Obasanjo escapes another air crash; Cabinet reshuffle: Permanent Secs lock out some ministries; FG dips into external reserves to finance projects; Commuters stranded in Lagos; $74m loan for ID cards is fraudulent; World’s hungry population hits 830m; FG, NNPC disagree over crude oil quote; Technical hitches delay Obasanjo’s return from Switzerland; Loan for ID card; Uni Abuja employs 30; Plateau youths move against crowd renting; |NITEL resumes discussion on GSM take off; Adamawa places Nlm prize for clue on commissioner’s assassins; … kick against attacks on Lar; Mother of four delivers 5 babies; ... Seven suspects arrested; Muslims have not tapped from Qur’an; Ford Foundation splashes N36bn on Nigeria’s education programmes; I Former Radio Niger boss gets title; 5.2m families to benefit from IFAD loan; LASG spends N100 million on water works; DPR Controller blames refineries for shortages; Akwa-Ibom to employ 1,300 workers for sanitation job; UI expels 162 students; Osun workers declare Fasting and Prayer; Gen. Kabila to liberalise economic activities; New Cape Verde; MP says Syria to allow more political parties; United States; Calls for new Kuwait PM after ministers resign; Rawlings imposed candidates and lost; Pakistanis flee on quake rumours; Police quell Zanzibar protests after 37 die; Officials of the 13 committees of the ECOWAS Parliament; Trains, mad cow on table at France-Italy summit; Journalists to challenge Putin on press freedom; Hearing resumes in international crime tribunal; PEF to pay marketers’ allowances through IPMAN; Youths protests sale of CTM assets; Forty-three companies get approval to operate CEPZ; NACCIMA President urges efficiency among port agencies; Oil Prices: World Market update; Us-Africa trade relations plummets; Ondo to establish state Bank; Summery of NSE for 22-26 January; CBN sells N44.578 billion worth of Treasury bills; OMPADEC Creditors pay N10.2 billion – Imole; Ericsson Jettison mobile phone project; Kenya to resume fish exports to Europe; LGs directed to build Schools in Villages; Zamfara awards N1.5 billion contract for 1,500 houses; PAN not threatened by cars duty cuts says MD; Ulama commend Traditional rulers over hajj; Canada donates N100 million to Nigeria; Adesina assures effective utilization of UBE funds; Police not exempt from anti-liquor laws; FAAN asks for security to carry arms; Anibaba Calls for devolution of more Powers to State; Authors call for well equiped libraries; OPC is a terrorist organisation – Police; Sen. Abubakar faults anti-corruption commission; Health ministry sets up disease surveillance committee; Commissioner puts Lagos population at 13 million; No Bakassi Boys in Enugu; FG urged to improve educational standard; 2003: Discordant tunes trail Obasanjo’s candidacy; Rep. blames Igbo marginalization on disunity; No committed gov in middle belt -Dan Suleiman laments; Senate intervenes in Ekpoma varsity crisis; Plateau Assemly unhappy over N22m internal revenue; We have made some mistakes: Senator Abubakar; Contemporary African art exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington; ANA organises cultural fair for school children; Court rules Thursday in suit against Obasanjo, Attorney General & others; Robbers set Security man ablaze; Police declare Uchena Duru missing; Alagbon fire: IG orders audit of homicide, fraud cases; Former Police Sgt to appear in court for killing father; Becker in new romance with German singer; New Zealand win World Cup Sevens; Calcavecchia romps to record win; Ravens back up boasts with Super Bowl Demolition; Raul goal puts Real seven points clear; Azharuddin challenges life ban in court; |Di Canio dumps Manchester United out of Cup; Agassi leads in champion race after Melbourne win; Maier hopes to fulfil childhood dream; Abuja national stadium to be commercialised—Ekeji; NFA, Eagles in pay row after Sudan win; Dearth of talents hamper hockey development; NSSC orders associations to organise sports meets; Morocco plan strong bid for 2010 World Cup; Obasanjo to set up panel on NFA soon;