• Open ballot or open trouble? • The Soyinka capers. • Abuja: A priority. • Calling a spade a shovel: Alhaji Lema Jibrilu, aspiring to be president, does not mince words on many issues. • The road to State House? • Abuja: Should government use blackmail? • Fire from the left: Yusuf Bala Usman accuses the government of sabotaging its own transition programme. • Habre's regime dismantled: He scurried out of the country without a fight. • Benin: a vote against the devil's alternative. • The beat goes on: President Kaunda is threaning to deal with civil servants he accused of corruption, a ploy to cancel the forthcoming elections. • Vote of thanks: Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives his reward for spearheading German reunification. • The fall of a dictator: his easy capitulation surprised many outside observers of Bangladash politics. • Across the bridge – kabiru Yusuf. • Chadomog? • Cooking Gas: scarcity in the midst of plenty. • A plus for UTC group: Despite bottle necks UTC is set to apply its scarce resources to diversify. • Second time around: The nation's print media landscape, it would appear, is not "over-saturated" after all. • Nations’ Cup qualifier: Westerhof, NFA may blow it.