April 1, 2001
-PDP lacks discipline, cohesion
– Obasanjo
-FG can afford fuel subsidy
–Ex- minister
-Convention amends constitution
April 2, 2001
-Sharia is supreme – Sani
-Fuel depot: Independent marketers misled Obasanjo – DA PPMA boss
-AD may contest Enugu West senatorial election in court
April 3, 2001
-Governors condemn Senate’s decision on council chiefs’ tenure
-Issuance of National ID card begins next year
-ASUU not on strike yet
*Each Varsity to hold referendum, says NEC
-Oil marketers adjust fuel pumps
April 4, 2001
-Kuta to Obasanjo: Deregulate fuel, quit Aso Rock
-No money is missing at ETF, Accountant-General tells Reps
-Senate okays N5.5bn for presidential aircraft
-World Bank rejects Nigeria’s bid for debt relief
April 5, 2001
-Oil contracts: Nigeria loses N300bn to UK –Senator
-How I escaped assassination
– Adesanya
*Afenifere chieftain relives encounter with assassins
-Obasanjo launches N500 note
-N11bn boost for poverty alleviation scheme
-Government does not own mineral deposits in states, argues Lagos
April 6, 2001
– Lecturers’ strike: NLC joins forces with ASUU
-Ghost workers in Aso Rock-Obasanjo
-NITEL boss on forced leave
… To retire June
April 7, 2001
-50 killed in communal clash!
* 40 houses razed
… As Kwala, Tiv resume ethnic war
-I may part ways with Tinubu
April 8, 2001
-Rights groups threaten to sue Obasanjo, others
-Tension in NAHCO over privatisation
-Army demotes two officers
-Customs chief in the dock over N25m heroin
April 9, 2001
-Resource control: Battle royale at Supreme Court today
-Stormy session likely in Senate
-The seven wise men
-We’re set for this landmark case
– Governors
-We must participate in next election, say Progressives
-Ondo State will boil again if there is rigging – Adefarati
April 10, 2001
-Unprecedented crowd storms Supreme Court
*Canvasses support for 36 state governors against FG in constitutional tussle
-Three governors, 5 senators witness landmark case
-I didn’t sue states over resource control – Ige
* I only asked for the interpretation of Section 162 (2) of the 1999 Constitution.
-Northern governors seek special allocation for ecological problems
-Marginalisation of Igbo, bane of Nigeria –Okadigbo
April 11, 2001
-At last, Senate adopts Kuta panel’s report
– Okadigbo, Enwerem, others guilty
-Anyim escapes impeachment
-Gowon breaks silence, preaches unity as Northern governors talk tough
-150,000 youths to get NAPEP job
-Govt. returns 43 oil wells to Abia State.
April 12, 2001
-Obasanjo summons CBN Governor over falling naira value
-Senate probes Abacha’s toxic fuel
* Moves to investigate Haruna Abubakar’s tenure at PPMC
-Stop attacks on police, Tinubu tells OPC members
-FG orders retraining of mobile policemen
April 13, 2001
-Government declares May 29 national constitutional conference day
…Revokes road contract to Ekewueme’s country home
-Senate sends Oyofo’s report to Justice minister
* Asks Okadigbo, Abubakar to return government property
-CBN government gets presidential directive to protect the naira
-Enwerem ready to return N25m furniture to Senate
April 14, 2001
-Tears, sorrow trail police, OPC clash
-Be humble at Easter, Nigerians urged
-NBC halts illegal TV station
April 15, 2001
-Angry Okogie walks out on congregation
-Xtians celebrate the risen Christ
April 16, 2001
-HRVIC sitting in Enugu: Ohanaeze’s N8.6 trillion reparation demand tops Oputa panel’s agenda
-Obasanjo needs fresh ideas – Falae
-Reps want prices of cement cut
-Pope calls for a better world as Christians celebrate and Easter festivities
-5,000 declare for PDP in Ondo
-Obasanjo orders destruction of illegal bunkering vessels
April 17, 2001
-Afenifere accuses FG of evading SNC
*Plans meeting to take stand on May 29 national conference
-Maduekwe replies critics, calls on Ndigbo to back PDP government.
