21.   Kromah met with Abacha in the Nigerian capital of Abuja and on Wednesday accused the United States of siding with his rival, Johnson.

22.   Kabila met President Olusegun Obasanjo in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, said Information Minister Kikaya Bin Karubi.

23.   Liberian chief executive Ruth Perry flew to the Nigerian capital of Abuja late Thursday for consultations with military leader Gen. Sani Abacha.

24.   Meanwhile, West African heads of state were gathering for weekend meetings in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to discuss the crisis in Sierra Leone.

25.   Sankoh is being held prisoner in a luxury hotel room in the Nigerian capital of Abuja following his arrest there on gun-running charges in March.

26.   Sunday evening, Chavez arrived in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, where he was greeted at the airport by President Olusegun Obasanjo.

27.   South African officials in the Nigerian capital of Lagos are in close contact with the company and the government, the statement said.

28.   South African officials in the Nigerian capital of Lagos were in close contact with the company and the government, the ministry said.

29.   The agreement was announced after six hours of private talks in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, with Nigerian leader Gen. Sani Abacha.

30.   The deadly clash happened Saturday in Ketu, a suburb of the Nigerian capital of Lagos, authorities said Sunday.