■ Nigeria's hundred thousand: When Nigeria’s army is cut-down to around 100.000. as the new govern ment has decided it must be. it will still be the biggest by far in black Africa, and bigger than any of the North African armies except that of Egypt, which is in the front line in the Middle East. ■ Corruption: a basis for security? Last year the Ghana Commission on Bribery and Corruption, which had been established in 1970, finally presented its report.The Commission, headed by Mr. Justice Anin, found that “corruption is endemic throughout the whole society” and suggested both causes for this state of affairs and possible palliatives for it. ■ An international language for Africa?: Recently a correspondent argued that since the new ECOWAS covered one of the most complex areas, linguistically, in the world, it made the search for an African lingua franca more urgent ■ Books and publications: The city and the state: Urban policy and political conflict in Africa by Michael Cohen ■ Economic and business news: Now for the real work: It was not really surprising that the North-South Conference overran its scheduled time of three days, the idea that each of the 27 nations participating would restrict its opening statement to ten minutes was optimism about as justified as expecting the OPEC members ■ Dateline Africa: Ghana: Another plot" announces Acheampong: Col. Achcampong has announced '“'that another plot to overthrow the government has been un covered and the plotters arrested.