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    West Africa magazine no. 2860, week ending 7th April, 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-04-07) West Africa magazine
    ■ Can UNCTAD help Africa's trade? In the eve of the second UN conference on trade and development UNCTAD in New Delhi ■ Nigeria: Warri-Oil city: 2: Perhaps the best reflection of the changing economic position of the town is Warri port ■ The season of crisis:E. Y. Aduamah continues the life history of Dede and her friend Madam Altastes begun in West Africa December 3, 1971 ■ Books and publications:Nigerian articles today- The living arts of Nigeria Edited by William Fagg ■ Commercial news: Cocoa pact stalemate? Preliminary talks in Geneva about the establishment of an international cocoa pact ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana Acheampong C-in-C: The chairman of the National Redemption Col Acheampong has become Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed forces
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    West Africa magazine 2858, week ending 24th March, 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-03-24) West Africa magazine
    ■ Zaire's quest for authenticity: Sometimes in the middle of last year the emphasis in what was then still Congo-Kinshas seemed to change ■ Encouraging inter-African trade: African government will sooner or later have to consider the feasibility of amalgamating existing African airline on a regional basis ■ Books and publications: Working for Ojukwu- The struggle for secession 1966-1970 by N. U. Akpan ■ Niger: The French connection- A number of aspects of the visit of President pompidou to Niger were insufficiently dealt with
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    West Africa Magazine 2857, week ending 17th March, 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-03-17) West Africa magazine
    ■ Acheampong's 100 days: After three months in power how far have Ghana's military ruler gone in putting right the wrongs for which they sad ■ The Nigerianisation decree: Eight months after the Federal government announced that foreigners were to be totally excluded from certain types ■ Air Afrique in perspective: Air Afrique, the multi-nationals airline of francophone Africa, was founded in 1961and established a name for itself ■ Books and publications: Defeating disease in Nigeria: A history of the Nigerian health service by Ralph Schium ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana- Commodities committee inaugurated- As eight- member essential Commodities committee under the chairmanship of Col Harry Appiah
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    West Africa Magazine 2856, week ending 10th March, 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-03-10) West Africa magazine
    ■ Nigeria pays in full: A year ago the backlog of payments which Nigeria owed for goods other than arms, imported during and since the war ■ Books and publications: Suppression in Paris: La Grande mystrtication du Congo-Kinshas Les crimes de mobutu by Cephas Kamutatu Maspero ■ Commercial news: Three countries miss fair opening ■ UK exports to Commonwealth top sales to EEC ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana- All assets "pressumed" unlawful
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    West Africa Magazine 2856, week ending 10th March, 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-03-10) West Africa magazine
    ■ The wig and the sword:Independence of the judiciary, it is always claimed is the most important of the legacies which Britain has left to her colonies ■ Ghana's Cocoa buying problem: Attempts to reorganise Cocoa buying in Ghana beat similarities to Mark Twain's ■ The civilians and the soldiers: After the Ghana coup, upper volta is the only country left in Africa ■ Books and publications: In the yam zone: The yam zone yam festivals of West Africa by D. G. Coursey and Cecilia K. Coursey ■ Commercial news:Historic oil agreement: Signing an agreement granting an offshore oil concession to Henry Stephens and sons ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: civilian advisors suspended- The military government has suspended it's nine- member National Advisory committee
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    West Africa Magazine 2853, week ending 18th February, 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-02-18) West Africa magazine
    ■ Inside Africa: Intra-African trade forms only seven per cent of the total trade of the independent states of Africa ■ Nkrumah debts disowned: Ghana's new government has announced it's repudiation of some of the debts to Britain inherited from the Nkrumah regime ■ The slow road to unity: A correspondent takes a look at some of the organisations through which African states have chosen to approach the task ■ Books and publications: Empire and after: The imperial dream by Edward Grierson ■ Whither Nigerian Sociology? The first annual general meeting of the Nigerian anthropological and sociological association held at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana-Cedi revalued: debts repudiated- Ghana has nullified last December's 44 per cent devaluation of the cedi
