The NIGERIAN Tide2026-11-052026-11-051978-10-04https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/3012This front page from January 1978 focuses on Major-General Obasanjo’s New Year speech calling for strict national discipline. Other major stories details a violent pre-dawn attack displacing 6,000 villagers near Bonny, severe power rationing across several towns, a massive taxi strike paralyzing Lagos, and upcoming local government elections.• Village Terror: Pre-done attack on new year day alleged • Owerri council mounts rate drive • Winning the war of the robbers • FMG Votes N2.5 for highways in Niger.enArticle