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Item Open Access Drum Africa's leading magazine no. 274 February 1974(Lagos State: 37 Ibadan Street West Ebute-Metta, Drum Publications Nigeria Limited, 1974-02) Drum Africa■ Nigeria's child brides exclusive ■ Two worlds of the Prince of Benin ■ Drum letters ■ The singing policeman bowls them over ■ Meet the new big noise in town! ■ Radio Oja- the girl they love to hate ■ People in pictures ■ About sex ■ Doctor Drum ■ Dear DollyItem Open Access West African technical review: professional magazine for industrial & business management June 1978(Lagos State (NAS Ltd 288 Murtala Muhammed Way Yaba, PO. Box 4115) : Alan Charles Publishing Ltd, 1978-06) West African technical■ Nigeria Hotels Ltd : Nigeria Hotels Limited, Nigeria's foremost hotel group, are celebrating their Golden Jubilee this month to commemorate 50 years in the hotel industry. This special feature looks at NHL’s development and achievements during these years. ■ Soil Productivity in Retreat : This second article on agricultural development in West Africa by H. D. Franks of Minster Agriculture looks at the problems of declining soil productivity and suggests some practical solutions. ■ Are small tractors appropriate? : Many attempts have been made to produce a cheap effective mechanical power source for small farms. So far, few successful machines have emerged, for this reason a conference was recently held at the Institution of Agricultural Engineers to discuss the economic and technical requirements of small tractors. R. Lewis of the National College of Agricultural Engineering, reports on the conference. ■ Rural Industrialization : Despite the prominent role petroleum plays in Nigeria’s economy, the country is still essentially agricultural. In this article Dr. J. O. C. Onyemelukwe looks at the importance of a concerted rural industrialization programme if meaningful national development is to ensure. ■ Hong Kong —West Africa Trade : By any account Hong Kong is quite unique in the world. In fact its existence and con tinued survival is not much short ofa modern miracle. Yet survive andprosper it does, by that singular — and to the local populace all consuming — activity called trade. In this article C. Chapman, Economics Writer, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, looks at Hong Kong’s growiung trading linkswith West Africa. ■ Industrial Mobile Cranes : Material handling systems are growing increasingly specialized, requiring more efficient and cost effective equipment. Wheel-mounted mobile cranes are still one of the most versatile material handling machines devised. In this article S. A. Anderson, General Manager, Product Marketing, Coles Cranes Ltd., looks at the handling capabilities of this crane ■ West African Construction : In this and coming issues, we publish news items andfeatures on the construction and civil engineering industry. In this issue of West Africa Construction we feature: Construction news, Steel in construction, Bridges, Instant and system buildings, Company focus-ABU, E.L.C.B.'s ■ Protecting Plant and Fluids from Fire : The first three articles of this series dealt with active means of fighting fire. This last and final article nofthe series deals with the relatively passive but equally important aspect of protection, especially of plant for storing and processing flammable fluid.Item Open Access West African technical review: professional magazine for industrial & business management May 1981(Lagos State (NAS Ltd 288 Murtala Muhammed Way Yaba, PO. Box 4115) : Alan Charles Publishing Ltd, 1981-05) West African technical■ Accountancy -the role of management accounts : Edward Mc_Nairn concludes his series on accountancy by discussing how accounts can best be utilised by the managers in a company. ■ The art of communicating : Communication is a vital but neglected aspect of company organisation. It depends on cordialrelations as much as on a knowledge ofotherpeople’s briefs. ■ Computers for the tropics : Review of meeting of the Computer Association of Nigeria and accompanying exhibitions. An expert takes a critical look at the practical difficulties in running and maintaining a computer in Nigeria. ■ Commercial vehicles in Nigeria : We lake a look at what dealers and manufacturers are up to in Nigeria and analyse the problems faced in this competitive and growing industry. Latest developments in products associated with the industry are also reviewed. ■ Power Generation In Nigeria : Special report on Houston energy conference, Finding an alternative energy policy for Nigeria, Generator maintenance - a guide, sizing a generator, Future fuels and the diesel engine, Fuel efficiency in the diesel engine, Generator Buyers Guide. ■ Avoiding crane collision : We look at a new development which could reduce risk of collision in industrial and port Cranes. ■ West African construction : Construction facets, Architect v. Contractor, Construction machinery hydraulics—part 3, System building-part 5, State town improvement, Road construction in Nigeria.Item Open Access West African technical review: professional magazine for industrial & business management April 1981(Lagos State (NAS Ltd 288 Murtala Muhammed Way Yaba, PO. Box 4115) : Alan Charles Publishing Ltd, 1981-04) West African technical■ Accountancy - costing for industry Edward McNairn continues his series on accountancy by examining three different types of costing relating to construction, transport and processing, respectively. ■ Transferring textile technology : A Special Correspondent reports on aproject involving co-operation between Ghana and Nepal which should result in a much needed commercial boost to the Ghanaian textile sector. ■ Company focus : We look at the background to a new office furniture factory which is to open shortly and review the equipment supplied to it by a British company. ■ Forklifts for roros : Design features of the forklift truck are considered in the context ofapplications on and off the roro ships. ■ Air conditioner maintenance : In industry and at home the air conditioner has a vital role to play in people'sproductivity and comfort. Despite this,failure to maintain machines regularly is the most usual cause for the breaking down. ■ Focus on Sierra Leone : Diamond mining, National trading company, Sierra Leone product marketing board, National development bank, Tourism, Fishing. ■ West African construction: Including focus on mining and quarrying, Architecture—planning in the Third World, Soil mechanicsfrom Holland, Repairing badly applied concrete, Systems building, Construction machinery hydraulics,Tower cranes, Mining news, Mining as a career, Ghana’s gold resources reviewed, Mining technology, Giant excavator.Item Open Access West African technical review: professional magazine for industrial & business management March 1981(Lagos State (NAS Ltd 288 Murtala Muhammed Way Yaba, PO. Box 4115) : Alan Charles Publishing Ltd, 1981-03) West African technical■ Accountancy - budgeting with ease Edward McNairn of Spicer and Pegler moves on from ratio analysis to budgeting, detail ing the various aspects of planning and controlling expenditure. ■ What makes people work? : The author looks at management and incentives, identifying particular factors which affect a worker’s performance. ■ Solar energy in Nigeria : Israel Berkovitch summarised the research being carried out at Ahmadu Bello University into practical applications of solar energy. ■ Refrigeration and quick freezing plant : We continue our series on frozen food by looking in detail at plant and processes involved. ■ Focus on Brazil : Brazil as trading partner, Fuel from the fields, Increasing soil fertility in tropics, ■ Plus company focuses and product reviews ■ Water supply and treatment : Pump round up, Desalination plant, Small-scale technology ■ West African construction: Architectural review of Minneapolis, Systems building -part 3, Conexpo review, Hydraulic maintenance, Standardising units of measurement.Item Open Access West African technical review: professional magazine for industrial & business management January 1981(Lagos State (NAS Ltd 288 Murtala Muhammed Way Yaba, PO. Box 4115) : Alan Charles Publishing Ltd, 1981-01) WEST African technical review■ Accounting and finance in Nigerian business Interpretation and Comparison of Financial Reports by Use of Ratio Analysis. ■ Telecommunications in West Africa : Communications are central to the modern way of life, and research