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    West Africa Magazine 2852, week ending 11th February, 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-02-11) West Africa magazine
    ■ Nigeria and the Commonwealth:Which African Commonwealth countries will follow the example of Australia, Britain, Fiji and New Zealand in recognising Bangla desh ■ Books and publications: Playing at decolonisation: CCentral African Republic: A failure in deconlonisation by Pierre Kalck ■ West Africa index to volume 24: January 3, 1970 to January 2, 1971 ■ Commercial news: Hackman reappointed- Ghana national redemption council has appointed Mr U. K Hackman ■ JS aid Bill approved: Three months after it's surprised rejection by the Senate, the United States foreign aid bill covering expenditure ■ Dateline Africa:Ghana Acheampong choose his cabinet
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    West Africa magazine 2849, week ending 21st January, 1972
    (Apapa, L agos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-01-21) West Africa magazine
    ■ Pompidou goes South: Should the visit next week by the French President to Niger and Chad be regarded as anything more than routine ■ Ghana copybook coup? It was on a Thursday morning when the Head of Government was out of the country ■ Nigerian oil: Out, prices continue to rise: Plunging cocoa prices are threatening development projects in Nigeria's Western state ■ Books and publications: Eldred's countrymen: The Elizabethan image of Africa by Eldred D. Jones ■ Commercial news: Cocoa £150 a ton entirely feasible ■ Container company future 'problematical': In spite of the spectacular growth of the African container express the future of the company is problematical ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana- Price control to be relaxed- Partial decontrol of the prices of certain Commodities has been announced
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    West Africa magazine 2847, week ending 7th January, 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-01-07) West Africa magazine
    ■ Lessons of Africa's year: What did West Africa countries most obviously share together in the year that has passed and what will they share ■ Ibadan riots verdict: After several months consideration the federal government has released the report of the commission of enquiry ■ Books and publications: The African experience: New approach to African literature 2nd Ed. By J. A. Ramsaron; Whispers from a continent by Wilfred Cartey; Perspective on African literature Edited by Christopher Heywood ■ Commercial news: Ghana devalues by 48 per cent: Following the US decision to devalue the dollar by 7.9per cent ■ Dateline Africa: OAU:Defence commission meeting: Opening the fourth session of the OAU defence commission in Addis Ababa Emperor Harle Selasse
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    Drum magazine: Africa's leading magazine, no.283. November, 1974
    (Ebute- Metta, Lagos State( 37 Ibadan Street) :Drum Publications Nigeria Limited, 1974-11) Drum Africa
    ■ Human scarfice ■ Sex and you ■ Secrets of the leopard sect ■ The monster of Lagos harbour ■ Drum meets a beauty queen ■ PDP file ■ Drum motor special ■ Wives who take lover ■ Make the system work
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    Citizen magazine of April 29 - May 6, 1991 vol. 2, no 18.
    (Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1991-04-29) CITIZEN Communications limited
    • Adamu Adamu’s Epitaph for Ba'at • America and the rest of the world. • Fraud in People's Bank. • Carnage in Bauchi. • Technology blueprint. • NBTE's clamp-down on poly’s. • How safe is the haven? • On to the past – Adamu Adamu. • Katsina: Picking-up the pieces. • Kano: market fire returns. • NAMB, leader in the making. • The Qur’an according to George Bush. • Sallah day tragedy: Lagos-based businessman loses two wives and six children in a gruesome Sallah day accident. • Angola: Peace in the kitty? • Cameroun: Biya back-pedals. • Sierra Leone: Nigeria, US troops to the rescue. • South Africa: ‘Sorry Mr. President, we can’t meet now'
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    Drum magazine: Africa's leading magazine, no.282. October, 1974
    (Ebute-:Metta, Lagos State( 37 Ibadan Street West): Drum Publications Nigeria Limited,, 1974-10) Drum Africa
    ■ Human scarfice in ancient Lagos ■ Suicide ends agony of the childless bride ■ Hardluck, Zaire ■ The ecstacy that led to death ■ My name is Obi. ■ Tenants in the land of our birth ■ Our aim is to give direction ■ Havana ■ Handwriting on the wall ■ People in pictures ■ An American..... ■ Women's Drum
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    Drum magazine : Africa's leading magazine no. 281
    (Ebute- Metta, Lagos State( 37 Ibadan Street West ): Drum Publications Nigeria Limited, 1974-09) Drum Africa
