Ex-gov in court over N240.000; Buhari chairs Rimi’s campaign launch; ‘No Nigeria without Middle-Belt’; Arm police not soldiers – AD Chairman; FCE Yola closed down over religious crisis; High Commission protests killings, assaults on Nigerians in Britain; FG imports HIV drugs; Vice-Chancellors, Pro-Chancellors commend NUC boss; Failed politicians may disrupt 2003 elections – Governor; Kogi re-absorbs indicted commissioner; Kogi re-absorbs indicted commissioner; Tor Tiv, Emir of Lafia call for peace; Oba of Ilorin? Never, say Ilorin Elders; HOS charges parastatals on pensions; David-West advocates death penalty for oil bunkering; Aikhomu escapes lynching; Man bags one year for committing adultery with lunatic; Minister urges women to participate in national politics; Milosevic’s days of reckoning; Re: The First Lady Syndrome; The failure of Ebira leaders; How to fight poverty and corruption; Egyptian-Libyan plan is the way out – Sudanese envoy; Clan fighting claims 20 in Somaila; Ogunkelu blames conflicts on bad policies; Visit crises areas - Governor urges leaders; South African to pay HIV damages to wife; Storm kills 33 in South Korea; Russian cargo plane crashes; Indian, Pakistani leaders meet; US begins missile defence test; US welcomes China’s expulsion of academic; Football-sized tumour removed from man’s spleen; Lufthansa to provide internet services on flights; NSITF investment portfolio hits N8b; NLNG, Enron sign gas sales agreement; Expert predicts doom for Calabar free zone Expert predicts doom for Calabar free zone; Weather halts Shell’s containment work in Rivers; Sierra-Leone seeks NSE’s aid to set-up stock exchange; 17.86m shares worth N36.7m traded at NSE last Friday; Nigerdock shops for N6b reactivation fund; CCNN to raise Nib from rights issue; Nigeria Airways loses market share; How we will eradicate poverty – NAPEP boss; Bungudu people urge Gov. Sani to fulfil electoral pledge; BUK commences affiliation Programme; Illegal proliferation of arms more dangerous than AIDS -Gen. Igoche; SSANU gives FUT, Minna ultimatum; PDP stalwart praises Gov Lawal over dev. Projects; A fenifere scribe berates Kwara police; Work resumes at Makurdi cattle market; CRSG to sack fraudulent civil servants; Kalu supports registration of new parties; Ebonyi speaker decries NIGERCEM neglect; Rivers Assembly summon oil companies * over environmental pollution; Kogi Assembly renames varsity after Audu; FG approves NITEL development plan; NOTAP signs technology development memorandum with Akwa Ibom government; Minister urges NITEL to meet deadline on GSM; MIS offers free equipment service; Samsung plans faster DDR memory; Online travel agents make millions; Intel Stops Shipments of 900-MHz Xeons; Amazon Halts Pre-orders for Windows XP; Microsoft Secures Deal With VeriSign; MicronPC Launches TransPort XT Notebook; Barenboim breaks Wagner taboo; Sir Elton opens Lebanon festival; Art Exhibition in Lagos; Egypt’s pyramid of Chephren re-opened to the public; Idah High Court commences murder trial; Lagos Police nab two over murder of DPO; Doctor cleared of unethical practice; Robbers snatch N1m council salary; Driver in court for causing death of four; Man ,37, remanded for robbery; Bwari emerges best council in FCT; AMAC task NAPEC on rural development; Conference calls for improved mass education in FCT; Minister gets kudos from FCT; NDE sets to recover loans; Satellite residents decry demolition threat; Illegal mining flourishes in FCT; Beijing wins despite odds; Who succeeds Samaranch?; budgets $22 billion for Olympics; Anyim dangles N12m for grassroots soccer; Amun hunts for U-23 players; Liberia pips Sierra Leone in Freetown; Kadiri Ikhana declared ‘Wanted’; Senegal stalls Morocco; Abubakar thumbs up state governors; Aku insists on reshaping NFA;