Algiers has been pushing for Maïnassara to stand for election as has General Sani Abacha; a view that could win more support...
In a bizarre way business is learning to live with if not to love General Sani Abacha...
No one could describe General Sani Abacha as a convert to market economics yet the policy of 'guided deregulation' begun last year is certainly his own...
General Sani Abacha's officials have already voiced their unhappiness at the way that Nigerian dissidents use bush paths across the Benin border as a means of escaping being apprehended by Nigerian security...
He was less successful in mediating between South Africa and Nigeria over the Nations Cup which General Sani Abacha' s government finally boycotted...
A head of steam is again building up for tougher sanctions against General Sani Abacha's government...
General Sani Abacha's son killed in a plane crash bombings in the north tons of guns and ammunition found on the Benin border South Africa and Burkina Faso accused of arming the opposition; all these are raising the stakes in Nigeria's political crisis...
However a better organised opposition in Nigeria with bases in neighbouring countries and South Africa is trying to increase domestic pressure on General Sani Abacha's government...