist Any Coup, by Gen Ogomudia

Obong crisis: Kingmaker's faction trade suspension order

Ghadafi Behind Sharia In Kano

Nigeria helpful to democracy, says opinion poll

Exodus of Southerners Hits Kano

Nzeribe tackles Okadigbo

Northern Governors Misunderstand Sharia - Zaky Zaky

Afolabi hints of pradon for Biafran police

NEPA to blackout hostile communities

Presidency Orders Audit of National Assembly Accounts

Water, electricity top Enugu's list as Obasanjo visits

Women Empowerment Is Government's Priority- Ajanaku

Onyearugbulem, Fasanya, others to retund N164m

Revoke Buhari's Pardon, Lagosians Plead

Graduating Into Police State - By Wada Nas

A General Strike Is Economic Suicide - Oshiomhole

G-77, China back govt on debt cancellation, says minister

New Salary Structure for Armed Forces

N76 Million Fraud Rocks Sokoto Council

June.16.2000

June 12'll soon be marked as National Day, Osoba predicts

Marketers to fix fuel prices, says Obasanjo

Fire Destroys Two NEPA High Tension Towers

Expose Corruption, Atiku Tasks Journalists

Ijaws condemn Biafra map

One killed, 80 arrested in Rivers communal clash

Private Sector to Participate in Provision of Telephone Services

Big Shake-Up In Police

Five armed robbery suspects lynched

Sharia: Army warns against violence in Kaduna

At UNIBEN, Female Halls Stink Like Hell

Pro-Democracy Groups Mark June 12, Call For True Federalism

Mbadinuju seeks better muslim, 'xtian co-operation

Obasanjo blames Airways, NNSL woes on insurers

Federal Government Urged To Compensate Victims Of 1967 Massacre

Ex-minister Predicts Doom for Economy

Five arrested for armed robbery in Lagos

Man held with skull in Ilorin

Militant Youths Wing Vow to Resist Sharia Imposition

Towards An Infrastructural Development Of Ogun State

Pirates activities worry Delta transporters

Police recover 63 stolen vehicles

Obasanjo Believes in Sanctity of Human Life, Says Ajanaku

NLC, Nicon Hilton Set For a Clash

Government to phase out JAMB

...Kano set to terminate non-indigenes in
service

Govt restates commitment to economic reforms

Man Docked Over Wife Battering

British Debt Relief for Nigeria Contingent On Reforms

Niger NLC Slams Northern Governors

Fresh crisis looms in Owo over Adefarati's threat to relocate LG hqtrs

The challenge of fuel for democracy, by Obasanjo

20 Persons Die in Road Accidents in Umuahia

June.14.2000

Fuel: New price is N22, strike ends

Politics Or Justice?

Why Buhari was pardoned, by Okupe

Police, Army Clash Averted in Lagos ... As army captain is arrested with pistol, N300m

Igbo Group Backs NLC Over Fuel Price

President Obasanjo Signs Anti-Corruption Law

U.S. links support for debt relief to IMF conditions

Palm Oil on their Palm: Vigilante group arrests five policemen

Education Tax Fund, minister disagree on N40bn fraud

Stray Bullets Kill Two Fuel Protesters

Akwa Ibom Moves to Computerise Schools

Areas Boys Hijack Demonstrations ... Extort Money from motorists

No plan to replace Na'Abba with Buhari, says presidency

Clerics caution Obasanjo against bad advisers

Ex-Police chief sues slain traditional ruler's brother

National ID Card Project To Gulp N17.6 Billion

Makarfi ejects lawmakers over Sharia

Okadigbo: Group asks minister, IG to resign

Police arrest 79 rioters in Lagos

S/East,S/South Gov join forces for dev

Clearing Agents Demand Reduction In Demurrage Charges

Obasanjo may sign corruption bill today

Executive, Legislative Disorder

Owo kingmakers accuse Ondo govt of
fuelling crisis

House of Reps Member Arraigned for Fraud, Conspiracy

Slowly Picking Up In Nigeria After Fuel Crisis

Foreign reserves hit N669 billion

Community Threatens Mass Suicide ... Over relocation plan by Kaduna

Ini council faces dissolution over lingering
feud between councillors, chairman

Educating President Obasanjo

Speaker alerts of plot to destabilize govt

June.12.2000

Why June 12 is superior to May 29, by Ayo Opadokun

Govt, Labour talks end in another deadlock

Hike In Petroleum Prices Should Be A Gradual Exercise - Ijewere

FG Accused over Neglect of Environment

Nigeria's trade unions for emergency meeting

Group clashes rage in Abuja

Police arrest clerics for murder

Obasanjo's Secret Pact With Labour

Kano Leads in Drug Abuse, NDLEA Reveals

FG directs senior civil servants to return to work

NEPA gets vigilance group in Abia

Youths Set Police Posts Ablaze in Kano

Smuggling Compounds Fuel Shortage

MOSOP alleges unlawful arrest in Rivers

Obasanjo Under The Spell Of Malevolent Stepmother?

Obasanjo Directs Anenih, Agagu to Oust Na' Abba ... To pave way for Buhari's return

