third term: Awoniyi backs northern govs; Rimi’s wife: my son is insane- mother of alleged killer; Hajj 2005: reps quiz N5bn loan to NTCH; robbers kill policeman escorting corpses to Sokoto; Pregnant mother, 4 children, others perish in fire; Niger Delta: one dies in clash; VP’s ex-ADC’s whereabouts unknown; Obasanjo names ministerial nominee; Police arrest 23 pipeline vandals; Odili wants law to limit litigation charges; man in court over death of cyclist; corruption: PDP vice chairman discharged, acquitted; Meningitis hits Sokoto; PDP has no hands in 3rd term campaign; return of pilgrims in Sokoto zone epileptic -Kebbi dep gov.; Hajj: can we ever get it right?; 2006 Hajj: shame of Sakkwatawa; governments, politicians and people of Kano/Jigawa; the ungrateful hornbill; give Africa chance to grow; S/Korean province plans aid for mail-order brides; Man jumps from moving jetliner onto tarmac; this crook gets an “A" for originality; drunk-driving suspect flees in police car; Uganda rebels kill eight UN peacekeepers; UNICEF appeals for $805m in aid; rescuers hunt for Kenya survivors; Venezuela leader hosts world social forum; Europe ‘knew about’ CIA flights; conservative party wins in Canada election; dozens dead in Balkan train crash; Nigeria’s domestic debt hits N1.5 trillion; Legacy becomes pension fund administrator; committee on trade malpractices gets new chairman; Non oil exports generate N115.1bn; FG appoints Ovia chairman Infotech advisory c’ttee; FG approves 6 depots for Niger Delta; NSE plans electronic trading floors for Uyo, Bauchi; how banks can check online fraud; NGO vows to battle unemployment; c’ttee orders NYSC to move to permanent site; KNSG to execute N40m project in each constituency; Collapsed Buildings: Lagos Assembly seeks FG’s help; ministry prioritises completion of road projects; NUP insists on strike; 2007: storm in Borno as Kachallah, Kumalia, others join PDP; rent hike increases hardship for Abuja tenants; Obasanjo bans importation of steel water pipes; FCT houses: FCTA releases 20,000 letters of offer to civil servants; foreshore estate beckons for patronage; El-Rufai approves c’ttee for new schools in FCT; managing Abuja market fire disasters; the changing face of Abuja; Adamawa Gubernatorial aspirants oppose zoning; c’ttee to settle Bafarawa, deputy rift arrives Sokoto; Bauchi investment coy gets new MD; PDP may die a natural death-Birma; Politician gives N250,000 for reconstruction of Yola market; Hajj: FG to recover $3m from Trans Air; Attah commissions N120m projects in Akwa Ibom; Makarfi boosts water supply with $41m vehicles; Kanu reconciled to substitute role; Drogba leads Cote d’Ivoire to second win; Ghanaian press bow to Eagles; Sylla warns Guinea of complacency.