71.   On Friday the Nigerian leader is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Namibia.

72.   On Thursday, German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel called on Nigerian military leader General Sani Abacha to annul the death sentences.

73.   South African President Nelson Mandela has advocated contacts with the Nigerian leaders as the way to save the men, and opposed sanctions.

74.   Still, Nigerian leaders are upset.

75.   The administration is also denying US visas to Nigerian leaders.

76.   The Cameroon government called late Sunday for a summit between President Paul Biya and Nigerian leader General Sani Abacha to resolve their border dispute over the Bakassi peninsula.

77.   The comment is the first public reaction by the Nigerian leader since the nine minority rights activists were executed last Friday.

78.   The Nigerian leader on Monday visited Sao Tome and Principe.