The Fuel Mafia At Work

Lamido defends Obasanjo on foreign trips

Kaduna CAN, council chiefs denounce Sharia report

South-south Regrets Voting for Obasanjo

Duke condoles Akwa Ibom indigenes over Isong’s death

Kaduna, No Longer The Liberal State

Kaita, group condemn plot to return Buhari to House

Govt invites NLC again...as strike enters Day 5

S'East, S'South to pursue common agenda

06/04-06/2000

N40b West Africa gas project takes off soon

Rise Up Against Obasanjo -Ozekhome Urges Nigerians

NO CEMETERY IN ABUJA THE NEW CAPITAL

Nnamani condemns incessant impeachment of speakers

Students Protest Fuel Price Hike

Obasanjo is Nigeria's Greatest Problem, Says Senator

The Missing Mace: Who is the Custodian

Police warn against further violence in Kaduna

Olowo tussle: 20 killed, 10 houses razed in fresh violence

Use Pipelines Not Tankers To Transport Oil-Minister

VP Atiku blames crises in parties on rushed transition

Vandals Set Pipelines Ablaze

Nigerian Authorities Worry Over Prostitution Rings

Police arrest pro-Okadigbo demonstrators

Kaduna pledges speedy trail of riot suspect

NITEL Chief Control Manager Murdered

Igboman's Injustices, Largely Self-Inflicted- Ozoke

Federal Govt explains rise in oil price

IOD Enjoins Lagos State to Explore Inland Water Ways for Mass Trans

How we fared in the last one year, by Obasanjo

APC Opposes Merger of Kwara, Kogi Yoruba with South-west

Police arrest 11 Ekiti councillors

06/01-3/2000

Court may summon Abubakar, Gwarzo, over Abiola's death

Nigeria's President To Earn 2,155 Dollars Monthly

Nzeribe Raises N2bn to Impeach Obasanjo

118 arraigned over Kaduna crisis

ECOWAS Official Clarifies Position On Sankoh

... Presidency, Legislature Disagree over May 29

Nigeria To Begin Rehabilitation Of Hospitals

354 Nigerians In Saudi Prisons

High AIDS rate in miliary worries Danjuma

Govt. Defends Action In Declaring New Public Holiday

Okadigbo's Removal Still on the Cards, Says Senator

Ife, Modakeke fighters kill driver, burn houses

Benin Chief Docked Over Slave Trade, Prostitution

Choose The Truth, Rather Than A Side

Enugu Assembly Adjourns Indefinitely, Alleges Executive Interference

Gold Deposit Found In Edo State

Urhobo peace panel absolves council boss of murder allegation

Babangida Expresses Readiness For Probe

How Rep died in Kaduna crisis, by colleague

Nigerian Leaders Stole N400b ... Reveals Us Congressman

APP Chief Accuses PDP of Approving Official Stealing

CRP advocates special fund for recovered loot

Three Governors, Emirs Shun Convention

August.09.2000

Nigeria to deploy fresh battalions in Sierra Leone

NNPC loses N442b in five years, says report

Minister denies involvement in N600m scam

No Contract Yet on Gas to Liquid Project- Addax

Police parade 16 suspected robbers

Three firms bid for N450 billion hydro -electric scheme contract

Rivers faults revenue allocation formular

Stabilise Exchange Rate at N100 Per Dollar - Treasurers

Electricity: Govt, World Bank renew hope withN41 billion funding

Ebonyi workers suspend strike as Oshiomhole intervenes

Kalu seeks review of NYSC allowances

Borno APP faction threatens to expel governor

Minister Allays Fears of NITEL Imposition

Zamfara officials avert N4m fraud

Govt set to audit Ajaokuta Steel plant’s books

Low, middle income earners to own houses, says Ali

Investors buy Nigeria’s N484 million debt

N38bn Abuja Stadium Contract Award Unconstitutional

Govt to send anti-graft law to civil servants

SOKAPU Speaks On Kaduna Crisis

U.S. student visa

100 injured as PDP factions clash in Osun

Nigerian Senate President, Deputy Resign

NNPC operates budget deficit, says
Gaius-Obaseki

Emirs must ensure UBEs success, Ibraham warns

Democracy, only way to Nigeria's greatness, says forum

Seventh Nigerian State Adopts Sharia

Reps halt sales of govt shares in Unipetrol

Govt, ILO sign pact to end child labour

Obasanjo and the Bakassi Boys (Opinion)

Varsity teachers call off warning strike

August.08.2000

Why we shunned parley with govt, by Ijaw youths

Boat capsizes in Nigeria

Looters for prosecution —IGE

Investors grab National Oil’s 137.2m shares

Students, in Anambra, waylay Obasanjo

Nigeria's population to hit 303.6m by 2050

NAFCON’s ex-senior officials for trial

NYSC decamps 32 in Edo over drug, forgery

NPA boss apprehends corrupt police officer

Central Bank of Nigeria explains naira’s fall at IFEM

Govt unfolds plan to export technology

Shagari wants foreign, local observers for voter registration exercise

Ogun legislators berate proponents of Sharia in South-West

Board absolves workers of NEPA's woes

HIV/AIDS: The West and Africa

Nasarawa APP denies involvement in crimes

1 dies as students attack Obasanjo

Bayelsa protest Niger Delta basin's rating

Obasanjo launches ECOWAS road transit scheme

24 lawyers cleared for NBA elections

Govt won’t pay compensation to oil
spillage victims, says minister

Sarumi decries state of tertiary education

Nigeria Airways, SAA seal deal

Federal Government Tasked on International Telephone Services

Why youths attempted to blast oil pipeline in Bayelsa

Cocoa export can fetch N200b yearly, says ex-minister

Baptist youths want all level of govt probe

Cross River gets economic desk in United States

Nigeria spends N50b on food imports in six months

August.07.2000

I didn't scuttle June 12, Tinubu is my witness —David Mark

Moslem council plans Sharia for Southern states

‘South-South agitation not response to Sharia’