-Ijaw threaten to disrupt activities of oil companies over resource control suit
-INEC stops council elections in Ondo State
-NITEL embarks on mass demotion of management staff
-No going back on NPA’s privatisation
– Maduekwe
April 18, 2001
-Aftermatch of communal clash: 1,000 displaced persons die in refugee camps
-Ondo defies INEC, holds by-elections in Ilaje council
-NITEL’S privatisation slated for September
*Obasanjo directs NCP, BPE to ensure its realisation
-Government raises panel to implement pact with ASUU
April 19, 2001
-Senate uncovers plans to defraud government of N6.5tn
-FG approves payment of N1.65bn to agric bank
-Oputa panel calls for genuine reconciliation
* NEPA forces adjournment of first sitting in Enugu
-No going back on fuel deregulation
– Atiku
-APP challenges campaign for Lam Adesina’s re-election
*Wants INEC to halt him
April 20, 2001
-Fuel deregulation: Government, NLC to raise joint panel
-Oputa summons Buhari, Ofodile
-Gana lied, Oshiomhole insists
-GSM take-off may be delayed
-Presidency, Senate face-off looms over NPA privatisation
April 21, 2001
-Gani predicts crisis over local government polls
*Wants constitution amended before council elections
-NSE boss, Okereke-Onyiuke suspended from office
April 22, 2001
-NLC loses 23-year monopoly: Rival labour body emerges
-Alive in the rubble: Miracle kids survive mosque disaster
April 23, 2001
-FG, states face-off imminent
*No one can negotiate wage structure for me, says Tinubu
-SEC, NSE on war-path
-Anyim, predecessors’ feud deepens
* Documents accusing him of reckless spending in circulation
-Human rights activists set for 2003 polls –Falana
-Rivers, Abia on collision course over oil wells
April 24, 2001
-Senate resumes to explosive session
* To set up panel on toxic fuel, reshuffle standing committees
-PDP ends meeting, promises raw deal for disgruntled elements
*Obasanjo wants all hands on deck
-CBN Governor, bank chiefs meet to shore up naira value
-Merger of 3 political associations under way
*Aikhomu’s FD, Ezeoka’s NF and Jambo’s NSA may seal deal Thursday
-Odili raises alarm over plot to blow up gas turbine project.
April 25, 2001
-Obasanjo fires service chiefs
*Ogomudia, Afolayan, Wuyep take over
-Ex-army chief, Malu, summoned by Oputa panel
-Senators demand apology from Okadigbo, raise panel on toxic fuel
-Five feared dead, 20 injured as PDP, AD supporters clash in Ondo
April 26, 2001
-Mass purge imminent in the armed forces
*17 generals may be affected
-World leaders in Abuja for African HIV/AIDS summit
-Gana defends change of service chiefs
-Battle against malaria fever: Obasanjo announces tax, tariff waivers on insecticides, yams
April 27, 2001
-Obasanjo escapes bomb attack
-N1.05 trillion needed to combat AIDS – Annan
-FG, States, LGS to share N97.125bn
-Oputa panel: Ohanaeze seeks post-war commission
-Okadigbo finally apologises to Senate
April 28, 2001
-Don, 52, slain over new car
… corpse burnt to avoid detection
-Abandoned Property Act may be dropped
April 29, 2001
-Another succession battle in Celestial Church: Assassins trail Jesse
-More troubles for Okadigbo
*May have to refund N10m advance
-Fresh fears over success of GSM
-Akinyele defends IBB boys
April 30, 2001
-Why I retired Malu, others – Obasanjo
-North says no to IBB’s presidential ambition
-Naira won’t be devalued – CBN
-Ohanaeze earmarks N50bn to actualise Igbo presidential bid
MAY
May 1, 2001
-Constitutional review: Ohanaeze youths disrupt panel’s sitting
-Oputa panel: Community demands N5bn compensation
-Gowon regrets civil war
-2003 election crucial to Nigeria’s survival –Aminu
-MTN begins GSM operation in July
May 2, 2001
-NLC to ex-leaders: Stop promoting ethnic agenda
-Nigeria has failed workers – Na’Abba
-Resource control: Aluko writes Ige
-No need for more parties – Gemade
May 3, 2001
-Our retirement in order-Ombu
-Privatisation: KPMG, five others named consultants
-Oputa panel: Buhari, Offodile testify today
-Alleged impropriety: My hands are clean –Anyim
May 4, 2001
-No limit to number of parties-Guobadia
