 NATNAL CONFAB: Tobi’s appointment improper –NBA chieftain  Delegates may ask for referendum  Senate moves against Makarfi today  British court upholds girl’s right to wear hijab  FG expects N300bn from sale of30,000 houses  Disagreements delay 2005 budget  Ali emerges PDP chairman  Illegal airfields, channels for arms importation –Minister  Customs impounds nine trucks of fake drugs  Attack by security agents: Court awards Nlm to Islamic scholar  Dariye: Adjourn to 2007, defence counsel prays court  IBB: EFCC has secret agenda- Bwari  FG approves guidelines for 2005 oil licensing round  Northern speakers meet on oil, confab  Malu explains presence at confab

 Igala delegates urged to canvass restoration of LG reform guidelines  ‘The poor are marginalized’  FG appoints four youths  Role of the judiciary in democracy –Uwais  Is this confab derailing?  Three days of the National Confab  Of development and our underdevelopment  Tribute to Abdulkarim Adisa  BPE privatisation: Letter to Mr. President  Adieu Emma Arinze  Banning foreign vegetable oil  Letter to Mr. President on agric reform  Misery in Afghanistan  Saddam tribunal judge shot dead  London Peace confab supports ‘Palestinian State’  Syria to pullout soon - al-Asad  Hong Kong leader ‘to step down’  Togo: W/African leaders approve new President  Group sues Rumsfeld over prisoner abuse  US court bans juvenile executions  Uruguay gets new president  Naked man threatens neighbours with sword  ‘World’s record for non-stop drumming’  The ‘tsunami gifts’  Country bans use of plastic bags  ACB unveils 25bn shares offer  Naira depreciates at DAS  CBN sells N 137.3bn treasury bills  NITEL  V-mobile  Starcomms  NCC orders GSM operators to drop activation charges  Illegal Commissions: EFCC recovers $5m for V-Mobile  NITEL’S NEW MANAGERS  MTN refunds N400m to customers  Lagos Airport  NAHCO  US company admits Benin bribery  Oil prices hover under $52  ‘Illicit drug sales booming online’  Ex- HP CEO, Carly Fiorina eyes World Bank top job  insurers liaise on pension fund administration  First Atlantic Bank gets stakeholders’ support  Bearish trading persists at Exchange  NURTW calls for transport bank  Local bourse can absorb more IPOs –Shareholder  More inland container ports underway  ICAN boss advocates maritime accounting  NMA gets new DG  Customs seizes luxury bus with smuggled goods  Nigerian crew receives MT Genesis Explorer  I am not bothered by critics –Gov Ali Modu Sheriff  The ongoing silent ‘revolution’ in UNN  NUC declares UNIPORT best governed varsity  Ogun spends N30m on polytechnic library  Unimaid convenes conference on university education  Kogi education board embarks on certificate verification exercise  Yobe polytechnic commences academic programmes  NANS oppose ASUU planned strike  Kogi varsity holds convocation March 12  NUC names top 10 over-crowded universities  Danfodio varsity to offer engineering courses  Fed Poly Idah introduces new dress code for students  ANCOPSS president charges stakeholders on funding  World Bank grants N455m to FCT Fadama project  House c’ttee reduces ei-Rufai’s budget proposal  Displaced Wuse Market traders relocate to Herbert Macaulay Way  Soldiers beat police inspector, take him away inside car booth  Ex-policeman bags 3 months jail for possessing fire arms  KNSG seeks WHO, UNICEF’s assistance on mosquito control  Excessive heat worries Dutse residents  NOA moves to promote community participation in education  Board establishes tax academy in Kano  Security guards nab fake doctor  LG inaugurates education endowment fund  FG issues relocation letter to 1004 estate residents  Suit: LASG chides, AD factions over additional councils  Govt establishes monitoring c’ttee on commercial vehicles  Lagos to spend N518m on abattoir project  Be prudent, accountable, Agabi tells LG chairmen  Dutse emirate distributes N125m Zakkat to the needy  Cross River needs N65m to complete electrification project  Osun police arrest 16 policemen over extortion  Show proof that the drugs are false -Judge tells NAFDAC  Police ban private security guards from carrying firearms  Adefarati solicits Yoruba, North-East alliance  2007: New group wants Ijaw as VP  NARTO issues 14-dav ultimatum over diesel price  Hausa/Fulani community seeks speedy selection of Mambila chief  Narcotic boards warns Nigerians over Internet drug procurement  BA seek policemen’s arrest over Benue killing  NULGE wants career LG staff appointed DPM, HODs  Dariye: MBF criticizes London court over arrest warrant  Obasanjo lauds NSITF  Ethno -religious conflicts: US official  Rural electrification for 400 communities in Kwara  Minister identifies problems plaguing African continent  FG targets 1m tonnes of cotton by 2007  Pankshin LG boss advocates upward review of council allocations  Poverty Alleviation: Borno builds TV viewing centres  Gov Abdullahi commended over NASEEDS  My recall threat, a ruse Kumalia  2007: New pro Marwa group, G36 debuts  Gov Saraki lists conditions for accepting Lawal into PDP  Pennant guilty of wasting talent  Iverson burns Bucks  Woosnam to captain Europe’s Ryder Cup team  Barcelona held by 10-man Espanyol  Robben plays down Barca comeback  Second-string Gunners show steel  Baros sees end of road at Liverpool  Inzaghi hoping for United return  Gombe players are hungry –Tenge  Onikeke defends C'wealth title in Ghana  Lawmakers wade into NFA crisis  NFA invites Okocha, Martins for Gabon  NTF names players for African juniors  Chelsea gives Okocha Euro hope  Five stadiums for 2006 Nations Cup  General AbdulKareem Adisa