Let there be Light

Minister reviews facilities for Clinton's visit

Occupants, FCDA trade allegations over Kado village demolition

Hotel ejects Na’Abba’s aides for non-payment

Battle for Recognition

Everybody is asking for what Biafra stood for, says Achuzia

Edo, Delta states reclaim New Nigeria Bank

Plan to impeach Yar’Adua uncovered

APP chieftain wants Kuta report duly investigated

INTERVIEW - "WE ARE IN THE LEARNING PROCESS OF DEMOCRACY" - SAHABO
MAHMUD

Abdullahi says state police is unconstitutional

400 firms seek to buy into NEPA, NITEL

Legislator defrauds aides

Terms of trade shocks in sub-saharan Africa

Police arrest five fake officers in Lagos

Sharia, panacea to electoral frauds -Yar’Adua

Vandals plunge Ondo into darkness, to face prosecution

Exxonmobil to spend N1.2 trillion on projects

NLNG delivers 50th cargo to Europe

North re-groups under NEPU

Nine die in Lagos auto-crash

Politics of Saving the Poor

Robbery syndicate smashed in Benin

My son is not a thief — Aluko

Local AIDS/HIV drugs still being administered

Discharged and Acquitted

Nigerians counselled on overseas study

Group protests WAEC's treatment of blind candidates

Armed Robbers: Their New Tricks

Igbo, Yoruba unity is borne out of
insincerity — Chief Uwazurike

NANS condemns suspension of five LAUTECH students

August.03.2000

N11.3billion Afam gas turbine contract signed

SSS seizes passport of MOSOP's deputy leader

Presidency denies influencing Senate probe

Contract Daniyan did not Sign

Jigawa launches Sharia

United Nations summit to discuss Sharia in Nigeria

4 more barges arrive for Lagos power project

National Bank gets CBN’s nod to resume operations

Northern leaders meet on threat to hegemony

Police trail 6 Naval officers over NNPC pipeline vandalisation

Sharia catches first victim in Katsina

Four states seek to cut link with NEPA

Mrs. Igbinedion seeks legal backing for moral crusade

Nigeria, 23 other African nations to share N500 billion

Northern leaders oppose use of national ID card for polls

Alake wades into Ogun wage crisis

Private estate developers to receive incentives

Rivers votes N100m for roads ahead of

Clinton’s visit

Shell begins talks over 165 hostages

Sharia not for poor nations, says Saudi Assembly chief

National Assembly to review NNPC law

N200m meant for cocoa development diverted by CAN officials, panel told

Two ministers swap portfolios

All set for NICON, Nigerian Re’s privatisation

Sokoto police boss declares war on criminals

FG, dockworkers on war-path over Decree 37

Govt needs N300 billion to improve electricity

ENRON now ready for Lagos power project

August.01.2000

Presidency invites Ijaw leaders ahead of Clinton's visit

SHARIA:No FG pressure on me — SANI

Month Of Death: Pipeline explosions in Delta State kill more than 500

Sharia begins in Katsina, drinking joints moves to barracks

FG asked to bring back destination inspection

Ex-minister cited in N300 million cocoa fund scandal

A Case For Alternative To Prisons

Fuel Price hike: NNPC creates artificial scarcity, NLC alleges

Governor's convey, robbers in gun duel

FG wades into Edo, Delta, Ondo dispute over ownership of oil field

Nigeria-US Airlink: Federal Government Sure of Certification

Military refutes report on Nyiam's alleged arrest

Sharia: Ogbemudia seeks constitutional provision for Supreme Court intervention

Reps propose amendment to petroleum law

CBN tightens rules on foreign exchange

Court halts FG over Abalaka's HIV
vaccines

Another Nigerian state introduces Sharia

Jemibewon explains clampdown on ethnic militia

Epidemic looms as refuse heaps litter
Abakaliki streets

NNPC reports another explosion

Forum of Nigeria/The Netherlands relations in Amsterdam

Celestial Church Of Christ initiates process to reselect Bada

NEPA gets N14.8b, 800 projects suffer

Group Wants Varsities Cleansed Of Corruption

Row over govt grant cripples Delta Steel

July.31.2000

Anti-graft law will bite — Obasanjo

Sharia, Ethnic Agitations Are Pains Of Democracy, Says Obasanjo

AD senators plan showdown with Afenifere

Okadigbo, others risk 7-year jail term • If found guilty •Says Anti-Graft Law

We Cannot Be Left Behind The Globalisation Train, Says Prof. Osuntokun

Abia Yet To Reap Fully As Oil Producer - Abaribe

Obasanjo, Agabi disagree on N15.5b Abacha loot

Sharia: Group tasks CAN on South’s stand

Minister Explains NEPA's N21b

Sharia: Bala Miller alleges foreign sponsorship

Yes We Need National Rebirth

Mbadinuju dares FG on Bakassi Boys •Says nobody can stop the anti-crime drive

'Sharia Governors Shoulld Declare Their Republic'

Under pressure, Governor Yar’Adua relocates mother

Civil War, Nation's Involvement in ECOMOG Blamed for Rising Crime Wave

Sharia: Group flays Lagos Assembly on NYSC

There Has To Be Political Re-alignment

145 more community banks lose licences

July.27.2000

DELTA PETROL FIRE:—11 villages demand N5b compensation

Kaduna leaders align for peace

Arguments over Federal Character law

SMITH: Hectic Time Combatting Crime

FG asks police to flush out Bakassi Boys

Panel summons Airways' ex-MDs

Igbo, Yoruba leaders take unity walk

Sharia: Criminals, Prostitutes Invade Middle Belt

Police sets up 'Operational order' for Clinton's visit

Lagos seals off churches over noise pollution

Turkey to buy more Nigerian gas, oil

NDLEA Impounds N1m Indian Hemp

Osoba suspends wage negotiation with Ogun workers

Police alert mobile units to figth crime

Guru, eight others freed of murder charges ...

Group Warns Nzeribe over Okadigbo

Insurers may continue to lose out on NNPC assets

Export Promotion Council disowns London exhibition

Two anti-crime patrol officers detained over death of petrol dealers

Journalists Escape Death from Delta Militant Youths

Guru Maharaj-ji narrates prison experience

FG counselled on sanctity of constitution

Another pipeline explosion in Nigeria

Failed Banks Depositors To Get Their Money Soon

Clinton’s visit: Reps move to scuttle joint sitting

‘Delay in border demarcation robs Edo of oil revenue’

Kukah, Others Debate Sharia In London

Falomo may sue FG over Abiola’s medical bills

Gov. hides mother from lobbyists

How We Are Going To Take Full Control Of Our Oil -South-South Leaders

Anglicans Shop For N2b To Ensure Financial Independence

60 exhibitors billed for Nigerian fair in London

July.27.2000

DELTA PETROL FIRE:—11 villages demand N5b compensation

Kaduna leaders align for peace

Arguments over Federal Character law

SMITH: Hectic Time Combatting Crime

FG asks police to flush out Bakassi Boys

Panel summons Airways' ex-MDs

Igbo, Yoruba leaders take unity walk

Sharia: Criminals, Prostitutes Invade Middle Belt

Police sets up 'Operational order' for Clinton's visit

Lagos seals off churches over noise pollution

Turkey to buy more Nigerian gas, oil

NDLEA Impounds N1m Indian Hemp

Osoba suspends wage negotiation with Ogun workers

Police alert mobile units to figth crime

Guru, eight others freed of murder charges ...