-Obasanjo, Tinubu in three-hour talks over security
-Senate opposes food importation
-US seeks redress for Sharia victims
May 5, 2001
-N40b pension liability hangs over NITEL
-Malu’s retirement didn’t surprise us – US official
-Zamfara amputates bicycle thief
*CAN, civil rights group react
-Two commissioners to face anti-corruption commission
May 6, 2001
-Abuja summit: Adesanya disagrees with Ooni, threatens boycott
-Odi: Egbesu Boys attack Okupe
-Nwodo supports new parties
May 7, 2001
-Constitutional review: Zonal presentation a waste – Afenifere
-NITEL revenue drops by N1.8bn
-Bar Beach submerges Victoria Island
-US, others implicated in moves to dump toxic waste in Nigeria
* 10 African nations too
May 8, 2001
-Senate, three ministers on collision course
-Press Council: Government wants NPAN’S suit moved to Abuja
-Oputa orders lawyer’s arrest
May 9, 2001
-GSM: ECONET promises affordable charges
-New CBN rule shortens inter-state cheque clearing
-Local government administration: States’ legislators sue National Assembly
-Oputa panel rounds off sitting in Enugu
-Remain loyal to president, Ogomudia tells Army
–Afenifere, Ohanaeze may boycott ethnic talks
*Patriots condemn zonal confab
May 10, 2001
-Dosunmu, AD senator decamps to PDP
…three others too
-ECONET orders $330m tools
-INEC, parties trade blames over botched by-election
-Resource control: Reps in rowdy session
May 11, 2001
-Dosunmu, others must lose Senate seats – AD, governors
-Obasanjo’s visit dear to America – US Official
-Court okays bid to challenge Guobadia’s appointment
-Minister blames Enron for delay in Lagos power project
May 12, 2001
-AD drags Dosunmu, others to court
*We can’t declare seats vacant – INEC chairman
-Atiku, Mantu’s names used in scam letters
-Tough time awaits defaulters as NSE celebrates index rise
May 13, 2001
-2003 elections: IBB lobbies OPC
…He is joking, says Fasehun
-Sharia: Zamfara blames constitution
-Mantu backs new parties registration
-Why junior police officers are corrupt
– Commissioner
May 14, 2001
-Tension in CBN over N4b IT deal
-FG halts N625b plan for NITEL
-Way out of economic woes, by Falae
May 15, 2001
-Ado Bayero in auto crash, flown abroad
-SEC asks court to strike out NSE’s suit
-Obasanjo in Belgium, seeks integration of poor nations
-Yoruba abroad adopt regional constitution
-Shake-up in Air Force
May 16, 2001
-N2bn NEPA fund: Senate probes Ige
-FG bows to pressure, okays private refineries
-Stock Exchange to sell NITEL’s shares
-Court rules June 5 on request to question Anenih, ex-minister
May 17, 2001
-INEC favours Dosunmu &Co
NITEL floats 49% stake
-Adamawa government warns North on resource control
-Ahead May 29: Nothing to celebrate – APP boss
May 18, 2001
-Governors reject deregulation
-FG, IMF disagree over Nigeria’s debt
-Ex-military ruler’s pension: House of Reps divided
-National Frontier, Afenifere sign pact today
May 19, 2001
-Olateru-Olagbegi returns to Owo
…after one year abroad
-FG okays N10b for shares purchase fund
-Senate invites Ige: Come and clear your name
-Anti-corruption: Accused officers face court soon
May 20, 2001
–Gaari now N1,000 per tin
-Oil firm manager, guest, shot dead
-Yoruba constitution ready
-Hausa, Igbo may clash in Ebonyi
-Senate rejects new pay proposal
May 21, 2001
-N15m monthly pay for councillors in order – Anyim
-Why governors oppose deregulation – Tinubu
-FG set to sign pact with ASUU
-Hearing in resource control suit resumes
-Atiku, governors parley over sharia
May 22, 2001
– Resource control: Supreme Court rules on jurisdiction July 11
-Oshiomhole shuts First Bank
-Defence ministers, service chiefs in crucial meeting
-Obasanjo arrives Japan
May 23, 2001
-Women take over Lagos judiciary
* 17 named as judges
*Mrs. Sotuminu is CJ
-Japan pledges $2m to boost food production in Nigeria
-Anti-corruption: Airways probe panel member, three others on trial
-N40m contract raises dust in NITEL
May 24, 2001
-I was offered bribe to stop Mustapha’s trial – Tinubu
-NITEL privatisation: Investors get June 11 deadline
