1.   In recent years, the current military junta has liberalized the economy and farm production has consequently increased.

2.   The current junta leader, Daouda Malam Wanke, took power after President Ibrahim Mainassara Bare was assassinated by members of his own presidential guard, which Wanke headed.

3.   The current military junta led by Gen. Sani Abacha said the anniversary would be marked quietly, without the parades and fireworks that have been held in the past.

4.   The current junta has opened Burma to foreign investment shunned by its predecessor.

5.   Under the current military junta, led by Gen. Sani Abacha, Nigeria has become a pariah condemned for human rights abuses.

6.   Aristide is supposed to return to Haiti in October after the current military junta steps down.

7.   Current junta leader General Sani Abacha seized power in November last year, ousting a short-lived, unelected civilian administration installed by Babangida when he stepped down in August.

8.   The Provisional Ruling Council is the central organisation in the current military junta, headed by Abacha.

9.   Nobel Laureate and Nigerian human rights activist Wole Soyinka called Wednesday on Canadians to step up their efforts to bring the current Nigerian junta to its knees.

10.   The current military junta refused to accept the results of those polls.