• Jeddah air crash. • NFA, hands off. • The governors’ confab. • Welcome to the pit. • Obasanjo and Co. as critics – Mohammed Haruna. • Pro-League: still in diapers. • How it’s done elsewhere. • We are still amateurs – Onigbinde. • “Concord” closed: about 200 police invaded the office of Concord Press of Nigeria and closed it down without giving reason. • Saraki’s dilemma: Middle Belt Forum Secretary, Yima Sen denies newspapers reports on selection of Dr. Sola Saraki as the forums candidate. • Enugu fair: mixed expectations. • Libya A caliph cometh? Colonel Gaddafi continues to defy the West, backed up to the hilt by a pliant United Nations. • Liberia: the ULIMO factor . • South Africa parting of ways: the Mandelas' 34-year old marriage is eventually buried under the rubris of disagreements. • Bear growls: communist hardliners move to scuttle Boris Yeltsin's deal with the IMF. • A pariah's victory – Bilkisu Yusuf.