• Middle Belt in ferment. • UNN Students and Maryam Babangida. • Again, the hidden agenda. • Inflation runs wild. • Britain elects. • Presidency: the return of Gowon. • Gowon is still popular – Daniel Gowon. • I am all for Gowon – Damcida. • Jedda crash (II) The compensation question: on this knotty issue government is angry; so are 1 the lawyers; so are the families. • Nortex under hammer: a former manager alleges shady deals, but the Chinese say he was too greedy. • Housing, an impossible task: As the National Housing Fund swings into action, will Nigerians be adequately housed by the year 2000? • Group 77 Extending hand of friendship. • APCON: more in the fold. • NNPC: looking up. • NSE records 23.12 billion naira. • Libya Stepping on big toes: the West is certain of UN sanctions against Libya but Tripoli won't be bothered. • Middle East Smokeless peace-pipe. • Mandela Cup: learn from warriors.