• Babangida's last lap. • The desert scourge. • Cutting the military to size. • The conference that never was. • Doe: he lived by the sword ... • The desert: Sahara inches south. • NAF School snubs Abuja. • Tanker drivers call off.strike. • Liberia: who's in charge? • South Africa: blacks paint townships red with own blood. • Gulf Crisis: carrots and sticks. • The radicals conference – Kabiru Yusuf. • Combat unreadiness. • Theatre: night of fun at museum kitchen. • Eating out: restaurant crawling at its best. • Culture: an endangered Culture. • Alhaji Isa Sarkin Gardi: snake charmer extraordinary. • The goodies of aerobics.