Pifzer Scandal: US agency disowns drug; FG drops PAP, creates PEP; Congo coup attempt: Kabila’s son takes over; 1,000 workers sacked illegally in plateau; Zamfara govt. slashes hajj by 25%; FRSC gives reasons for accidents; Save assembly plants from collapse – Shagari; Sacked Plateau workers to get entitlements; Katsina NOA starts campaign; Suspended aide recall Barak counts on peace-talks for re-election; Police Service Commission list ready; NITEL M-Tel staff to be redeployed; Gov. Kure assures of rural assures of electrification; Ulama kicks against US AID; CRHA approves 2001 budget; Stop cement dumping—CCNN chairman urges FG; Faith without works; Congo: From bad to worse; Message of goodwill; Fallouts of Governor dariye’s trips; RECEPTION 2000: Has a northern messiah emerged?; Who Obasanjo now?; The evil of World Bank/IMF; Gen. Babangida’s travails; Support our northern press; Home truths for President Obasanjo; Governor Saminu Turaki Deserves thumbs up; Bauchi state law-makers, toothless bull-dogs; AIDS pandemic deadlier than war; Marxists closer to power in Cape Verde; Opposition in Zimbabwe witch-hunts Mugabe; FPI loses election to opposition in Cote D’Ivoire; Barak counts on peace-talks for re-election; Iraq still defies America; Aziz challenges Bush; Conflict a victory, says Saddam; OPEC clashes export by 1.5 million barrels; GSM: Bidding closed at $150m,continues today; CBN predicts economic boom in 2001; Standard Trust Bank to host investment summit; MMA terminal reconstruction to gulp N.2billion; Expert makes case for alternative energy; CICO declares bonus shares as earnings dip; Exploit AGOA , Minister urges investors; Kaduna Trade Fair takes off next month; Nigeria’s sugar production up by 50 per cent; NITEL, M-TEL probe shifts to Lagos; Ahmadu Bello’s successors were his opposite —Abubakar Tuggar; Like lamb to the slaughter; No room for free passengers; Victims of OPC violence claim N40m compensation; Edo Customs Command realized N1.4 billion in 2000; Accommodation racket at UNILAG; Minna to regain lost glory; We’ll not recognize Afenifere, YCE Leadership; Gana uncovers plot to destabilize govt; No automatic second term for AD govs — Abdulkadir; 2003: There is no vacancy in Aso rock- Rep Ahmed lawan; Carnival Swinging Carnival at Minna; Death drama in Congo; IG orders probe of N250 million 419 scam; Embattled councilors get bail; Police kill 5 robbers in Jos; 35 -year- old man in court for robbery; Police to start 24-hour patrol in the East; Armed robbery suspect dies smoking Indian hemp; Separation of FCDA from MFCT underway; Court jails man, 23, for stealing; Abuja may host ECOWAS parliament secretariat; Chikwe says FAAN is to be re-organized; Obasanjo needs an 8-year-tenure,says youth leader; FG sets up committee on retrieval of illegal arms; FCT NDE gets new coordinator; Tijjani can check Bonfrere, says Obienu; A digest of African soccer stories; Nigeria for weightlifting tourney; HFN to feature in 11 tourneys; FEYSOC boss bags chieftaincy title; Koeman: Figo’s departure was a big mistake; Ali in world sports awards dinner;