I was detained because of Shariah-Yakubu Musa; 17 varsities may forfeit ETF allocations – report; Obasanjo signs six agreements with China; Nasarawa police kill four robbers; Auto crash: Five more bodies recovered; Legislator’s murder: Police arrest three; Kerosine explosions: Senator Abubakar apologies to victims; Sharia will remove insecurity – Buhari; ETF allocates N9.8b to projects this year; Media tour unconnected with politics – Gana; 2003: Elect only pro -Sharia leaders — muslims urged; NUT seeks increased federal allocation for UBE; African nations can resolve their differences – Obasanjo; Nigeria to host women conference; SSS arrests pipeline vandals in Kogi; Don’t ignore violence on women - WRAPA scribe tells police; Mbeki declares Cape Town disaster area; Israeli helicopters destroy Palestinian police station; UN envoy hosts talks on Western Sahara; Balloon blaze kills six in France; Brazil arrests six for burying businessmen alive; CBN sells lowest treasury bills in 2001; Yobe plans to privatise coys; Senate to check GSM charges; Niser Insurance nets N113m profit; Sudan joins OPEC; FG raises alarm on washing away moles; District head makes case for hajj operation; wave of banditry worries Gana; 122 FEDPOLY, Idah students renounce cultism; Yobe govt approves soft loans for self-help projects; Gov Akume condemns computerisation of PDP membership; ID Card: Ali pleads mL with Northerners; Gombe Assembly probes LGs; Rep urges passage of social welfare bill; UNDP explains exodus from PDP; Two lawyers, four others arraigned over N4.5 million land deal; Three in court for house breaking, theft; Five persons to appear in court for contravening youth law; Popular textile dealer nabbed for robbery; WHO report 2000, not our assessment – Nwosu; FG moves to contain sale of fake drugs; PSN, NAFDAC on collision course; AIDS: Silent leaders help the virus to spread; Patent medicine dealers arrested in Lagos; Year 2001 national immunisation day results out; NFA holds seminar on hooliganism in Kano; Aku, Oyelade at loggerheads.