-Army names new Igbo GOC … Two generals retire
-Afenifere, AD reconciles
May 25, 2001
-Senate forced to adjourn
*Anyim, Mantu, others absent
*Stella Omu presides
-Constitution review: Security beefed up in Ibadan
-Council of states rejects list for presidential pardon
-Don’t cheapen judiciary, Tinubu tells new judges
May 26, 2001
-Obasanjo overrules Shagari over naming of Force Headquarters
-25 ECOMOG soldiers petition House of Reps
-Oputa panel returns to Abuja next month
-Onosode, Adesanya, others X-ray Obasanjo’s administration
May 27, 2001
-Dangote may lose BCC
-Police corporal robs, kills two traders
-NAFDAC warns over food seasoning
-Doctors may begin strike tomorrow
-FG spends N4m on N1m job – Adesina
May 28, 2001
-Why naira is falling by Obasanjo
-There is little to celebrate, says Saraki
-Atiku tasks resource control agitators on 13% derivation
-Leaders of thought for Abuja confab tomorrow
May 29, 2001
-Democracy dividends: Obasanjo replies critics
-PDP has failed Nigerians – Adesanya
-Nigeria had no Third Republic
– Okadigbo
May 30, 2001
-4 zones back sovereign conference
-My most trying moments – Tinubu
-World Bank gives Obasanjo pass mark
May 31, 2001
-First Bank bows to NLC
…As picketing disrupts operation again
-Many government officials are misfits
– Buhari
-ADB, five nations sign N22bn loan pacts
-No alternative to national confab – Royal fathers
JUNE
June 1, 2001
– Obasanjo cuts short visit
*As violence erupts in Indonesia
– President, others celebrate with DTN
– PDP expels Awoniyi, Etiebet, Tukur
– Abacha boys plan coup, says Gana
June 2, 2001
– Obnoxious press laws to go – Na’abba
– Deputy gov replies Lam Adesina
– Etiebet tells Gana to name ‘coup’ suspects
– Jigawa goes tough with Kano over indegenship crisis
June 3, 2001
– New labour union gets ILO’s nod
– Kano axes Sharia committee
– Nations best rise for the Times
– Rita Lori adamant on derivation law suit
June 4, 2001
– FG allocates more revenue to state
– Glamour, glory as DTN honours 150 Nigerians
– Suspend strike, Assembly tells ASUU
June 5, 2001
– Obasanjo set to ensure financial prudence
*Orders ministries to separate administration from finance department
– We’re not marginalised, Anyim tells Igbo kinsmen
– Tinubu commissions Oregun Road, renames it Kudirat Abiola
– Adefarati taken to anti-corruption panel
– Nigeria restates commitment to debt repayment
June 6, 2001
– 2003 polls: I’m yet to decide, says Obasanjo
– 16 kidnapped children rescued
*Lagos socialite in police net
– Senate rules out SNC
– Suspected assassins accost Ibru
– GSM cell phones may cost N5,000
June 7, 2001
– Rejection of SNC: Enahoro, Adesanya carpet senate
– Lagos governor hands over to school boy
– Abacha family imports Islamic scholars for 2nd year remembrance
– Govt denies report on official with foreign accounts in US
*Probes NAN over source of story
June 8, 2001
– Ige, Agagu shun Senate
*Committee probing N2.3 billion NEPA fund forced to adjourn
– My wife not a child-trafficker
* Says Dan Musa as police refuse her bail
– Police kill 11 bandits in Lagos, Ogun
June 9, 2001
– Murder of Nigerian in London: British police dangle N29m
* To track killers
– Nigerians drank more beer in 2000
– Breweries boss
– Bandits snatch Vee-Cee’s car
June 10, 2001
– Atiku’s group at war with Northern elders
– Abacha was a godly leader, says former aide
– Fresh tension at Nigeria – Cameroon border
June 11, 2001
– June 12: FG to immortalise Abiola
– North made me, says Gowon
*As he blasts critics of his chairmanship of Arewa
– VCs flouts govt order, decline to open varsities
– Ojuwku joins clamour for SNC, Igbo president
– Govt shares in DTN won’t be sold to core investors – El Rufai
June 12, 2001
– June 12 broadcast: NBC stops Adesanya
– FG orders 4,000 power transformers
– I’m not at war with Northern leaders
– Atiku
– Ciroma, Sanusi, Naiyeju trade blames over delay in salary
– Robbers attack ex-Chief Justice Fatayi –Williams
– NITEL loses N7bn to international fraudsters
June 13, 2001
– Obasanjo drops 4 ministers
* Arzika, Kaliel, Goje, Ewuga affected.
