It is exactly one year, today, 26 August, 2012, since the bombing of the United Nations (UN) building in Abuja which claimed several lives and shattered the peace of our country.

This is the concluding part of the abridged version of a recorded exchange during a Sub-committee on Foreign Affairs congressional hearing in America, with leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in attendance.

It marked the very second time in the history of terror in Nigeria that a suicide bomber would be used – the first being the attack on the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja.

The clamour for State Police now a central issue in the counrty have continued to draw interest from all segements of the society.The amber first fired by the Northern Governors had since earned the agitation of the Southern Governors. The heavy onus on everyone who care is, should Nigeria go for state police or not?

The recent surge of insecurity in some parts of the country may have informed the agitation for state police in some quarters as the panacea to the lingering scourge. But others have kicked against this saying it would turn some state governors into despots.

Like most Governors in Nigeria , Governor Jonah David Jang of Plateau State is not entirely a happy man. And he may not have always been since he got elected by the people of the state who obviously renewed his mandate for a second term in office in 2011 elections.

This is the thirteenth and concluding edition of the serial on OWEI LAKEMFA’s latest work: “One hundred years of trade unionism in Nigeria”. The twelfth part was published yesterday.

Elderstateman and retired Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Babankowa has warned that current agitation and attempt by some influential groups to introduce state police against the existing status quo will relegate the country to pre-colonial era where tyranny was the order of the day.

There have been comments on the issue and we have been watching. The first thing that we should understand is to know the ratio of the population visa-vis the Police. Is it appropriate? Because of the insecurity situation in the country, every border should be properly policed.

HE said when you deny the media access to information, they are bound to get it one way or another and when that happens, the media should not be crucified for not presenting its report to favour the powers that be.

GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi has never hidden his desire for state police. Even when nineteen governors of the northern states kicked against it after all the governors had collectively endorsed it under the aegis of Governors Forum which Governor Amaechi heads, the latter still maintained his stance on it.

WITH these objectives in mind, the Federal Military Government has decided on a new National Labour Policy which will involve limited government intervention in certain areas of labour activity in order to ensure industrial peace, progress and harmony.

Chief Joseph Modupe Johnson (JMJ) the ex-soldier, former radio broadcaster and businessman was elected chairman of the Ibadan District Council in 1948. His election was spectacular because he was a Lagosian, but people in the Ibadan province preferred him as their leader. He was Labour Minister from 1957-1964 a period of serious Labour turmoil including the crippling general strikes of 1963 and 1964. Johnson’s greatest contribution to Labour was on the world stage.

SATURDAY, July 14, 2012 is a day Dr. Afolabi Daniyan says he will never forget. The medical practitioner has his reason which borders on a recent bitter experience he and his wife had in the hands of some soldiers on guard duty at the Ikeja Cantonment of the Nigerian Army.

THE role of Nigerian media in monitoring and reporting diplomatic activities took the centre stage last week in Lagos when the country’s ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, carpeted the fourth estate of the realm for its negative portrayal of the recent visit of U.S. Secretary of State, Mrs. Hilary Clinton, to Abuja.