Group Warns Nzeribe over Okadigbo

Insurers may continue to lose out on NNPC assets

Export Promotion Council disowns London exhibition

Two anti-crime patrol officers detained over death of petrol dealers

Journalists Escape Death from Delta Militant Youths

Guru Maharaj-ji narrates prison experience

National Assembly revelations good for
democracy — Oshiomhole

Labour decries naira depreciation

Liquor Sellers Manhandle Sharia Board Boss

Wage crisis: Oshiomhole gives Katsina ultimatum

Rulers seek compromise on Sharia

MPs want order lifted on 13% derivation
fund

National ID cards for council election

Reps Member Condemns Killings at Ojo-Alaba, Lagos

JAMB releases UME results, Imo records highest application

Danjuma Raps Proponents of Defence Pact with US

Igbinedion inaugurates vigilante group

Lagos to computerise activities

July.25.2000

Clerk indicts Senate on N650m contracts

Nigeria is now investment-friendly NIPC tells U.S. trade delegation

Senator prescribes amputation for corrupt public officers

Nigeria's Unholy Romance with IMF

Okadigbo supports Bakassi Boys, others

Federal Government and Turkey sign action plan

Group warns saboteurs of Middle Belt identity

50,000 become homeless as Rivers demolishes slum

Ekiti AD chief decamps to PDP

OPC Vows to Liberate Yoruba *Accuses police of unjustified killings

IFC suggests total sale of Nigeria Airways

Customs realises N24b in six months

Okadigbo, Deputy got N39m for christmas, says Clerk

Smell of Corruption

Imo seeks US assistance on infrastructure

Striking Ogun workers hunt for saboteurs

Federal Government Cautioned Against Rising Level of National Debt

150, 000 people HIV positive in Cross River

Senate will probe FTC demolitions, says Gwadebe

Hoodlums vandalise NLC office in Maiduguri

Pipelines vandals shift base to Edo

Fresh petrol fire in Delta; PPMC sacks
47 over scooping

$6 Billion Scam Cover-Up Conspiracy

I won’t resign, says Okadigbo

NEPA finally restores power to UNN

Nigeria Still in Transition - Ajanaku

Drama as Obasanjo calls to wish
Adesanya happy birthday

ASUU ultimatum: Govt refuses to negotiate

Lagos begins free legal aid for the less privileged

Voice of Nigeria and Foreign Policy

Standards: National Assembly gets tough with oil companies

Shareholder sues brewery over N7 billion stock

No fewer than 300 hundred Nigerians perish in another oil pipelne

July.24.2000

Shell discovers 100 milion barrels oil field

Nigeria Will Survive

National Assembly probes ministries’ accounts

Wage: PDP berates Akande, as vandals invade Borno
NLC's secretariat

86 Nigerian Girls Deported for Alleged Prostitution

New Method to Settle NEPA Bills Underway

Ogun State accounts in red

My Fresh Battle Against OPC — Okiro

Atiku, wife become chiefs in Lagos

Court orders Onwenu, Charly Boy off NTA premises

Threatened by Sharia

Governor Lawal Donates Bus to NANS

NEPA takes measures to enhance customer relations

Special Mail Deliver System for Rural Areas Advocated

Involve army, vigilance group in crime control, says cleric

Police Must Stop provoking us — Fasheun

Adefarati advised on crises control measure

Pupils, Students Protest Teachers' Strike

We Have No Federal Presence

NBC decries adulteration of Coca-Cola products

THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE PETROL MAFIA

Dynamics Of Igbo Consciousness

NNPC Loses N2b to Vandals

Nigeria's inflation rate drops to 1.8 per cent

South-East governors to re-address minimum wage

Kano signs power agreement with Canadian firm

Kalu Wants National Assembly to Repeal NYSC Scheme

Piplines vandalisation: Police indict NNPC

Abubakar: A Rising Profile

Clinton: US security agents flood Abuja

The South-South declaration on resource control

Militant Youths Kidnap Chinese Oil Workers

Moslems can opt out of Sharia, Atiku affirms

We Want Bakassi Boys — Onitsha
Residents

A Ticking Time Bomb

Atiku, Tinubu canvass unity among
politicians

Group Bemoans High Exchange Of Dollar To Naira

Customs command canvasses re-introduction of road blocks

‘Why We Scoop Fuel’*Sorry tales of the indigenes

Anyaoku, Ex-Commonwealth Scribe Back Home

Residents protest hike in Satellite Town house prices

July.20.2000

Okadigbo, Deputy Survive Impeachment Again

Federal Govt renews offensive against crime

Petrol explosion: PPMC workers under surveillance

Sharia: Mbang asks Tinubu to convene governor’s meeting

Nigeria's Foreign Reserve Drops

Senate screens members' credentials

NEPA to adopt bidding formula for contracts

Lagos wage talks deadlocked

EMU Abroad Petitions Clinton over Alleged Marginalisation of Igbo

Fawehinmi plans 300 scholarships for northern students

Armed robbers attack Abia commissioner

Archbishop Okogie Berates Atiku over Utterance on Sharia

Saudi Arabia deports 1,221 Nigerians

Yar'Adua probes diversion of fertilizer in Katsina

Nigeria, 3 others destroy cocoa to boost prices

Police Design Security Awareness Project

Group backs South-South governors on resources control

Oyo traditional rulers wade into minimum wage crisis

US throws open its door for Nigeria local`textile from mills Oct.