– Shagari’s son on new list
– Senate against throw out motion on National confab
– Senators, Reps defer debate on N134bn supplementary budget.
– Don’t abandon June 12 struggle
* Says Hafsat Abiola as Adesanya urges Yoruba unity
June 14, 2001
– Why Arzika, Goje, Kalie, Ewuga, others were removed
*Isaac Aluko-Olokun may replace Asiodu
– Nigerdock former boss, Ozobia, 6 others charged with N280m theft
– Govt moves to halt strike, okays 40% allowances
– Robbers kill DPO in Lagos
*Tinubu plans to invite OPC to ensure security
June 15, 2001
– Perform or get sacked
*Obasanjo warn aides
– Insecurity nationwide: National Assembly postpones recess
– Reps kick against N134bn supplementary budget
– We were not bribed, says Momoh
*As Miss Nigeria panel submits report
– NNPC awards N2.5bn contract for fuel import
– Shell to build 250 megawatts power station at FCT
June 16, 2001
-Miss Nigeria loses crown
-Oodua struggle may last 100 years -Gani Adams
-Bayelsa Assembly’s feud deepens
June 17, 2001
-Enter Queen Amina
-Ama: The Queen who lied
-IBB, Northern elders woo eastern rulers
-New policy bans under-18 women from marriage
-All set for enthronement of new miss Nigeria
June 18, 2001
– No jumbo pay for LG chiefs
*Revenue Commission chairman denies widespread belief
– Senators, representatives disagree on NECO bill
– Why deadline for NITEL privatisation can’t be feasible
– Urhobo, Itsekiri youth clash again
– 2003: Adesanya rules out automatic ticket for AD governors
June 19 2001
– Ige, Agagu to reappear before senate today
– Screening of ministerial committees begins
– FG to settle debts of firms planned for privatisation
– Obasanjo lauds NMA for calling off strike
– Deputy governor’s car fails to start
June 20, 2001
– Blame govt, not IMF for our economic woes – Ciroma
– Senate moves to pass supplementary budget
*Goes into committee session
– Report or risk arrest, senators tell Ige, Agagu
– Obasanjo insists on 50% penalty for concealment of imports
– NLC backs NUPENG proposed strike
*As health workers nationwide suspend action
June 21, 2001
– Crime control in Lagos: You can’t use OPC, FG tells Tinubu
– Govt appoints firm to assess DTN’s assets liabilities
– Proposed merger of NIDB, NBCI, NERFUND suffers setback
– As ministers want them liquidated
– Kano speaker impeached for bleaching
– Oputa to hear 110 cases in Abuja
June 22, 2001
– Agagu disowns Ige at senate panel
…I won’t have kept NEPA fund in bank. I would have dispatched it immediately
– Anti-graft trial: Court dismisses Rotimi William’s suit
– New Miss Nigeria crowned
– Eclipse of new millennium moves across Africa
June 23, 2001
– I have the right to bleach – Impeached speaker
– Road safety marshal drags Afprint staff to court
– Otegbeye commends Tinubu’s security measures
June 24, 2001
– Bola Ige spurns Yoruba leaders
– Libya deportees: Nigeria may join issues with Tripoli
– Christians seek N100m compensation from govt
June 25, 2001
– You are extravagant
*Obasanjo tells governors, condemn attendance of Owambe parties abroad
-Ige to appear before senate Wednesday
– Oputa summons Buhari, Diya, Aziza
– 26-year after, Army returns seized house to Daily Times
– Crime control: Ajibola cautions against use of ethic militias
June 26, 2001
-1995 phanton coup: I convicted Obasanjo on evidence before me, says Aziza at Oputa panel
-Gwadabe was tortured – Mujakperuo
-Econet, MTN disown GSM service centres
-World leaders at AIDS summit
-Obasanjo on CNN, pleads assistance for Africa
-NUPENG shelves planned strike
June 27, 2001
– Buhari disowns statement on voting for Moslem leader
– Ige set to face senate tomorrow
*As Agagu refutes media report
– Obasanjo pledges N1.1bn aid to global AIDS fund
– Yar’Adua family petitions Oputa Panel, hearing begins on Friday.
