• MONEY LAUNDERING: Dariye diverted N1.2bn ecological fund –Witness • ANPP Reps vow to oppose confab budget • Useni faction refutes ANPP endorsement of confab • Man hacks wife,daughter to death • PPMC a drainpipie –Reps c’ttee • Auto crash claims 19 lives in Plateau • FG decentralizes due process • Lake Nyos: Nigeria’s possible tsunami –conference • Reps to investigate BPE over PSPLS • FG moves to audit NITEL,M-tel • Shehu Musa warns against anti-north national dialogue • FG moves to rid Niger Delta of illegal weapons • Robbers attack 10 houses in Gusau GRA • Nadada hinges good governance on rural dev • Nigeria set to get $81 from US to fight HIV/AIDS • Obasanjo re-appoints Hamman Tukur as RMAFC boss • National mosque sub-committee meets Thursday • PDP:Inevitable meltdown beckons • A nation of shoddy economic policies • Balogun: Is EFCC crazy for credit? • National confab and an aide’s gaffe • STAR FEATURE:The resurrection of Minna airport • AU leaders vow to root out instability • Thousands flee in Congo’s attacks • Africa wants to veto powers at security council –Mbeki • Rwandan denies genocide charges • Sudan, Darfur rebels to resume peace talks in February • …US,Europe split over UN report • Campaigning begins in Saudi local polls • Turkey warns Iraqi Kurds • Israel suspends West Bank security transfer • Troops leaving now is nonsense –al-Yawer • …viws to bring back Ethiopian Jews • Al-Zarqawi’s group slams Iraqi elections • World leaders praise Iraqis, urge caution • EU ends diplomatic row with Cuba • NITEL to provide 600,000 CDMA lines • SBC to buy AT&T for $16bn • Injection of funds ‘II boost Mtel privatization –chairman • …board promises improved services • EFCC,ISSL to explore fraud detection techniques • Dollar steady ahead US Federal Reserve meeting • New Zimbabwean banking group faces legal challenge • Oil prices now hold below $48 • Exxon Mobil earns record $8.42bn in 4th Quarter • Minister solicits development partners’ support on environmental problems • NGO targets N324.3m to save wetland • Kaduna state gets land use committee • UNEP warns of environmental impact by tsunami • KASEPPA boss tasked on leadership • The undersea earthquake disaster known as Tsunami • Parastatal solicits support for FG projects in South-South • 1004 residents protest sale of estate • FG commissions CFC free plant for PZ • Illegal developers to be prosecuted, fined • MFCT boost Fatama Project with N29m • Bad state of secondary education worries minister • Catholic University, Abuja, to organise fund raising • Red Cross solicits assistance for Tsunami victims • Farmers, Fulani herdsmen cautioned against violence • Power outage hits Kumbotso LG • Bagwai people urged to live in peace • Burial at Ikoyi cemetery to cost N100,000 • FG,LASG commit N80m to streetlights • Lagos to rehabilitate miscreants • Attah tasks new commissioners, advises on loyalty • Lawmakers call for more budgetary allocation to security • Borno first lady decries increase in polio cases • Originality, creativity, bedrock of genuine development –Chikelu • Reviving civic education • Book Review • Art and criticism • Vessel from Ghana • Call for submissions • Archbishop seeks prison reforms • Kaduna Poly ASUP suspends chairman • 50 Emirs to attend argungun fishing festival • Nigerians not time-conscious –British Minister • Farmers advocate agric subsidy • Osun votes N76m on agro-allied industries • NARTO President loses Mother • Sokoto cement coy gets new MD • 2007:I will be a Nigerian not sectional President • PDP chairmanship: Igala youths back Ahmodu Ali • Benue PDP to suspend Shuluwa, wife • Ekiti PDP gives Gov Fayose the nod to recontest • UNPP expresses misgiving over confab • Group raps Obasanjo –over middle belt • Ex-Caldas coach Montoya regains consciousness • Bellamy joins Celtic on loan • Olympiakos: ‘No problem with Rivaldo’ • Pandiani moves to Birmingham • Depor sign Coloccini from Milan • Japan’s Nakata signs for Marseille • Collina to referee tsunami benefit match • Babayaro on target for Newcastle • Losers out of title race –Wenger • Mandaric delighted to keep Aiyegbeni • Wikki, Jets to play close door match • Omeruah c’ttee recommends sports restructuring • SGF explains Games Village sale,…says FG will build new hostels in Gombe, Yobe • Flying Eagles for 2010 World Cup –Galadima • Hope for local fuel production • President Obasanjo and SNC advocates