Bonfrere picks Kanu, West for Sydney

Obasanjo Alleges Plans to Destabilise the Country •Leaves for Japa

Sierra Leonean rebels kill Nigerian peace-keeper

FG queries Bayelsa gov over Kaiama
agenda

Banks lose Capital votes in naira a
rescue bid

Bloodshed Trails Election of LG Legislative Officers

Mother sues hospital over loss of baby's toe

Court lifts order restrainiing APP chairman

FG bars Ministries from lodging votes in commercial banks

Cross River Outlaws Female Circumcision

Inferno: Security men to probe NNPC

FG gives incentives to investors in solid minerals sector

July.18.2000

Pipeline vandals cover tracks at fuel fire site

Corps Members Safe in Sharia States, Zamfara, Minister Assure

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory is in trouble: It Pours For Useni

Police ask Supreme Court to squash Fawehinmi's suit against Tinubu

Mass burial for Nigerian pipeline fire victims

Tinubu moves to probe Igbo traders, OPC clash

Don't Pay Above N5,500, AD Orders Governor

Senate probes alleged N1b gift to Niger Republic

20 million Nigerian children underfed—UNICEF REPORT

Enugu Outlaws Roadside Sale of Petrol

Lagos yet to pay operation Sweep victim N8m compensation

80 Odi returnees dead since invasion, says spokesman

Don't Post Christian Corps Members to Sharia States, Nigerians say

Delta police boss warns militant youths

8m Nigerians suffering from river blindness

Royal Father Defends Odili against Accusation of Marginalisation

Autonomy underway for NEPA's distribution zones

Bayero mediates Obasanjo, Na'abba
feud

Enugu to Outlaw Loitering

Sharia is a Time Bomb

Obasanjo, Atiku may attend PDP's truce parley on Tuesday

Sudan seeks deal with Nigeria Airways

Isheri-Olofin, Meran Housing Estate residents take FHA to court

Blind Student, Others Benefit from Council Bursary

Sout-East PDP asks Enwerem to withdraw suit against Okadigbo

Resume or Risk Sack, Adesina Warns Striking Workers

Enugu judges complain of neglect

MPs blame NNPC for pipeline explosion

July.17.2000

20 feared dead in Police-OPC clash

South-South Governors Declare Sharia Unconstitutional

Nigerian pipeline explosion kills dozens

My 1995 coup story, by Bello-Fadile

SHARIA THREAT —• Again, Nigeria at the crossroads

FG to Raise Anti-corruption Commission

Clinton Coming To Nigeria With 1,500-Man Entourage

Middle Belt senators oppose NYSC postings to Sharia states

Loot Recovery: CBN, SGF have cases to answer —Senator Abubakar

Pipeline Fire: NNPC Admits Negligence

Presidency Grants Autonomy To Immigration And Prisons

Jemibewon chides state legislators over police redeployment

CBN officials accused of hoarding N100 notes

National Assembly Wants IMF Negotiations Suspended

Sharia Critics Are Alarmists, Says Na'abba

South is prepared for the worst — Ajuluchukwu

Nzeribe accused of planning party crisis

Abia Police Deny Harassing South-East Speakers

North won't succumb to blackmail —Tanko Yakassai

ARMED ROBBERY : —Have the Police surrendered?

