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This Day (Lagos)The trial of Henry Okah, accused of masterminding two deadly bombings in Abuja during the 50th independence celebrations, will resume in October after a South African court yesterday delayed his case by nine months.He is facing trial in South Africa, where he has permanent residence, on charges that he orchestrated the twin car bombings -- which killed 12 people in Abuja on October 1, 2010 -- from his home in Johannesburg.
Leadership (Abuja)Last week, on this page, I wrote amiss. After applauding the extraordinary efforts Governor Babatunde Fashola is putting with the police in his state, which has made Lagos, once the most dangerous city in Nigeria but now the safest among the biggest cities in the land, I proceeded to say that his action of providing funds - more than N10billion last year - to the police force, all said, was an unconstitutionality. I have since been corrected and swayed by superior argument by those who should know.
The Moment (London)BOKO Haram's bloody weekend attacks in Nigeria's most important Islamic city, Kano, following unrelated countrywide protests over the end of decades-old fuel subsidy underscore the fact that business as usual is no longer good enough. Only genuine reform of Nigeria's political economy can pull it back from the brink.
The Moment (London)WHEN Hafiz Ringim was appointed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in 2010, Nigerians thought he would be one of the longest serving, following his friendship with the president.
But he ended up being the shortest serving IGP, after Ogbonnaya Okechukwu Onovo, as he was sacked out of office for incompetence on Wednesday January 25, 2012.