• The North: one big monster. • The Nation: which way forward. • 1993: a year to remember. • The north and others. • In defence of the Malams – Mohammed Haruna. • Butt of rumour. • Nigeria must stay united. • Kaduna trade fair: not a mammy market. • Education: unending woes. • Every man’s war: seminar on VVF advocates more education to end the scourge. • Banking: shrinking dividends. • South Africa; rough road to democracy. • Bosnia Herzegovina: more talks, more chaos. • On June 12 we eat.