 National dialogue now political reforms confab  We’ll resist rigging in 2007 – Oshiomhole  Ogbeh didn’t resign under duress – NEC members  Reps move to ban fuel importation  America’s presence in Iraq worsens crises – Khatami  Hajj: Saudi closes Medina gate  Plateau assembly against establishment of varsity  SAN opposes national lottery bill  Obasanjo directs ministers to establish own farms  N40bn HOUSING FUNDS. Reps probe NNPC, NEPA, Others  Katsina LGS vote N600m for fertilizer  Reps donate N7.2m to Tsunami relief fund  Court rejects EWI’s application for injunction  Jigawa contractors get N530m  Peoples national conference kicks-off in Lagos  Poor funding threatens housing policy  Judge condemns police’s investigation methods  ID cards will be ready before end of year – Director  Court orders liquidation of sugar coy  2005 Hajj: Matters arising  Is Shekarau carrying vengeance too far?  Mr.President, don’t forget Feb, 10 2005  Anambra as PDP’s nightmare  Ogbeh, why resign so soon?  Gov Goje and projects in Gombe  Doctors’ strike: NLC gives Health Minister ultimatum over remittances  Cash scarcity poses obstacle to Ed-el-Kabir in Zamfara  FUMTA assets: FG releases bids results  BEROM ELDERS FORUM State council of chiefs chairmanship tops agenda  Kwara to construct N128m abattoir  Indonesia wants foreign troops out  Bin Laden worries Iraqi insurgents  Group accuses Nepal’s rebels of rights abuses  US denies debate on Syrian incursion  Israel launches strikes on Gaza  Paris Club discusses Tsunami relief  Rats can differentiate languages  Teenagers bomb school from aircraft  I could accept Bush’s policies – Kadhafi  Darfur fighting rages despite peace deal – UN  Uganda’s LRA must leave Sudan – Garang  UK Minister begins tour in Africa  Posh toilets on sale for $13M  “Nigeria-Ukraine business ties ripe”  OPEC shuns Iraq’s request over Jan. 30 meeting  Okonjo-Iweala, others review plights of weak nations  IMF faults rapid growth of Chinese economy  EU kicks off new programme for SMEs  BP targets 10% rise in daily output  Wood exporters get exemption on production  Fruit sellers seek credit facility  AU charged to intensity fight against poverty  FG calls for supply of fertilisers  100 university killed in Aceh
 NYSC boss plans better package for staff  VCs and maintenance of discipline  Adult education agency to set up methodology centre  Tsunami early warming system by 2007  Saudi women discuss role of science at Cairo forum  Taiwa-US technology, industry forum to be held in Tapei  Japan sets technology goals  Call for science, technology awards entries  El-Rufai tasks Okada riders to obey traffic rules  MFCT, Nationwide Transport Ltd. Sign N10bn agreement to import buses  Muslim group holds marriage seminar  Demolition: Kubwa traders drag el-Rufai to court  Kuje chairmanship candidate appeal election tribunal’s judgement  Residents speak on benefits of GSM  Nigerian Turkish International College organizes Mathematics competition  Bwari council chairman tasks youth corpers on service  Dantata advised to redeem pledge  Two children die in inferno  Road construction, rehabilitation gulps N100m in Kunchi  Kumbotso LG to get 11 boreholes  Cattle sellers record low patronage  KNSG spends N27.8m for Madobi LG projects  Tinubu’s stand on LG’s election unconstitutional-FG  Police deny involvement in Epe strife  Reasonable pricing system expected from private sector – MAN  NUEE urges FG not to privatize NEPA  Cattle sellers record low patronage  Water scarcity hits Lafia  Census: Ekiti Dep.gov. urges chairmen to create awareness  Dariye optimistic about peace in Plateau  20 persons die in auto crash  Akume launches scholarship schemes for Sankera students  Jigawa, B/Faso sign pact on agric. ICT development  AD criticises electoral bill  Middle Belt group rejects Ogbeh’s resignation  APGA: Okorie denies N60m fraud  Group advocates Bukar Abba/Kalu ticket  Oyun LG condemns attack on Gov Saraki  Ohanaeze cautions against destablising APGA  Italy salutes Inter’s comeback  Stoudemire help red-hot Suns overwhelm Heat  Net suffer Jefferson blow  Dementieva opens with Sydney win  Johansson suffers injury setback  Els primed for Hawaiian hatrick  Liverpool close to Morientes deal  Real linked with Gravesen swoop  Chelsea thwart Geremi hopes of Riverside return  Bolton willing to let Pedersen go  Blatter commissions Technical Centre in April  Omotayo, Ibrahim top tennis ranking  Nasarawa FC recruits 20 new players  VMobile polo tourney underway in P/Harcourt  Gusau stadium for completion next month  Problems of everyday life