in this field results in increasingly sophisticated developments such as video. Our correspondent looks at some of these developments, and attitudes towards them. ■ Commercial vehicle : The Dutch company DAF trucks has introduced a new heavy three-axled chassis which the company believes will fill a strategic gap in the market. ■ Fluidised bed combustion : Israel Berkovitch examines a process, already widely used in various chemical industries, which is being modified and developed for more general use. ■ Frozen food industry : The development of a frozen food industry is not just a question of consumer convenience; it can facilitate planning and budgetting in the agricultural and agro-industrial sectors by controlling seasonal demand. ■ West African construction: including focus on Mining and Quarrying, Seattle reviewed, Building system, Controlling cash flow, International construction equipment '81, Stabilised soil, Mining news, Rutile mining in Sierra Leone, Materials handling in open-cast mining, Golden developments in Ghana, Custom-made crusher, Rock drill testing.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of December 10-16, 1990 vol.1, no.17(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1990-12-10) CITIZEN Communications limited• 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.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of November 26–December 2, 1990 vol.1, no.15(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1990-11-26) CITIZEN Communications limited• Adamu Adamu goofed. • Saddam a hero! • Unvail the truth. • Drought: Picking up the pieces. • NEPA Men: rights and duties. • The Ooni’s choice. • Thatcher: end at an era. • On being strangers I – Adamu Adamu. • Ghost of Muda: a devastating drought ravages the fax North, and peasants are already recalling 1913. • A salvation army-in-waiting. • CDS stews in own waste. • Remembering Tukur: leading radical and academics gather in Zaria to remember their great leader. • Journalists, Police flex muscles. • Niger goes democracy: the people's voice has triumphed after a prolonged wave of violent protests. • Dousing the fire: Mandela and EW. de Klerk have agreed to meet over black on black violence that has so far claimed several lives. • Europe: talking peace, war. • Gulf: no war, no peace. • The squandering of riches (II) - Kabiru Yusuf. • Statues off oppression. • F.A. Cup final: a celebration of mediocrity. • WAFU’s trouble. • WBC boxing crown: Anyamene hot favourite.Item Open Access Drum: Africa's leading magazine no. 275 March 1974(Lagos State(37 Ibadan Street West Ebute-Metta): Drum Publications Nigeria Limited, 1974-03) Drum Africa■ Why I've come home by Prince of Benin ■ Juju victim tells of struggle for life ■ Gripping new story by Cyprian Ekwensi ■ Drum letters ■ Philo our kind of girl ■ The thoughts of Big Daddy ■ The indispensable ■ Robes of death defy thieves ■ People in pictures ■ Minding our own business ■ Power Mike lays out the Leopard ■ About sex ■ Doctor Drum ■ Dear DollyItem Open Access Drum: Africa's leading magazine no.276 April, 1974(Lagos State(37 Ibadan Street West Ebute-Metta): Drum Publications Nigeria Limited,, 1974-04) Drum Africa■ Our Modupe is commonwealth games heroine ■ Sunny Ade's super success ■ People in pictures ■ Drum letters ■ The downfall of big boss oredein ■ The sun shines on fabulous ■ Girl with the golden touch ■ Ekwensi ■ The games triumph of flying fil and battling Ben ■ Hall the Obong of peace ■ About sex ■ Doctor DrumItem Open Access Citizen magazine of January 3-9, 1994, vol.5, no.1(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1994-01-03) CITIZEN Communications limited• Open letter to Abacha. • Before the rotational presidency. • Three hands in one year. • Peering into the abyss. • The Trojan horse cometh. • How tough was tough. • Governors are gone. • Theatre of the absurd. • Junk sensation, junk liars. • Babangida plans to take a second wife. • Osoba’s numerous cars. • NNPC stinks. • Recurring fires, silent probes. • Hijacking: a new crime. • Labour: strikes and unrest. • The collapse of economy: It has been much talk and less action on how to revive the economy. • Prelude to the constitutional conference. • African panorama. • Japan: old guard dethroned. • France: a little to the right. • Colombia: end of the road. • Israel/PLO accord: beyond handshake. • Michael Jackson’s headache. • News clampdown: cat-and-mouse game. • June 12: not to be. • The Chukwumerije phenomenon: he read the riot act. • Sport ’93: world cup fever. • Courts of upsets and tragedy.