 Nigeria’s debt not forgivable –French Envoy  Confab: Northern delegates meet today  FG appoints Prof. Oloyede as co-scribe  FG resumes oil exploration in North  Fish oil reduces heart ailments – Research  Obasanjo says IMF still reluctant about reforms  Tafa Balogun’s accounts frozen – EFCC  Alameseigha, Kalu get Katsina traditional title  FG to commence sale of Apo qtrs. April 1  Intercity merges with First Interstate bank  900 get Marwa’s endowment scholarship  Nigeria’s nuclear research for peaceful purpose -DG, Energy commission  NIS moves to address officers grievances  Daily Trust loses staff  Plane crash: 100 escape death  Group offers N200,000 scholarship  Farmers to get N12.5 billion from Agric Bank  Goje, Bafarawa condole Weekly Trust editor  Bafarawa refutes report on LG funds  Anambra Saga: Expulsion is cosmetic, says Anglican Bishop  Confab adopts “One Nigeria, One voice” slogan  We didn’t influence appointments, membership, says CAN  Women decry low representation  Nigeria is multi-religious, not secular —Orire  Muslims hail Oloyede’s appointment  Scholar warns Muslims over ethnic-based agenda  Speak with one voice, Adamawa PDP chairman urges northern delegates  Essential Shagari at 80  2007:Atiku’s delicate poise  Re: Obasanjo Rebuffs Muslim leaders  Re: T he scramble for Nigeria  Re: Open letter to Gov Kure, my error  Confab: For Northern delegates’ eyes only  Gov Sheriff and Kumalia’s conspiracy theory  UK army may recruit more Muslims  Africa casts doubt on Blair’s commission report  Eight killed in US Church attack  Ukraine seeks technology ties with Nigeria  Somali Muslim workers ‘fired’ over prayers  Historic election begins in Central African  Egypt frees top liberal on bail  Iran rejects US nuclear incentive  Fighters killed in Saudi Arabian raid  Powerful quake jolts Iran  ...as thousands flee after floods  US contractors killed in Iraqi blast  144 years of chequered censuses  NUB reiterates stand-alone option  ICPC, Sarumi disagree over anti-graft crusade  OPEC meets Wednesday, may pump above oil limits  Customs impounds luxury bus with contrabands  ... Rep seeks Nigeria’s withdrawal  First Interstate Bank moves to raise N17bn  NSE: 100m STB shares floating on NSE  NAL protests CRN’s embargo on new branches  CBN explains drop in NSE’s January transactions  CentrePoint Bank earns N726m  Ousted Boeing CEO’s wife seeks divorce  Oil price rises again to $54  Delta Airlines may file for bankruptcy  Sale of Enron’s Oregon utility blocked  China ’s textile exports soar  US budget problems obstacle to growth Greenspan  Dollar slips again  Internet craze: Hunting wild animals online  CeBIT fair: TV leads 3G mobile phones  Samsung  Sony  Motorola  Vodafone  Gates  Microsoft security practice raises fears  Internet telephony ready for Plug-and-Play  Revenue boards seek N45m for computerisation  Microsoft sites IT village at Katsina-Ala  Subscribers charge Mashi to turn around NITEL  Bankers’ Institute holds IT confab  Dove Media partners with TITV  Re-allocation o f houses: Confusion in Gwarinpa Housing Estate  AMAC PDP chairman counsels Rep over utterances  AEPB begins trial of roadside traders  Taxi drivers invade Gwagwalada VIO office  Water vendors cause accident in Dantata Village  Industrial waste threatens Kumbotso residents  KNSG to tackle over crowdiness in sec. schools  Bagwai LG earmarks N51m for electrification project  ...purchases N3m goats for women  Pure-water hawkers protest price increment  Three die in road accidents  Army declares Lagos ammunition depots safe  Female Muslim nurses allege threat over hijab  Detectives hunt suspected rapist, murderer  Lagos plans expansion homestead fish farm  Karu generates N12m revenue  Obasanjo extols Commonwealth  Akwa Ibom spends N83m on socioeconomic study  Makurdi, environs get first rain  Ministry launches accident prevention programme  Ex-NPC chairman urges commissioners to find census money  Shehu Yar’ Adua commemoration begins Thursday  Jigawa sets up c’ttee over crises  Negligence: Court awards N75.7m against First Bank  Aminu Kano Foundation for launch April 19  Ngige bans public gathering in Anambra, heads to court  Tidjani Faces fresh charges  Course 21: Commandant commends students performance  NEMA assists Sokoto flood victims  After the presidential speech, what next?  Brazil’s Romario to play for non-league English club  Wenger concedes he may have under-spent  Venezuela court clears way to avoid possible FIFA ban  Swedish referee Frisk retires following death threats  Pierce leads Boston to dramatic double overtime win  Tornadoes whips Nationale  Gamji Cup flags off in Kano  Babayaro out of Gabon clash  Dolphin deny Hearts’ claim  In defence of Reverend Father Kukah