Around 12 noon last Monday, rumours spread fast in Kaduna that a suicide bomber had forced his way into Kaduna State Government House (Sir Ibrahim Kashim House), Kawo, and that there had been an exchange of fire between him and security personnel guarding the place before he was captured. There was palpable anxiety in Kaduna that afternoon, after a daring suicide bomb attempt at a Military formation in the town was foiled just a week before.

But for the one week strike action of Nigerians against the removal of the subsidy on petrol, all indications were that they would have been taken for granted again by their government.

The escape of Umar Kabir, aka Kabir Sokoto, the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, near Abuja, which caused the death of over 43 persons and left many others injured, no doubt, dealt a heavy blow to the already saggy image of the police. The force, which has a long history of failure to resolve high profile cases, might find it more difficult to gain the confidence of the populace.

The federal system is, under the present conditions, the only basis on which Nigeria can remain united. Tafawa Balewa (1957).

Eight years after the incumbent Ojomo-Oluda of Ijebu Owo, Ondo State, Oba Kofoworola Oladoyinbo Ojomo, ascended the throne, the Appeal Court is set to decide who between him and Prince Michael Adewunmi Amaka Ojomo is the legitimate occupant of the stool. Kofoworola, a retired army general, was installed as the Ojomo-Oluda on 13 June, 2004.