Delta fire:15 survivors found

Obasanjo Cancels $700m Space Project

Oil company set to ascertain reserves

Piecemeal Release of Budget Rejected

Nigeria Earns N20b On Non-oil Exports

Police misconduct worries minister, I.G

New pipeline blaze in Nigeria

AD finally splits—PMP emerges

Soyinka, Nwankwo List Dangers of Sharia

Naira in free fall at IFEM

Southern states advised against adopting
Canon law

Lagos deploys senior workers

July.13.2000

Death toll now 300 in Delta petrol fire* Fresh explosion at Ugbomro

Security: Jemibewon, Smith summoned

Lawmakers Back Efforts for Functional Rail Transport System

Atiku to The Patriots: Your stand on Sharia is divisive

Obasanjo orders IG to crack down on OPC, Bakassi Boys, others

Burst pipeline Delta tragedy won’t deter Lagos villagers

Two Docked over Fake Drugs

Okadigbo seeks truce with executive

Corps members defy Sharia, report to Kano camp

Nigerian oil fire rages on

Govt ordered to suspend disbursing 13 per cent derivation fund

Cross River May Retrench Workers over Minimum Wage

OPC apologises to NUPENG

NEPA blames low water level for poor supply

Uproar at NAHCO over Killing of Policeman, Clearing Agent

Ige heads panel to recover N628m Kaduna fertiliser plant’s fund

Assembly asks Ogun graduates to shun posting to Sharia states

Minister urges Nigerians abroad to aid investment

Airways Probe Panel May Order Arrest of Koshoni, Eduok, Others

5 labour leaders feared missing

Ige frowns at low fine for prostitution

Oil wealth: An unequal bounty

Eyewitness: Nigeria's hellish oil blaze

PDP asks Enwerem to abandon suit against Okadigbo

Shocked Ibori at scene of holocaust

US Sponsors Integrity Training Seminar

Striking workers cut off water supply to
Gov Osoba's residence

New push for rethink of Abuja stadium

National Assembly Members Oppose Auditing of Accounts

Abiola's death: Court adjourns hearing in
wives' suit till November

Customs raises panel on killings at airport

Mbadinuju enlarges Bakassi Boys' operation

N6 billion recovered

Fela wins 'most celebrated' African musician award

July.11.2000

Southern leaders meet, reject Sharia

North Will Wrest Power From South If ...-KAITA

President Clinton to visit Nigeria

Nigeria Loses 40 Billion Naira To Fuel Crisis

Niger Delta Needs N500b Yearly to Survive

Search for Gani Adams continues, say Police

Nigeria is 25th Poorest Nation, Says Na'Abba

Marginalisation: Zamfara To Seek Redress At Governor's Forum

Two die as Customs, agents clash in Lagos

Speaker blames Presidency over boundary dispute

Senator, Edo House Speaker caution oil communities on derivation

NEPA, NNPC may lose seperate budgets

Sharia: NYSC Director Insists On Old Posting Arrangement

Quacks dominate abortion practice, says group

Visa: Lamido Gets Tough With Foreign Embassies

Oyo orders senior staff to resume work

Senate Committee Unhappy With IMF Facility To Nigeria

9 People Watched Abiola Die- Falomo

Human Smugglers Arrested in Togo

Poverty leads Nigerians into slavery, Na'abba warns

Labour Chides 36 Governors Over N5,500 Wage

Union Leader Stresses Need for Working Relations

World Bank boosts water supply project

Group Flays Obasanjo Over Failure To Immortalise Abiola

Tinubu to compensate victims of OPC, NUPENG clash

July.10.2000

Obasanjo, again, offers self for probe

My Role in Obasanjo’s Election

Why Enwerem sued the Senate

Political elite must be ready for political suicide — Tayo Akpata

Nigeria Has Resources To Lead The World -Akerejah

Nigerian invents solar alternator

Manhunt for Drug Smuggler

Obasanjo pledges respect for judiciary

The amalgamation of Nigeria was a fraud—Akinjide

Southerners create problems for Obasanjo - Senator Owie

Health workers threatens strike

Fury of the People

Lagos, workers meeting deadlocked

Soyinka criticises army chief on AIDS vaccine

I Kept Mace With 7 Foot Python - Chuba Okadigbo

Police may prosecute NHF defaulters

Police Discordant Tunes

Sharia: FG tasks traditional rulers

Tempers flare in National Assembly as auditors query finances •Reps initiate bid to
impeach Na’Abba