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of December 20 1993 – January 3, 1994, vol.4, no.49(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1993-12-20) CITIZEN Communications limited• Re: “Attack” on IBB. • No to democratic terrorism. • Towards a constitution conference. • Watch this GATT. • Administering fuel – Adamu Adamu. • National conference is a ruse – Okereke. • It’s unnecessary – Dr. Mahdi. • Trial of Onagoruwa. • NNPC: a corporation in transition. • A helping hand: the Nigeria/Palestine Association is born. • Hoot owls and screech owls. • On the brink: the nation's banking industry is no longer at ease. • Abacha: portrait of a patriot. • The customs agent: an agent of truce. • Algeria: Roumi, go home! • No meeting point: factional leaders remain divided on ways to end the crisis in the war tom country. • World trade: at last, the GATT? • Russia: Behold, the Lernean Hydra. • Venezuela/Chile: At last, a change? • Bag men bleeding Africa. • HIV does not cause AIDS? • Polythene bag: the silent killer. • USA '94 NSC usurps NFA’s job.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of July 15 - 22, 1991 vol.2, no.29.(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited,, 1991-07-15) CITIZEN Communications limited• Chike Obi goofed. • BCCI’s travails. • Making ECOWAS tick. • Mohammed Haruna: haba new Nigerian! • We are all comfortable with the ECOWAS peace plan — Dr. Sawyer. • Old loyalties die hard. • Jeddah air mishap: on their way home from the Holy Land 242 Nigerian pilgrims perish in a crash. • Abuja mayoral race: the indigenes see this as an opportunityto assert themselves. • Onyekwere Ogba; NERFUND is on course. • Aba market: another feather for the giant. • Merchant banks get pass mark. • NewDEVCO forges ahead. • John Holt welcomes MacRae. • Algeria: Chadli Benjedid sticks to his repressive hold on power. • ANC's new look: emerging from its 48th conference, the Congress is all set to rule. • Iraq: America's pound of flesh. • Bilkisu Yusuf: Smuggler’s logic. • Sea robbers rise again. • Treating Ulcer: how is peptic ulcer treated? • Drama: a sour toast for Soyinka. • Another star gone: Ex-Eagles skipper Muda Lawal dies in his primeItem Open Access Citizen magazine of January 14, 1991, vol.2, no.2(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1991-01-14) CITIZEN Communications limited• That minimum wage. • Worthy silver jubilee. • Budget 1991. • Apartheid must go now. • 1990 – Adamu Adamu. • The rise and decline of a new Nigerian. • The ‘outside’ insider. • A gross act of provocation. • Budget ’91: like an elephant, some are happy, some are not. • I have the courage – Madaki. • Gusau was lenient to David-West. • Somalia: Sun set for Barre? • Menem on the fence: Argentina leader has now known that the wish of the people he governs supercedes that of the military leaders he fears. • Tai Solarin's conversion – Kabiru Yusuf. • How to read a newspaper. • Allen Avenue's magic carnival. • Calligraphy at its best. • Nation’s Cup qualifier: Eagles can tame the stallions. • Kaduna Sports Council: Director axes associations. • Dr. Oti: rebel without cause?Item Open Access Citizen magazine of February 21 - 27, 1994, vol.5, no.8(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1994-02-21) CITIZEN Communications limited• West and its agenda. • Bosnia: end in sight? • Constitutional Conference: the agenda from the West. • Yorubas, victims of circumstances – Adedibu. • Most people want to remain one – Hamza. • Yar’adua: Tiger by the tail. • Education: the party is over. • South Africa: first impressions. • Liberia: what’s up ECOMOG? • Bosnia: West tires of doing nothing. • Uncle Sam is angry: the US may fight Japan for the first time since 1945 — over trade. • USA ’94: Eagles’ year to rule the world. • Yar’adua; laughing last.