Buhari urges donation for Tsunami victims ▪ North mourns Wada Nas ▪ Iraqi election officials quit over threat ▪ Robbers kill two intending pilgrims in Ilorin ▪ Ogbeh/Obasanjo Feud: Benue PDP leaders urge truce ▪ PSP will survive Nas ▪ Nas’ death, great loss, say Rimi, others ▪ Human rights violation: Oputa panal report indicts ex-military leaders ▪ Plateau land dispute: Police confirm one killed, eight suspects arrested ▪ Collapsed bridge kills 6 in Ibadan ▪ Infreno: Customs brief victims’ families ▪ Governor’s vehicle hits boy over scramble for money-pg 4▪ 2007: Babangida directs campaign outfits to fuse-pg 4▪ Awards for Gov. Ibrahim well deserved –Aide-pg 4▪ ABI nominates Dr. Onu man of the year 2004-pg 4▪ FG appoints 14-member Amirul Hajj C’ttee-pg 4▪ AU to solve Darfur dispute says Mbeki-pg 5▪ Senators urges Adamawa politicians to forget differences-pg 5▪ Kano PDP chides Rimi over utterances-pg 5▪ Police cadets to commence training-pg 5▪ 2005: live and let live-pg 7▪ No el-rufai. No-pg 7▪ Hausa films: Enough of this immorality-pg 7▪ Tread softly Mr. President-pg 7▪ Adamu Adamu got gov. mu azu wrong-pg 7▪ Sign of relieve as Sudanese sign peace deal-pg 9▪ North seeks Korean ‘reunification’-pg 10▪ Volcanic eruption hits India-pg 10▪ Kuwaiti minister fits over moral question-pg 10▪ Iraqi party threaten to reject charter-pg 10▪ Car bomb claims two in Baghdad-pg 10▪ US soilder killed in Afghanistan-pg 10▪ Late Margaret Hassan gets posrt mortem peace prize-pg 11▪ Man bets to clock 100 yrs-pg 11▪ squabbles over child-pg 11▪ Tsunami relief gathers momentum-pg 11▪ 17 peasants murdered in Columbia-pg 11▪ Croatia pull goes to run-off-pg 11▪ Groups protest lavish royal spending in Swaziland-pg 12▪ Ethiopians protest border talks with Eritrea-pg 12▪ Details of Sudan cease fire-emerge-pg 12▪ Egyptian parliament to elect presidential candidate May-pg 12▪ Wolfensohn may quit World bank-pg 14▪ FG strategises for agric production-pg 14▪ STB, Zenith sparehead FIRS’ automated revenue collection-pg 14▪ Cars to look out for in 2005-pg 15▪ Nigeria to refine 50% of crude oil next year-pg 16▪ DPR warns erring marketers in Kaduna-pg 16▪ Oil prices plunge on mild winter weather-pg 16▪ Shell moves to tackle leakages-pg 16▪ Dollar steady against Euro in new year-pg 16▪ IMF, World bank not the authors of NEEDS – Masari-pg 20,21▪ FG urged to wade into RTEAN crisis-pg 22▪ Jigawa NUJ petition gov. over educational backwardness-pg 22▪ NUJ honors police officer-pg 22▪ FG calls for review of NNPC staff retrenchment-pg 23▪ Minister predicts cordial FG/NLC relationship-pg 23▪ NARTO indicts police over illegal parks-pg 23▪ Health Interactive with Dr. Aminu Magashi: The fate of medical doctors in Nigeria: Information on HIV, Hair loss, Food poisoning, Seven years without an issue –pg 25▪ Doctors’ strike, private hospital get patronage-pg 26▪ Polio: Nigeria suffer set-back – Prof. Shehu-pg 26▪ NGO donates N5m anti-cancer drugs to Plateau-pg 26▪ KNSG need N2bn for health facilities-pg 26▪ Etsu Nupe declare support for health center-pg 26▪ TSANI announces public declaration on HIV/AIDS status-pg 27▪ NAFDAC destroys N200m worth of fake drugs-pg 27▪ FCT minister commission FACA secretariat-pg 28▪ RTEAN decries illegal operations in parks-pg 28▪ 2005 budget: Amac legislators reviews N2.6bn budget proposal-pg 28▪ FRSC reviews fines upward-pg 28▪ Clergyman docked for forging NSA letter head, ID card-pg 28▪ Civil servant docked for presenting CBN fake cheques-pg 28▪ KABO commences airlift of pilgrims amid hitches-pg 29▪ UNIABUJA adopts dressing code for students-pg 29▪ Hajj 2005: FAN charges food, drinks vendors-pg 29▪ Okada accident claims passengers-pg 29▪ Second hand cloth business booms in Abuja-pg 29▪ NARTO flays RTEAN over FG loan scheme-pg 30▪ Deaf youth condems Buhari petition verdict-pg 30▪ KNSG wants mentholatum coy to partner with BUK-pg 30▪ Media houses blamed for poor Hausa translation-pg 30▪ Kano gives ultimatum to road contractor-pg 30▪ NGO awards N5m scholarship to students-pg 31▪ “FG permits NURTW to park under bridge”-pg 31▪ Police arrest seven armed robbers-pg 31▪ Community leaders alert Tinubu over imminent building collapse-pg 31▪ Union advises FG on monietisation policy-pg 31▪ Obasanjo outlines plan for agriculture-pg 33▪ NUJ laments education delay in Jigawa-pg 33▪ Zamfara vows to enforce girl child education-pg 33▪ NOA urges reward for excellence-pg 34▪ Taraba to reactivate Lau sugar coy-pg 34▪ Unemployment retards development in Borno ▪ Ministers advocates parliamentary system-pg 34▪ Akume wants Taxi service in Benue-pg 34▪ Auto crash kills 2 police officers ▪ Benue won’t accept Ogeh’s removal, Dabo ▪ Premiership: South American exports flounder ▪ Stoudemire shines as Suns stop Trailblazers ▪ Monty eyes return to world’s top 10 ▪ Caragher blast referee Riley ▪ Golovin eases to Gold Coast win ▪ Beattie joins Everton ▪ Ferdinand leave Bolton ▪ Celtic go three points clear in Scotland ▪ Luxemburgo begins new Real with extra training ▪ FC Porto to suspend Brazilian Stars ▪ Eaglet off to Angola ▪ Galadima hopes on better year ▪ Injury knocks out Odemwinge ▪ Liverpool survive Norwich revival ▪ Basketball: Top clubs chase Okoro ▪ All-Ghana finals ends in draw ▪ Editoral: Eggs from Cotonou ▪ Tribute to Dr Rufa’I Omar Madaki