Fasehun alleges campaign aginst Yoruba

Federal Government Shouldn't Be More Powerful Than States - Obla

Nigeria To Set Up Committee On Corruption

Afenifere claims oneness with AD

Sharia, Justice And The Nigerian Supreme Court

Owodunni declares self CCC leader

Sharia, APC’s agenda to destabilise Obasanjo, Daboh alleges

Alleged coup: Anyanwu others demand compensation

Victim of Conspiracy

INEC gives conditions for party registration

Our leaders are corrupt — Gbonigi

Nigeria loses N3.5m UNICEF grant

Burying the Hatchet

Police burst forgery syndicate at ports

Odua stages procession for Abiola, warns against coup

Nigerian Vice President Defends Sharia Law

Odili urges direct flights to Port Harcourt

The Middle Belt in contemporary politics

Aminu blames elite for endless crises

July.06.2000

Police Flout FG's Instruction on Sharia••• Ohaneze says it is secessionist

Sharia:Ojukwu backs calls on NYSC posting

One dies, as police, workers clash in Lagos

Nigeria To Assist Benin Military

Ohaneze, PDP to Wade into Okadigbo, Enwerem Feud

Death toll in Ikare mayhem rises to 30

Lagos buries 1,200 bodies

Sharia: Kaduna deputy speaker, others affirm secession threat

Ogun Outlaws Cultism, Female Circumcision

Lagos Judge Lambasts Attorney General

Don't use Sharia to stop NYSC postings, Maduekwe appeals

ESCOM gets NEPA rescue job

Madueke clears Shippers Council of alleged N850m fraud

Igbinedion to appear before airport fire commission

Shun Evil Devices, Army Urged

Babangida Opens Up on Campaign Financing

NEPA blames consumers for outages

Police Inspector dies in shootout with robbery gang

President warns against another civil war

I was offered bribe to drop secessionist bid —MASSOB leader

Army Confirms Efficacy Of Nigerian Surgeon's HIV Vaccine

Workers beat journalists

NYSC: CAN, Ohaneze oppose deployment of southerners to Sharia States

Executive, Assembly feud threatens democracy, says Jimmy Carter

Enwerem: Ige set to appear in court

Lawyers Exchange Punches at NBA Election

Nigerian Army To Lay Off 5,000 Soldiers

Ikare-Akoko: Ondo imposes curfew as death toll hits 20

I incurred $6.3m loss for Nigeria
Airways— Bajowa

Nigerian Fishermen Face Hard Times in Bakassi

Sharia's adoption in Bauchi worries CAN

US Ijaws protest denial of visa to leaders

July.04.2000

Obasanjo Tasks Military on Nation's Sovereignty

19 armed robbers die in shootout with Ebonyi Police

A House Divided Against Itself

Presidency wades into wage crisis

51 firms battle for 22 oil blocks

Robbers Threaten Foreign Organisation

Delta Assembly asks NYSC not to post indigenes to Sharia states

We’re managing the situation

Minister summons British envoy over visa denial

Nigeria Airways loses N7.6m to fire

Court strikes out Abalaka’s case

Correct Customs' Dented Image, Elevated Officers Urged

Five retirees die over alleged delayed pension

Waiting for Accreditation

CBN suspends nine firms from forex transactions

Nigeria’s imports from Britain drop 50%

Sharia Fever Grips Niger Republic Citizens

IG orders police chiefs to check crime wave

OAU killings: FG holds on to prosecution exhibits

Obstacles in his Way

Onitsha North Buries 38 Abandoned Corpses

Govt not teleguided by IMF, says Okupe

Sharia: southern Kaduna may secede

....Ondo workers lock out Senate Committee

IMF lists conditions for debt pardon

Our Party Needs Redemption

NEPA Board Tackles Low Power Generation

Urhobos carpet Asagba over proposed Anioma State

Wage strike spreads to 11 states

Sharia Fire Rages on

Another feud claims three lives in Ondo

Minister's Claim on Road Construction Stuns Abia Indigenes

Robbers injure 16 in Lagos

Agagu urges new approach to running
govt enterprises

Executive, legislature fashion budget guidelines

Three die in Ikare chieftaincy crisis

July.03.2000

The North Searches For A Leader

Bandits on rampage kill three

Why FG gives up on Sharia *Raises machinery to monitor implementation

Nigeria to Copy US Law- making Process

Adegbite, Others Defend Sharia

Don't Discredit Abalaka, Erediauwa Tells NMA

Ministry seeks role for Bucknor-Akerele in council of state

IMF head visits Nigeria

Supreme Court annuls Bada’s headship of Celestial Church

Retrenchment Fever Grips NEPA Staff

Lagos Workers' Strike Bites Harder

$5b Slashed Off Nigeria's Debt

Federal Govt to spend N425m on Abia roads

Cameroon Gendarmes Seize Boats of Nigerian Fishermen

Grand reception for Ogboru in Warri

Steer Clear of Partisan Politics, Akume Warns Workers

FG Urged to Ban Tokumbo Tyres

Senate backs debt buy-back to reduce external debts

Army Deny Involvement in Armed Robbery

Ethnicists only seek relevance

Mixed Reactions Greet Supreme Court's Verdict

The North is finished politically —Tanko
Yusuf

Rivers Lawmaker in Alleged Certificate Forgery Scandal

HIV/AIDS cure claim

Gemade Accused of Stalling Take-off of Poverty Alleviation Programme

Malpractices Alleged At NAFDAC

Okadigbo can't oppose the president, or else... — Sen. Oyofo

North-West children worst hit by
malnutrition, says UNICEF

PFN Insists On Nigeria's Secularity

Youths Identify Sources of Conflict in Niger-Delta

June.29.2000

Four robbers burnt to death in Lagos

Emirs decry North’s alleged marginalisation

Obasanjo protests Sharia in Kano—American investors shun Nigeria

Relations pick up decomposing bodies in Lagos hospitals

NEPA ’ll be downsized, says Technical board chairman

Death by Hanging Awaits Cult Members, Says Ige

Buhari's replacement rescinds decision to quit

Two feared dead in transport workers' fracas

Oil firms get N65b joint venture funds

NANS, Human Right Group Support Striking Workers

Abia: Speaker, others take refuge in Abuja

NEPA disconnects governor's office

(Vehicle Recovery Organization)- Rotary donates tow truck, computer station to Lagos police

Reforms Imminent for Nigerian University System Says Jubri

Delta students storm govt House over bursary

Disabled group leader seeks end to discrimination

Lagos workers may call off strike today

South-East Moslem Leaders Back Ohaneze Ndigbo

27 abandoned containers cleared at port after 7 years

Fake drug dealer, impersonator get jail terms

Obasanjo, Okadigbo meet in Geneva

Investors to take over NEPA power
stations

Tinubu pledges mortgage assistance to workers

Ohaneze seeks Southern Nigerian front against Sharia

Savannah Initiative: Death Knell for Bank Workers Union

PDP crisis: Sanctions await Awoniyi,
others —GEMADE

Security Lapses Blamed for Ikeja Airport Fire

Court revokes Odutola’s Will

Groups, police recover 200 vehicles

N85b vote for UBE in six years

Rep decries excessive foreign trips

June.27.2000

Council boss chides police over ex-governor's
death

Lagos strike: Govt raises alarm over safety
of Alake, Nelson, others

North criticises sale of govt firms

Shell fights compensation order

Atiku visits Delta, blames police laxity on
military

North laments effect of Kaduna riots

Council chiefs in AD states to stay
three years

Two Killed In Renewed Communal Violence

FG'll grant cellular licenses this year —
Obasanjo

Slavery: Liverpool Bishop apologises to Nigerians

Enahoro backs Middle Belt’s call for
restructuring

Dogonyaro identifies cause of national crisis

Obasanjo asks for debt relief

Nigeria, U.S. resume airlink in August

Diya begins publication of weekly law
reports

For the sake of Obasanjo and Nigeria

Zamfara donates N10m to Igbo, Yoruba

Highly Indebted Private Broadcasting Entity In Deeper Crisis

Bandits terrorise Ikeduru LG, kill six
community leaders

Afribank launches e-commerce money transfer
scheme

Abia youths sack House of Assembly

Airways: Insurers reply Obasanjo

Four robbery suspects kill in Lagos

Nigeria Sets Up Fund For Agricultural Development

Hope dims on democracy, says Enahoro

Pensioners in quandary over workers strike

NEPA Pledges Improved Power Supply

Obasanjo in Norway, allays investors' fears

Lagos public sectors workers continue
strike

NLC gives Oyo govt one week ultimatum to agree on N7,500 minimum wage

June.26.2000

Why I sponsored prostitutes to Mecca, by Zamfara gov

Corrupt practices petitions flood National Assembly

Govt To Beef Up Army Strength In Kaduna

Government To Resolve Sharia Issue Amicably

FG plans to reactivate Oji River Thermal Power Station

CBN approves new bank to boost economy

NLC Shuts Fuel Stations In South-East

Vice President Abubakar's answer to the wire trap

NDLEA Seeks Foreign Ministry Assistance On
Re-certification

Secret behind NLC Oshiomhole's victory - Rev. Aderibigbe

Pressure on Obasanjo to appoint Buhari PLO

New Mosque unites Moslems, Christians

Middle Belt Movement Distance Members From Hausa-Fulani

My preoccupation as ambassador to EU, by Kalu

Power shift has weakened North/ East Alliance

Competition may induce banks’ distress, FITC boss warns

Ige cautions on Nigeria’s civil rule

Sharia Confuses Me, Says Kaduna Governor

NPA, Clearing Agents Clash Over Demuurrage

'Cross River won't attack Akwa Ibom'

