51.   Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser has made a personal appeal to the Nigerian government not to execute or jail for life its former leader, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo.

52.   Foreign Ministry officials refused to discuss the closure in detail, saying the Nigerian government had not yet been formally notified when it would take place.

53.   Former Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre is dead, Nigerian government says.

54.   From Sunday, Nigerian government members, military officials and their families will be allowed to travel to the EU again.

55.   Greenpeace, one of many opponents calling for a boycott of Nigerian oil, accused the Nigerian government of posturing.

56.   Greenpeace accused the Nigerian government of posturing.

57.   Greenpeace, which has called for a boycott of Nigerian oil, accused the Nigerian government of posturing.

58.   He and Arcos said the Nigerian government has focused only on low-level couriers and has taken no action against major drug traffickers.

59.   He and eight other activists were executed by the Nigerian government seven months ago.

60.   He had protested that Ogoni land and water in southeastern Nigeria had been devastated by oil production under a joint venture between Shell Nigeria and the Nigerian government.