 FG, doctors’ parley deadlocked  Hajj: Confusion trails airlift  German police arrest late Abacha’s son  Navy, Police clash in Abuja  Abbas poised to win Palestinian election  AU will secure Darfur peace – Obasanjo  Kano to assist in transfer of service  Race for World Bank presidency begins  First Islamic varsity takes-off in Katsina September  Sokoto pilgrim arrested for stealing  Wada Nas, abridge builder-ACF  Fire guts Benue Investment Company  FG to rehabilitate roads in federal institutions  Ekiti makes progress in education  Sokoto purchases N1.7m water pumps for farmers  Jigawa IT varsity takes off Jan 15  Senator escapes Iynching  Dispute over suspected oil rich land leaves 2 dead  Katsina releases N27m subsidy to pilgrims  Women barred from visiting prison inmates  Anti-drug war gathers momentum in Oyo  Criminals kill five policemen in Gombe- Commisioner  AIDS: The end of a myth?  The coming divine tsunami  The story of the missing organs  Re: Letter to Sani Abacha  US air raid kill 14 in Iraq  Sudan, southern rebels end civil war  Eight dead in Europe storm  Tsunami: America’s aid regardless of religion- Powell  Isreal invests earthquake warning device  OPEC may cut output Jan 30  Yukos to file claim against Russian govt  Oil prices halved as market steadies  Rising fuel costs, labour unrests threaten global airlines  Hajj: Aviation ministry to review airline section process  Airline workers face bad economic outlook- study  Judges rejects bankrupt UAL’s deal with pilots  FG to boost cocoa market  ‘Involve manufacturers in policy-making’  Texile manufacturers laud FG on EEG  Microsoft offers anti-spyware programme for windows  Firms unveil new gadgets at technology fair  Oracle completes peoplesoft acquisition  Britain to sell new mobile phone spectrum  US schools behind in use of technology- Report  SBC to launch Internet TV on phone lines  Samsung develops 80-inch plasma TVs, long-life MP3s  Firm develops anti-piracy patents for cell phones  TiVo unveils integrated video recorder  EDUCATION TRUST FUND YEAR 2003 RECONCILED PROJECTS AS AT 1/7/2005 18:14 North-Central Zone  N27m debt: Sokoto Agric Bank threaten court action against farmers  ETF intervenes in Mass Literacy  Kwara appeals for support on cultism  Ekiti Complaints Commission resolves 201 cases  Dense haze blankets  Incomplete Gurara Dam bane of FCT water problem  Political will threatens FCT transportation system  Kuje area council budgets N1.3bn for 2005  Acid bath: Driver in court for alleged attempt to kill lover  Road construction gulps N100m in Kunchi LG  Only registered famers ‘ll get fertilizer- C’ttee chairman  Cleric worried over increase in prostitution, alcohol consumption  Kura LG pledges more support to health services  KNSG honours 57 student athletes  Kano Assembly set to battle mosquitoes  Increase in reported cases, a measure of confidence- EFCC  Five perish in petroleum tankers to night travel- Residents  LASG, telephone coy to improve security network  Restrict fuel tankers to night travel- Residents  Car owners to use Smartcard for parking  THE LIES AGAINST GOVERNOR BONNIE HARUNA  APGA in the woods  Siasia targets gold  IKhana in NPA talk  Martins on target  Heart win Confederation cup  Kaduna Basketball league kicks off next month  Ferguson slams United’s worst FA Cup display  Suns overcome Clippers to maintain best record  Troubled Marseille sunk by Angers  Hopman Cup organisers target Federer  Ill-fated Virgin Nigeria  It is the economy, stupid!