 RECRUITMENT: NNPC violates Fed character. We did nothing wrong –Spokesman  Confusion over sack of BPE DG  25 injured in Jigawa, Bauchi border clash  I stand by my words - Makffi tells Senate  Policeman dismissed as calm returns to Makurdi  CAC boss charged for contempt  Police, others fail to remit contributions to NHF  Tribalism, religious bigotry, Nigeria’s problems - Maitama Sule  BON MD to resign  Poverty level has dropped – Kpakoi  Nigeria’s presidentialism too expensive –Ex-minister  Miyetti Allah takes case to confab  Referendum: Lawyer blasts Afe Babalola, others  Debate on Obasanjo’s speech continues today  Prof. Jega advocates investment in infrastructure  Scholar wants confab to deliberate on 1996 draft constitution  MASSOB not in support of Confab  Ribadu: Between patriotism and overzealousness  Re: Bush, Obasanjo and Musharraf. Three of a kind  FCT: What does Bagudu and Ngbako want again?  Egypt and democratic reform  Rights abuses rampant in US -Bukhari Bello  Sharon is a war criminal- UK mayor  ‘200 al-Qaeda members operate in UK’  Pope makes brief appearance  Syria withdraws from Lebanon... US seeks full withdrawal  Early men had better brains –Report  Old remedy for pimple  In printing, the faster the better  Confab: Go-slow areas  A cynical look at ‘resource control  Recapitalisation: NAL Bank to raise N10bn  First Atlantic Bank predicts share price appreciation  Jaiz shareholders endorse public offer  FSB gets new chairman, holds AGM  Bank reforms to encourage SME financing — Obasanjo  Total chief wants greater access to OPEC reserves  Shell supplies gas to Korea  ChevronTexaco affiliate signs Agbami FPSO construction contract  ...moves to sell UK outlets  PDTF boss bags Eisenhower fellowship  Equity prices appreciate at exchange  NAICOM approves two new insurance products  The thrills and drills of the 2005 hajj  Why cybersecurity legislation is difficult –AG  Microsoft to train software developers  CBN, NDIC express fear over e-banking system  SMEDAN  New iPods  Over 80% software in Africa is illegal-Microsoft  Property: Globacom, Microsoft to settle out-of-court  Mobile phone T virus hits US  HP gets aggressive on printer pricing  World tech expo begins in Japan  African telecom regulators laud NCC  Alcatel, Microsoft to develop internet TV  Abuja zone consumers owe NEPA N80m  Producers condemn increase in price of ‘Pure water’  Sacked workers take UB A to court over allowance  Farmer in court for attempting to sell friend  FG releases N40m for Zuba-Abuja highway  Court charges man with illegal firearms possession  Polio: 44 personnel trained  ‘Shariah: KNSG demolishes sports club  Road: Shagari qtrs residents send SOS to Shekarau  Kano to revive groundnut production pyramid  USAID lunches farmers cooperative in Kano  Five service opens outstation  ITF trains 20,000 workers in Kano  LG spends N50m on women centre  House committee discusses Arochukwu- Ohafia landslide  Cross River Councils have failed –Speaker  NOSOSA commends Shekarau  Waste disposal charge : LASG seals up business premises  FG says it released funds for 20 councils  Foreigner in court for duping Nigeria  Man, 28, docked over N450,000 theft  Lagos redevelops Yaba Industrial Estate  Muslims work to develop estate, propagate Islam  18 new refineries underway  Saudi deports 10,000 Nigerians  Balarabe Musa launches book on election rigging  My life is under threat –ANSIEC Chairman  Dariye, Akume hold secret talks  GSS Gombe closed down  Sokoto earmarks N2.7bn for road construction  Reps move to check menace of robbers on highways  Kudirat: Court fixes April 7 for hearing  Land ownership tussle: PLSG urged to implement Plateau Peace Conference resolution  Donald Duke to appear in court with certificates  Demolition of FRCN’s Sokoto FM station  FG spends N300m for ammunition storage facilities  FIRS warns banks, agencies over tax arrears  APGA asks Supreme Court to dismiss Kalu’s appeal  Obasanjo’s conquest of the PDP  Confusion in IBB’s camp in Kwara  Leave Makarfi alone Senators urged  IBB to declare presidential ambition march 26 -Prince Ekpenyung  Mourinho confident of winning Premiership crown  Ferguson knows title climb has become mountain  Gattuso targets United move  Collina to referee Chelsea, Barcelona clash  Better late than never, insists Costacurta  Gateway fail to nail Kwara Utd  Utaka fires Gabon warning  Sharks squeeze past Berger  NFA finds Ogunjobi ‘negligent’  League chief in show of shame  CAF Awards: NFA accused of cover-up  EDITORIAL: As Tata Balogun formally retires  The Kukah I didn’t know