– 4 youths charged with Damilola’s murder in London
June 28, 2001
– Abubakar, not Abacha arrested Diya over 1997 coup plot – Al-Mustapha
– Naiyeju indicts ministry for spending N2.3bn NEPA fund
– Bamaiyi, others appearance at Oputa panel draws unprecedented crowd
– National Assembly rejects supplementary bill
– Resource control suit: FG, states settle out of court
June 29, 2001
– Ige appears before senate
*Denies involvement in lodgment of NEPA’s N2.3bn
– Airways privatisation may be shelved
*As lawmakers insist on fresh funding
– Al-Mustapha begs Diya’s aide
-National ID Card Project: FG vows to recover money for jobs not done
-Beko wants Obasanjo, Buhari, IBB summoned to Oputa Panel
-Senate passes supplementary budget as Reps decline
June 30 2001
– Afenifere dumps AD
– OPC takes struggle abroad
-We want to settle in Lagos, Abuja -Liberian refugees beg FG
JULY
July 1, 2001
-National Assembly budget: Na’Abba, aides disagree
-Sharia activist held over rape
-Assassins kill federal director
July 2, 2001
– Nigeria move nearer World Cup finals: Eagles 1,2,3,4 Super
– Ex-DMI boss, Sabo unveils facts behind Abiola’s death today
– We fought FG, not Nigeria – Ojukwu
– Why reps rejected second supplementary budget
– Hausa, Tiv clash in Nasarawa: 50,000 flee home
July 3, 2001
– Obasanjo’ll run for second term, says aide
*To hand over to Atiku after tenure
– ASUU ends strike
-OBJ, Yar’Adua framed over 1995 coup -Ex-DMI boss
– Bamaiyi, architect of 1997 coup
– Fadipe
– Schemed to become head of state
July 4, 2001
-Dele Giwa’s murder: Babangida is prime suspect – Tsav
-Police kill six robbery suspects
-Milosevic keeps mum at trial
-Senate declares new councils illegal
-As it moves to clip the wing of state assemblies
-N2.3bn NEPA fund: Resign now, NLC tells Ige, Agagu
July 5, 2001
– Lawmakers pull out guns, break mace in rowdy session
– Senate summons IG
– I’m not eyeing Obasanjo’s job – Atiku
– Upsurge in crime, killing of ASP, 2 others; Lagos bars danfo, okada at night
– Afenifere, NF fuse today
– FG votes N10.5bn for space policy
July 6, 2001
-Ex-NEPA MD accuses Ige of complicity in N2.3bn fund
-GSM: New deal for subscribers as Econet, MTN sign pact
– Afenifere shuns merger talks
*Ohanaeze, NF chiefs wait in vain in Abuja
– Babangida, Abacha, Shonekan violated my right, says Falana
*Demands N100 million compensation
– Senate, Reps meeting deadlocked
July 7, 2001
– Liberian refugees flee to Ghana
– Special Adviser rules Jigawa
* As Gov., deputy jet out
-Why Abiola’s business empire is crumbling
July 8, 2001
– Abiola’s son, Kola, eyes Ogun top job
– Ministry stalls release of 500 amnesty beneficiaries
– 2003 poll: CAN campaigns against IBB
July 9, 2001
– 2003 election: Obasanjo disowns aide, insists he is undecided
-Federal, state, local govts share N102bn
– Wanted OPC leader, Adams, emerges in Ilorin
*Threatens to fight police over disruption of Yoruba elders’ meeting
– Abiola’s family vows to fish out his killers
-Senate, House set for battle royale tomorrow
*Over N1billion discrepancy in supplementary budget
July 10, 2001
-I handed over N500m, 23 cars to Abubakar after Abacha’s death
– Al-Mustapha
*Claims Kaltho didn’t die in Dubar Hotel bomb blast
*Coomasie, initiator of Abacha self-succession bid
-Difference in supplementary budget: Senators, representatives meeting collapses again
– I attended Owambe party – Ibori
*Says there is nothing wrong in it
-Why I locked out my deputy – Tinubu
-Budget 2002: FG to be strict in preparation
July 11, 2001
-Secret behind Al-Mustapha’s powers revealed
*Accused of burying live cows, rams in Aso Rock
-Dele Giwa murder: Babangida appears at Oputa Panel
-Resource control suit: FG, states know fate today
-Reps summon Police Affairs Minister over crime wave.
