• Leaders: Madaki and Katsina Foundation. • Abuja: a bold move. • USSR: The end. • Mohammed Haruna: The road to Abuja. • Madaki took the wrong step —Dangida. • Federal capital: Abuja upstages Lagos. • Kogi state: big strides in a land of promise. • El-Zakzaky: Arms and the man. • OIC: did the Arab leaders shunDakarconference to snub Africa? • Burkina Faso: bomb for the opposition. • Algeria: back to battle field. • Wednesday, December 12 will remain in history as the day Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics, USSR disintegrated. • EC: Britain. Always the enfant terrible, makes it a rough road to united Europe. • FIC: out with a bang. • First Bank: First with first cash. • Aminu, new OPEC chairman. • Bilkisu Yusuf: the triumphant NEC. • The Guardian in the dock. • In search of excellence: Democrat Newspapers' NUJ chapel institute an awardto reward excellence in journalism. • 95 Junior World Cup: where does the buck stop? • The return of Sardauna’s sport: Kaduna played host to the annual fives festival.