• Zangon Kataf riots. • Ministerial changes and the relief package. • Of “idle” deputy governors. • The presidential race and the incumbency factor – Mohammed Haruna. • The road to hell: the complete story of the February 6 riots in Zangon Kataf can now be told, including the issues, passions, events and persons that aided and abetted it. • What is to be done: the Cudjoe commission made many suggestions on how to avoid a repeat of the riots. • Eko Expo: a disappointing outing. • Housing fund may be stalled. • NAOC to invest 18 million Naira in exploration. • Egypt death of a secularist: Militant muslims give their verdict: If you preach secularism, you are an atheist and should die. • Behold a new dawn: President Konare takes the driver's seat in Mali and ends military rule of two decades. • Labour: taking charge. • Defending the rule of law: lawyers in Lagos begin an indefinite boycott of courts in protest against government's disobedience to court orders. • Presidential 419? How Pretoria was stung for 35 million Naira by a presidential aspirant. • Deputy governors: throne without power. • Long on talks, short on action: Rio proves a talking shop as the US and western leaders holds back on commitment. • The wilderness of exile: African writers in exile gather in London to discuss the joys and pains of creating in relocation. • A handbook for journalists.