Al-Bashir arrested; N12m contract: FRCN replies Rimi; FG pays ex-Biafran soldiers; Multiple Stock Exchanges underway; Olusegun Obasanjo receives Electoral Bill today; Yola airport for 2002 hajj airlift; NDDC not money spinning venture - O b a s a n j o; Police inspector murdered; Afghan factions sign interim government pack; Father demands dead son’s entitlements; Gombe to establish sugar factory; Nigeria offers more military training to Sierra Leoneans; ENRON’s trouble will not derail Lagos IPP; The Tiv and the dilemma o f 2003; Oputa: Between Shariff and Haruna; Dangote deserves national honour; Between Sharon, Arafat and Hamas; Even Bush cannot stop terrorism – Arafat; Sudan to host development summit; Europe urges Isreal to restrain; 10 feared dead in Nairobi slum violence; Saudi Arabia, others angry at Israeli strikes; Attacks will continue, says Israel; B -52 b o m b k ills two U S soldiers; Anti-Taliban forces head for Bin Laden’s hide-out; Foundation urges FG to stop dumping; Financial market exhibition raises hope for SMEs; NAL MD says Kano’s 12% equity won’t change direction; Obasanjo tasks Centre on investments; Niger boosts revenue, generates N40m monthly; NCAA boss proposes new measures on air safety; FG to set up fund for rural telecoms - -Ndukwe; British Airways launches inflight Medicare manual; Maduekwe solicits port workers’ support for privatization; FG reviews tourism policy; CIL: Irabor wants Obasanjo to intercede; Nigeria Reinsurance declares N51m profit; We’ll revolutionize Plateau into an industrial state - PIPDC MD; Minister reiterates FG’s commitment to integration; Provost advocates educational revolution; Fall in crime rate attributed to govt support; Katsina resettles 102 disabled people with N2.5 million; Speaker tasks police command; Okadigbo commends Obasanjo over disposition to women; FG urged to release Bamaiyi; Mantu accuses NNPC o f working against Senate Committee; A nthrax scare continues in NASS; Niger nets N30m from sale of houses; N19m for ballot boxes in Bauchi; Abia legislators’ tour of U.S. gulps N20 million; 305 benefit from poverty alleviation in Imo; Mbata urges FG to fund NDDC; Court summons lawyer as accused jumps bail; M an , 35, in court over stolen car; Police inaugurates committee on Advance Fee Fraud (419); Julius Berger honours Abuja staff; Incessant fire outbreaks worry traders; My 40 years in the North as Igbo man-Joseph Ajude; Juventus sets to rival Man UTD.; Houston stars for Knicks; Mercer plots Tyson shock; Everton eye Zamora; Panathinaikos coach gives reason for defeat; Pele tips England; NFA board member allays fear on foreign coach; Nation’s C u p 2 0 0 6 S/Africa, three others bid to host; Muhammad Ali lights Olympic torch; Trial of Safiya and issues of law;