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of February 14 - 20, 1994, vol.5, no.7(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1994-02-14) CITIZEN Communications limited• Tyrants as democrats? • Probe, but don’t sell. • NDLEA’s credibility. • Global disaster. • Custom: the Indonesian example – Adamu Adamu. • Nigeria Custom Service: the Augean stable? • Not all are corrupt – Odangla. • A harvest of death: a yellow fever epidemic ravages the south-east, wiping out hundreds of lives in quick succession. • Abacha’s regime: no end in sight. • The trouble with the north. • Governance and the Nigerian economy. • NNPC: calm before the storm. • LASU: back from the dead. • NIPSS: polishing policy makers. • Samson’s law of self-destruct. • NEXIM: dusting the theories. • First Bank immortalizes Asabia. • NEPA holds energy workshop. • Unending war: Sudan remains in the grip of violence and misery as its perennial civil war escalates. • Angola: crisis without end. • Bosnia: Ripe for plucking. • BCC Lions, Nationale rise up to Africa.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of February 7 - 14, 1994, vol.5, no.6(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1994-02-07) CITIZEN Communications limited• The North: one big monster. • The Nation: which way forward. • 1993: a year to remember. • The north and others. • In defence of the Malams – Mohammed Haruna. • Butt of rumour. • Nigeria must stay united. • Kaduna trade fair: not a mammy market. • Education: unending woes. • Every man’s war: seminar on VVF advocates more education to end the scourge. • Banking: shrinking dividends. • South Africa; rough road to democracy. • Bosnia Herzegovina: more talks, more chaos. • On June 12 we eat.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of January 31 – February 6, 1994, vol.5, no.5(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1994-01-31) CITIZEN Communications limited• The task ahead of CD. • Sardauna's big shoes. • Pro-democracy: physicians heal. • Beko reneged on our ideals. • Ahmadu Bello: a worthy hero. • NNDC: knock for deregulation. • Crime: talking tough, acting soft. • Books for few: kaduna host its first book fair at a time when standard of education is falling. • Kaduna Trade Fair: a dusty affair. • Budget '94: the ball in their court. • Lesotho: rumbling in the army. • A titan is gone: former vice president and long-time uhuru apostle Oginga Odinga dies at 82. • Japan: Hosokawa’s troubles. • Emirs and contractors. • The NNPC and its scandals (III). • Confetti for the Nwobodos.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of January 17 - 23, 1994, vol.5, no.3(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited,, 1994-01-17) CITIZEN Communications limited• This constitutional conference! • SAP: rest in pieces. • Budget ’94: bye-bye to SAP. • Adamu Wazirin Fika: a prophecy comes true. • Let’s get on: government stops Arthur Nzeribe from holding a press conference as General Yar’adua own criticizes its policies. • Anti-malaria: curative or poisonous? • Zik: colossus in colours. • National conference: Benin and Mali examples (II). • Navels and bathing day. • A call to duty: President of the National Council of Women Societies bares her mind on contemporary issues— Laila Dogonyaro. • Nwizu retires from Texaco. • Togo: Eyadema’s nine lives. • Senegal: Hard times ahead. • NATO summit: no bombs for serbs? • Football: Thinking continental.Item Open Access Citizen magazine of January 10 - 16, 1994, vol.5, no.2(Lagos state: Citizen Communications limited, 1994-01-10) CITIZEN Communications limited• Halt the takari syndrome. • Rout this traitor. • The dangers of sovereign conference – Mohammed Haruna. • Banking: sitting in limbo. • Chieftaincy tussle: friend no more. • Marginalisation: the eastern agenda. • National conference: Benin and Mali examples (I). • The big haul: drug law enforcement officers make the biggest catch in Africa. • Open - letter to General Sani Abacha. • The Naira: power in the fall. • Change Naira’s name. • Angola: Savimbi’s games. • Now for reconciliation: Somali warlords agreed for peace talks arranged in Kenya. • PLO/Isael: peace is yet to reign in the volatile Middle East. • Zapatista’s rage: Poor social and economic conditions push Indian peasants to the wall. Violent uprising leaves 100 dead. • Onagoruwa’s agony. • Yekini’s year of glory.