■ Gowon visit in state: This week General Gowon is making the first state visit ever made to London by a Commonwealth African leader ■ Benue Plateau: road to development ■ Portrait of General Gowon- From a Correspondent- When he suddenly became Nigeria's Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces 6 years ago. ■ OAU: after the 10th anniversary- Unfinished business From Michael Wolfers ■ Western State Budget: Cocoa leaves a gap ■ Priorities in The Gambia ■ Ghana: Search for the third partner: 2 ■ Can Africa develop? ■ Books and publications: Who's that? Who's who in Ghana ■ Benue Plateau- Anatomy of a state: 1 New roads to development ■ Commercial news: CDC & Indigenisation. ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana- CPP assists defrozen