-Senate, House disagreement over supplementary budget deepens
July 12, 2001
– Resource control suit: FG floors states
– Reps reconcile with senate, approve N5.4bn for Obasanjo’s jet
– How Yoruba planned to capture power at the centre
– Come clear your name, Oputa urges IBB
– Resign now, Tinubu tells deputy
*I won’t, replies Bucknor-Akerele
July 13, 2001
– You lied, AD govs tell Sunday Afolabi
– Govt rejects planned hike in air fares
– INEC can’t cut our four-year tenure
– LG chiefs
– Atiku warns on PDP crisis
*It may mar our chances in 2003 polls
July 14, 2001
– Nurse dumps own baby in pit
*Two months after birth
-Declare your assets, Obasanjo tells policemen
– Bamaiyi’s detention proper – Court
-Nurses’ strike latest: Patients rush to herbalists
July 15, 2001
-2003 election: Afenifere woos Ndigbo leaders
-NUC to clamp down on illegal campuses
-Varsity worker commits suicide
July 16,2001
-Enahoro insists on national conference
-Nurses vow to continue strike
-Obasanjo takes anti-graft campaign to the military
-Trailer runs into market women, kills 28, injures 15
-National frontiers applies for registration
-GSM: August 9 take-off date not feasible
*Econet, MTN eye Aug 20
-Gani’s NCP backs 4-year tenure for council chairmen
*Wants all elections held same day in 2003
July 17, 2001
– Ohanaeze, Arewa battle at Oputa Panel
*ACF accused of inciting public against Ndigbo
– Stop Virgin Atlantic from London-Lagos route, Airways plead
– 2003: IBB to declare stance soon
– Beware of false prophets – Obasanjo
*Denies consulting Olabayo
– PDP proscribes parallel groups, bans indiscriminate suspension of elected officials
July 18, 2001
– Oputa orders arrest of Chief of Army Staff, Ogomudia
– Britain bars Airways from London route, gives shot to Virgin Atlantic
– FG sells Abacha’s shares in foreign firm
*Orders privatisation of Abuja stock exchange, mint, four others
– Import bill jumps to N50bn in 5 months
July 19, 2001
– Abacha’s minister, 6 ex-NEPA chiefs barred from public office
– Judge turns down Bisket’s request
– Soyinka alleged rights violation, demands apology from govt
*Says Abiola was killed in detention
– June 12 annulment, a collective decision – Akpamgbo
– Anyim weeps for Aguleri, Umuleri
July 20, 2001
– Robbers kill 3 policemen, 20 others
– Abubakar printed fake N100 notes abroad, Sabo tells Oputa Panel
*How Abiola died
– Obasanjo, Oputa parley behind closed doors
– National Identity Card won’t be used for 2002 councils polls, says INEC
– IBB not beyond probe – Obasanjo
*But I won’t be pushed into conducting a blind investigation
– Council chiefs’ tenure is three years, affirms FG
July 21, 2001
– Pains, anguish of Nigeria amputee… in Sierra Leone
– Ex-policemen lay siege to pensions office
– ‘Fried’ boy seeks justice, one year after
July 22, 2001
-Nigeria’s oil aid to Ghana causes row
-UNILAG fires Akinfeleye, Uche
-Girl , 17, killed by lover’s mother
July 23, 2001
-2003 Polls: Senate donates N1m to stop Mbadinuju
*Emeka Offor offers two helicopters, 150 Peugeot cars
-NEPA hikes tariff for industrial consumers
-Military begins search for ghost soldiers
-Robbers face hard times in Lagos
-Failed French firm re-awarded National ID Card project
-NDDC lists conditions for developmental project
-Pay us or face mass protest
*Sacked Lagos workers give govt seven-day ultimatum
-Hasten action on human trafficking bill, Atiku’s wife tells Assembly
July 24, 2001
-Ken Saro-Wiwa’s son demands N10bn, wants state pardon for father, others
-Jakande, Diya, Akhigbe, Bamaiyi, others lose land to government
–Afenifere wades into Tinubu, deputy’s rift
-Coup failed in Burundi again
