1.   A separate team of observers from the Commonwealth will be led by Abdulsalami Abubakar, a former Nigerian head of state.

2.   Nigerian head of police Ibrahim Coomasie told a news conference in the political capital that police investigations had proof that the National Democratic Coalition was to blame.

3.   Nigerian head of state Gen. Sani Abacha said Wednesday his military regime was determined to maintain security in the wake of the executions.

4.   The Nigerian head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, dissolved the Cabinet last month to mark the fourth anniversary of his coming to power in a military coup.

5.   Former Nigerian head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo attended the death anniversary as the guest of honour.

6.   Four former Nigerian heads of state - General Yakubu Gowon, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, General Muhammadu Buhari and Chief Ernest Shonekan - were also in attendance.

7.   However, the-then Nigerian head of state Sani Abacha, a personal friend of Kabbah, vowed to bring him back to power.

8.   A Nigerian former head of state, General Olusegun Obasanjo, was arrested Monday by security agents and taken away, one of his aides said.

9.   Among his contemporaries in Sandhurst were former Nigerian heads of state General Olesegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Babangida.

10.   The Nigerian head of state, General Sani Abacha, and the Kudiratu Abiola, the assassinated wife of Chief Moshood Abiola, were elected second and third runners-up.