21.   Johnson accused Nigerian soldiers of selling arms to a rival faction in the region, a charge the Nigerians deny.

22.   Junta leaders also object to the overwhelming presence of Nigerian soldiers in the peacekeeping army because of months of fierce bombardments by Nigerian troops seeking to dislodge the junta.

23.   Luke, in a BBC interview, had rebutted statements from the military rulers accusing Nigerian soldiers of killing Sierra Leonean civilians.

24.   Nigeria heads an African peacekeeping force in Liberia, and Taylor accuses Nigerian soldiers of actively opposing his fighters.

25.   Nigerian soldiers and new reinforcements amassed outside of Freetown on Tuesday to confront remaining junta forces.

26.   Nigerian soldiers had retreated after the bombardment.

27.   Nigerian soldiers lead and largely make up the West African ECOMOG intervention force, which has long backed the government of Sierra Leonean President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.

28.   Nigerian soldiers told a human rights group they witnessed or took part in murders and rapes of members of an ethnic group hostile to the military government.

29.   Nigeria, at the last moment, refrained from avenging the slayings of five Nigerian soldiers by Cameroon troops on Bakassi.

30.   Nigeria, at the last moment, refrained from avenging the slaying of five Nigerian soldiers by Cameroon troops on Bakassi.