 NLC survives new labour bill  Monetisation gulps N100bn  NATIONAL CONFAB: Removal of immunity my expectation –Obasanjo  … says NASS sabotages privatization  CBN approves Sterling Bank group merger  Imminent volcanic eruption worries Reps  Fire razes Makurdi modern market  2003 polls were partially dishonest —American scholar  HIV/AIDS: World Bank Withholds Funding for Borno  Basic Education for all by 2015 still elusive –Prof Tahir  Tinubu wants Ngige to join AD  Al-Mustapha’s trial stalled  Commissioner, 4 others face court over N68.2m fraud  Union wants discontinuation of pension deductions  Fire guts Al-Bashir’s residence  Plateau needs N10bn to reclaim mining sites  ...state ‘varsity gets first VC, registrar  Appoint IGs through proper means —Usman Farouk  Ex-General against regional military  Ex gov, Goni, asks FG to settle foreign debt  Gombe delegate wants ACF, Afenifere, others scrapped  Abdullahi Ibrahim heads 50-member biz c’ttee  Stop recycling old leaders -Delegate urges  Make university education three years –Delegates  We are functional at | confab –AD  Traditional institutions, agents of disunity -Shehu Sani  When the AC’s stopped  Brisk business for photographers  Tobi can be tough too  Well done, Muazu  Overzealous security men (and women)  Apologies won’t do  PDP: Ogbeh’s successor as ‘the last Imam’  A vote for social dialogue  MASSOB as storm in a tea cup  Re: 2007: No dark horse as President  NEPA, please give Miringa transformer  Farmers urged to benefit from community plantation scheme  Nigeria’s rice importation drops  Adamawa set to boost cocoa production  UN urges Ethiopia, Eritrea over border impasse  Sudan criticises US over sanctions  Uganda warns Somali warlords  180.000 died in Darfur- UN  World court hears DR Congo’s first case  ...gives ultimatum to rebels  Landmines affect one million Mozambicans-Reports  Clinton goes home after heart surgery  Jackson boy denies being abused  ‘Russia offered $10m to Maskhadov killer’  Parliament deliberate on ant invasion  Pay with your fingerprint at the supermarket  Police cart away Chiluba’s clothes, shoes  Mussolini’s granddaughter on hunger strike  Egyptian president holds talks in Syria  US admits difficulties of Iran intelligence  Australian Media criticized over treatment of Muslims  Pakistan ‘lost’ Bin Laden trail  US Congress to probe World Bank accounting error  Oil prices surge above $55, ahead OPEC meeting  CBN clears N55bn in Katsina zone  Why SMEs fail to perform –SMEDAN  NCAA to audit airlines  NCS Ibadan surpasses revenue target  Japaul proposes 15k dividends to shareholders  NPA launches aerial surveillance helicopter  ...pays allowances to estate residents  NCAT to acquire N40 million radar  Forum charges airlines on consumer protection  Virgin fits upper class suite unto Gatwick aircraft  Dollar steady ahead of capital flow data  Nigeria is benefiting from TAC –Ambassador Daura  Erosion cuts off 3 Enugu communities  Obasanjo welcomes increased private sector interest in mortgage financing  Duke warns against bush burning  FCDA to construct four multi-level car park  Conservation foundation deplores state of zoos  FCT commences 2nd stage of cadastral land registry  Nigerians query sale of FG properties  FMBN denies truncating new housing policy  FG spends N3.7b on 4 bridges  NSE task governments on engineers  ...to link roads in bitumen, gas producing areas  NPA pays port residents three years housing allowances to leave  Iran to allocate $50m for rebuilding Afghanistan  SSS, el-Rufai parley on security  Area One traders sue el-Rufai  Vendor arraigned over stolen copies of Daily Trust  Magistrate remands two over stolen car  ACOMORAN sacks own chairman  Ministry staff charged for intimidation  Man in court over sexual assault on 4-yr-old  Chief praises clean up exercise  Fake ampicillin syrup producers nab bed  Madobi expends over N200m on projects  Fire disaster'. School receives N70,000 donation  KNSG to construct 1,528 houses  158 VVF patients undergo free treatment  Public, private hospitals warned over medical waste disposal  AD chieftain cautions A against calumny  Tinubu calls for full implementation  Tinubu appoints new press secretary  Lagos expends N1.3b monthly on new LGs  Oba of Lagos declares support for confab  HIV/AIDS spread worries Jigawa  Yar’Adua signs N31bn 2005 appropriation Bill  Commissioner cautions FG over scrapping of joint account  FG urged to build good roads  MT African pride: Afolayan receives court martial report  ...committed to funding energy research centres – DG  Jigawa to develop mineral deposits  Crash landing: Yuguda condemns media reports  Benue electoral commission postpones election in Kwande LG  Sultan appeals for housewives’ participation in census  Reps probe use of ecological fund  C’ttee blames police inefficiency on funding  Barracks rehabilitation c’ttee warns two contractors  Anti-human trafficking hotlines launched in Akwa Ibom  NTA to acquire screening rights  ...Filmmakers lack adequate funding—NFCMD  Obasanjo backs film village*Gives Institute N20 million  Chief Chikelu the humorist  Amaka Igwe seeks protection against big ‘poachers’  Group plans dance drama to honour Segun Olusola  World’s first ‘blind’ art exhibition ends in London  Rethinking social security (II)  Confab: FCT delegates must defend Fed character, mayorship –Hon. Sidi Ali  My expulsion is unconstitutional – Ngige  2007: Benue North-East wants governorship seat  Senator Gyado, Hon Suswan receive decampees to Benue PDP  Freeman supports London 2012 bid  Injury ‘delays Klitschko defence’  Cup semis to stay in Cardiff – FA  Hasselbaink to miss UEFA Cop dash  Real confident of Woodgate return  Monaco aims at Champions League spot in Strasbourg  Schumacher eyes Sepang fight back  Lewis takes on former manager in High Court  Tornadoes seeks Insurance’s fall in Benin  Coreman: NPA not scared of Enyimba  Why I wept — Tornadoes coach  My boys broke down – Ekundina  FG doles out N27.5m to Olympics heroes  African U-17 championship: Ambassador pledges support for Eaglets  Makarfi Volleyball Championship opens Saturday  NFA approves new adidas design  Police evict illegal occupants at National Stadium  Purchase of fire equipment: FFS expresses displeasure  Muslims and the confab; The case of being the victim