1.   Annan had hoped that the meeting of nine regional African leaders Tuesday in the Nigerian capital Abuja might find a political way out of the crisis in Sierra Leone.

2.   A court in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, ruled Wednesday that Abiola should appear in court on Friday to choose a lawyer to represent him.

3.   In Lagos, the Nigerian capital where her husband worked as a civil servant, the family had a nice house and two cars.

4.   It also has rescued people who have gone to Lagos, the Nigerian capital, to meet with the con men.

5.   The ballots will be taken from this location to various polling stations throughout the Nigerian capital.

6.   The United Nations had been counting on a meeting of nine regional African leaders on Tuesday in the Nigerian capital of Abuja to help advance a political settlement.

7.   A British High Commission official in the Nigerian capital of Abuja dismissed the allegations as baseless.

8.   Cohen was scheduled to stop in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, for meetings Thursday with Nigerian government officials.

9.   Earlier this month, police lobbed canisters of tear gas into crowds of pro-democracy protesters in the Nigerian commercial capital, Lagos.

10.   Foreign ministers of the member countries gathered in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Wednesday to lay the groundwork for the heads-of-state meeting Thursday.