51.   U.S. envoy says Nigerian leader favorably disposed to democracy.

52.   Violence erupts as Nigerian leader heads for talks on Zimbabwe crisis.

53.   Zimbabwe state radio said Sunday the Nigerian leader was traveling to Harare with a first group of Nigerian election observers.

54.   Ghanaian Foreign Minister Obed Asamoah is currently in Nigeria with a message from Rawlings to Nigerian leader General Sani Abacha on the Liberian situation.

55.   He wanted to convince both that only tough action will make Nigerian leader General Sani Abacha listen to world opinion.

56.   A meeting with Nigerian leader General Sani Abacha has been scheduled on Sunday.

57.   Abacha told faction leaders of the displeasure and impatience among west African leaders and the international community over the bloodshed, sources close to the Nigerian leader said.

58.   British officials also claim that freezing the foreign assets of Nigerian leaders in Britain would be against British legislation and could also be rejected.

59.   The Tempo in a front-page article Thursday claimed that former Nigerian military leader Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida was under house arrest.

60.   The visitors said that they had been mandated by heads of state of Southern, Eastern and Central African countries to discuss the problems with the Nigerian leader.