-Declare your assets or be prosecuted
*Bureau boss tells public officers
– Dangote moves to reduce cement price
-Oyo State AD sues Brimo over decampment to PDP
-Augie’s seat at the senate filled
-Attempt on Ibru’s life: Bamaiyi, others’ trial adjourned to Oct 2
July 25, 2001
–Afenifere, NF, 3 others merge
*National Democratic Party is born, seeks registration tomorrow
-Anyim disowns senator over N1m donation towards Mbadinuju must go campaign
-Obasanjo pledges steady power supply in December
-Stir over alleged N22bn debt: BPE summons AP’s auditors
-State sues AP, 18 others over tax default
-Breach of agreement: Govt terminates airport terminal contract
…signs pact with Virgin Atlantic on Lagos route
-Mandela suffers prostate cancer
-Drop your political ambition, apologise to Nigeria, IBB told
July 26, 2001
-We lied against Ohanaeze, Arewa tells Oputa Panel
–Afenifere’s merger with NF, others premature
-I’ll appear again if summoned, says Obasanjo
-At last, Gani named SAN
-Govt okays N805m for dredging of Apapa, Calabar ports
-FG to spend N150 billion yearly on NEPA
-French govt invites Miss Nigeria on state visit
-Bisket: 10 children brought to court in good condition
-Alamieyeseigha, Odili on war path
-Judge rules on bail for Abacha’s aide
July 27, 2001
-You can’t deprive us of our power, Alaafin, Soun tell govt
July 27, 2001
–Ohanaeze, Arewa face-off at Oputa Panel
-Gani acknowledges honour, thanks Nigeria
-Aziza, Kuforiji-Olubi, Ayinla, others indicted in N2.2bn cocoa fund fraud
*FG directs Justice Ministry, Police, SSS to recover loot
-Oputa Panel to visit Zango Kataf on September 5
*NLC condemns it for giving witnesses too much lattitude
-Mandela begins cancer treatment
*FG, joint venture partners to spend N520 billion on oil sector yearly
– Mbadinuju dethrones traditional rulers
*For attending Emeka Offor’s APF rally
-NCP defies FG’s order or NAHCO’s privatisation
-Slain cops entitlements jerked up to N500,000
-Speaker goes into hiding
*After threats to his life by youths
July 28, 2001
-35 years after his death: Fajuyi’s dream house uncompleted
-Man, 73, arrested over N1m scam
-Killer flour sends five to death
*Bread winner hospitalised
July 29,2001
-Nigerians develop drug for prostate disease
-NEPA owes Federal Govt N5.2bn
*As unremitted Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue
July 30, 2001
-Nigeria rides Ghana to World Cup
*As Super Eagles beat Black Stars 3-0
*Obasanjo, 19 governors cheer team to victory
-Okocha wins N.6m as MVP
-Irate members sack APP congress
*Waziri, others assaulted in Birnin Kebbi, accused of insensitivity
-Anyaoku appointed member of Eminent Persons Group
-Braithwaite reveals plan by looters to seize power
-Tight security at Alausa over sacked workers’ threat
-Alleged flouting of orders not to cancel contract: Court threatens to jail 12 FHA chiefs
-Presidency to wade into NSE, others face-off
July 31, 2001
-Go, clear your names at Oputa Panel, Obasanjo tells Badangida, Abubakar
*Warns critics of govt to desist
-Nurses call off strike
-Military rule: Adebayo apologises to Nigerians, wants other rulers to do the same
-FG may pay N114m to firm for breach of contract
–Afenifere backpedals on SNC, embraces National Conference
-30,000 jostle for 5,000 teaching jobs in Lagos
-ALGON’s suit against state adjourned till September 17
-Wayas dumps APP
*Gives no reason for action
-Nigeria eyes South Africa for help in arms production
-2 women jailed for child-trafficking
*As Italian Parliament pledged to back FG’s crusade against prostitution
-Govt’s failure to implement agreement: ASUP threatens industrial action
-Police deploy 1,500 men to forestall OPC rally.