    ■ Gruesome mystery of the missing head ■ The sacrifice that went wrong ■ Doctor Ng'ombe- the amazing millionaire witchdoctor ■ Drum opinion ■ Ekwensi ■ Miss September Drum ■ Plaits are back ■ Computer boy shocks the experts ■ Adegoke Adelabu lion of the West ■ Me and the witchdoctor ■ Government steps into commercial banking ■ Banking and insurance ■ Girls on the game ■ People in pictures
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    Drum magazine : Africa's leading magazine No. 273 January 1974
    (Ebute- metta, Lagos State( 37 Ibadan Street West ): Drum Publications Nigeria Limited, 1974-01) Drum Africa
    ■ Harem Secrets of the fattened brides of Calabar ■ Ijebuland displays it's secret cult ■ People in pictures ■ The fabulous brides of Calabar ■ 21 great years of Drum ■ About sex ■ Nigeria God as old as the Pharoahs ■ Fashioned girl ■ Room at the top for Bola ■ Drum Africa ABC of new cars ■ Fiat: a man's car ■ Doctor Drum ■ Dear Dolly
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    Drum magazine: Africa's leading magazine no, 279 & 280 July and August 1974
    (Ebute- meta, Lagos State( 37 Ibadan Street West ): Drum Publications Nigeria Limited,, 1974) Drum Africa
    ■ Did the CIA lure Tshombe to his doom? Exclusive! ■ Riddle of musician Bakare's death ■ Drum letters ■ Who killed Ayinde Bakare? ■ The couping Portugal ■ Giant meets the dwarf ■ Swinging sweet things ■ Meet the prime minister of Bornu ■ Alhaji Adegbenro looks back ■ Crisi in the action group ■Doctor Drum ■ Dear Dolly ■ Inquiry: The facts behind Nigeria's ritual murders ■ White man in a black man's prison ■ Tshombe: C.I.A spring the trap ■ How missing persons die ■ The miracle girl of banana hill ■ White man's holiday in a black man's prison ■ Drum motoring special ■ Doctor Drum
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    Drum magazine: Africa's leading magazine no. 273, April 1976
    (Lagos State( 37 Ibadan Street West Ebute-Metta): Drum Publications Nigeria Limited, 1976-04) Drum Africa
    ■ Drum letters ■ We can wake the dead ■ Rape of a mother ■ Ali and his women ■ Agony of the mourning mother ■ Festival of cotton ■ Full speed ahead on giant steel project ■ World prices look bright for exports ■ Drum motoring special ■ Books ■ The night bird ■ Doctor Drum ■ Dear Dolly
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    West African technical review: professional magazine for industrial & business management February 1981
    (Yaba, Lagos State (NAS Ltd 288 Murtala Muhammed Way, PO. Box 4115) : Alan Charles Publishing Ltd, 1981-02) West African technical
    ■ Inkjet printing : Versatility, high speed, low cost - the advantages of ink jet printing account for it's application in fields where traditional printing methods have always been used before. ■ Commercial vehicle : British company, Duple Metsec, offers ckd steel-framed bus bodies for export. ■ Frozen food : Continuing our series on the frozen food industry; this month’s article includes a look at transport problems, and the wide variety of foods available in frozen form. ■ Controlling river blindness : The WHO combats river blindness using chemicals against the blackfly, carrier of the disease. ■ Systemtechnik BEAMA : British electrotechnical industry exhibitors at the Lagos Systemtechnik show. ■ West African construction: PRC housing strategy, Preventative maintenance, Mechanical pile splice, Mechanical hammers, Choosing a fork lift truck.
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    West Africa magazine no. 2886 2nd October 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd, 1972-10-02) West Africa magazine
    ■ Nigeria's foad to civil rule ■ Ghana's village artists ■ Common market- state of play ■ Africa and Amin ■ Three common market doors ■ Artists in the Village- This year district and regional arts festivals were held in Ghana to select artists for the National Arts Festival held in Kumasi. ■ West African businessmen in Britain: 1 ■ Books and publications- Nigeria's Puzzle Puddle ■ Commercial news- £1m. for Nigerian company ■ ECA warning on Portugal- EEC link ■ Dateline- Amin and Africa
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    West Africa magazine no. 2887 16th October 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd., 1972-10-16) West Africa magazine
    ■ Gowon's national guidance ■ West African businessmen in Britain: 2 ■ Books and publications- The legacy of Ashby ■ Troubles at Tema ■ Rural masters of music ■ Commercial news- New shipping line set up ■ Gabon urges change in highway route ■ Dateline Africa- Guinea Sekou Touŕe and the WHO ■ From the States- Ikoku goes
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    West Africa magazine no. 2888 16th October 1972
    (Apapa, Lagos state: Times Press Ltd.,, 1972-10-16) West Africa Magazine
    ■ Fair deal for farmers ■ Three common market doors 3 ■ Ghana's rural masters of music ■ Asika and the politicians ■ Books and publications- Aid and trade fallacies ■ Commercial news- Nigeria's tin problems ■ US aid programme reviewed by OECD