E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E: What FG concedes to IMF

Chief Gani Fawehinmi dissects Nigeria

Why I Want To Contest Against Buhari, by Bibi Farouk

Wage Increases Don't Do Us Any Good - Professor Nnamdi Asika

Muslim fanatics attack gov’s wife,
commissioner

Kwara has no business with the North

Cut My Hand If I Steal, Says Governor

National Assembly won’t be intimidated — Na’Abba

The Sharia leviathan

June.23.2000

Lagos Workers: Hooliganism Is Not Unionism

Police arrest eight for murder in Ogun

Probe panel summons Douglas, Momoh, Koshoni, Eduok

Kanu Heart Foundation Nets Over 60 Million Naira

Lagos Offers Workers Fresh Option

Kaduna riot: Court acquits 91 suspects

Nigeria, U.S. begin crucial trade talks tomorrow

Lagos workers shut secretariat, govt issues sack threat

Two feared dead as Kano launches Sharia

Why Nigerian Aircraft Are Unsafe -Agbeyegbe

Detained Nigerians In Trinidad And Tobago Regain Freedom

Everyone Has An Excuse Not To Help Nigeria

Obasanjo in Enugu, warns against corruption

Igbo Group Concerned Over Sharia

Committees for Yoruba growth inaugurated

Vandalised Oil Pipe Fire Kills 17 People

Obasanjo Plays Down Sharia

Witness alleges diversion of N120m airways funds

Northern States Insist On N6,500

Non-Moslems’ fears baseless, says Ahmed

Senator Adesanya urges Yoruba leaders to unite

Lagos Workers Begin Strike Over Minimum Wage

Senator Owie Regrets Approval Of Some Ministers

Governors feud over new wage

Nigeria pipeline inferno 'kills 10'

N100m saved on presidential fleet’s
insurance

Ijaw Youths Storm Delta House, Protest Marginalisation

Airlines got threats before airport fire, panel told

"Need Consumer protection in Nigeria"

Today In Nigerian Newspapers

June.21.2000

Drug abuse in Nigeria rises, says report

Crack In Obasanjo's Ruling Party

Major cabinet reshuffle coming

Presidency Says National Assembly Can't Execute Projects

Kano governor to President: Fear not over Sharia

Nigeria Loses 10 Billion Naira Yearly For Printing Currency

Nigerian Civil Servants Threaten To Go On Strike

Sharia: Abuja summons Kano governor

Presidential Aide on Media and Publicity Chief Okupe's Gaffe

Presidency Split over Buhari's Comeback Bid

Zamfara PDP accuses governor of violating Sharia

Federal Government Cautioned On Privatising NICON

Kidnapped Oil Workers Set Free

Obasanjo seeks more help from G8 nations

Minister Explains Delay in National ID Card Project Execution

30 injured as market women protest in Osogbo

Buhari's Pardon Should Be Revoked- MRA Survey

Security Stepped Up Ahead Of Sharia Launch In Kano

The humbling of Okadigbo

Forum Laments Over-concentration of Power

Eight electrocuted in Ikorodu

Obasanjo's Nemesis

I'm Prepared to Answer Charges, Says Taraba Governor

Soyinka Says Millennium For Africa Project Be People-Driven

Court justifies Assembly's clearance of Tinubu

Zimbabwe bars Nigerian election observers

Minimum Wage Deadlock: Lagos May Sack 47,000 Workforce

PDP leaders lash out at Obasanjo,
Gemade

Three feared killed, 200 injured as varsity students protest power cuts

Rimi Warns Him over Meddling with National Assembly Leadership

05/28-30/2000

Robbers kill policemen, snatch 24 cars in Lagos

Ife/Modakeke: Fresh Hostilities Claim 10 Lives

Biafra not the Answer

Niger Delta students demand welfare package from FG, oil firms

Lagos Protests Over bloated NEPA Bills

Military Restates Resolve to Defend Democracy

Who Shot Alli?

Okadigbo, Na'Abba absent at democracy day rally

Leaders seek end to Kaduna crisis

Local Government Boss Alleges Assassination Plot

Former governor calls for State of Emergency in Kaduna

Nigerians Impatient For Results Under Obasanjo

Their Pound of Flesh

Tinubu explains feud with deputy

Why we stayed away, by Senate President

Let's Go Back to Regionalism, Says Ex-VC

N.8m Recovered from Lagos Airport Fire

MASSOB Will Fizzle out

Investors regain confidence in Nigeria

Nigeria’s debt slashed by N444m

365 Days of Democracy: Nothing to Cheer, Says Onayekan

Federal Govt pardons ex-Biafran soldiers

No conceding executive powers to legislature —OBASANJO

Efik/Ibibio Clash: Fear of Reprisals Grips Akwa Ibom Indigenes in Cross Riv

NAFDAC Impounds Six Containers of Fake N16m Drugs

I Will Recover IBB's Loot - Obasanjo -

05/25-27/2000

MASSOB: Obasanjo Meets Ojukwu, Orji Kalu

Atiku, Na'Abba differ on role of press in democracy

Kaduna: Emir indicted; death toll now 100

NDLEA uncovers new drug trafficking method

Yabatech Students Protest Killing of Another Colleague

Two Killed As Police Try to Remove Biafran Flag

House of Reps Member Killed In Kaduna Riot

Govt orders emir's arrest

Offa Community Cries Out over Criminal Activities

2 die as MASSOB, police clash in Aba

MOSOP defends foreigners' role in Ogoni crisis

Atiku Commissions N2b Medical Equipment

Sharia: Niger Gov's cousin arrested for selling alcohol

Death Toll Rises to 150

Postmaster General Indicts NAHCO over Mail Pilfering

May 29 Becomes Public Holiday In Nigeria

Three killed as police, youths clash in Sapele

NEPA owes N27b, says committee chairman

Obasanjo Rejects Land Gifts to Lawmakers -

NDLEA Reads Riot Act to Landlords in Edo, Delta

Speaker's assassination attempt: Security increased in Bayelsa House

Former Head Of State Abubakar to Testify over Abiola's Death

National Assembly slashes budget 2000 by N50b

NEPA to be split into five units

We Will Resist Biafra Declaration, APC Vows

60 Killed at Efiks, Ibibio Clash in Akwa Ibom

05/22-24/2000

Violence in Kaduna claims 11 lives