Tag: Leadership
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Reflections of a Former Optimist – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta (Excerpts from my forthcoming memoir- “A Life in Pieces– (In Lieu of a Biography)”. I share them here as an abbreviated comment on today’s reality) I was born a British subject. As a child, I became a citizen of an independent nation, Nigeria. In late teenage, I suddenly became a citizen of Republic…
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Nigeria now sailing in a terrific oceanic wave of confusion -Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Achebe used this opening stanza of William Butler Yeats’s poem “The Second Coming,” from which the title of his novel was taken, as an epigraph…
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If Nigeria can learn basic lessons, so can Africa – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. THERE is a widespread belief that Africa’s problems are basically leadership. It does not seem it can be otherwise because it is a continent of paradoxes; naturally the richest part of the earth, yet the poorest. But such unscientific analysts could not have read How Europe Underdeveloped Africa as brilliantly presented by…
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Leadership: Addressing the Challenges of a Recession, By Dr Alim Abubakre
While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a virulent recession in many countries globally, Nigeria’s case is a much direr. Even before COVID-19 struck, Nigeria was already suffering from the adverse consequences of collapsing oil prices. Hence, without effective and impactful strategic leadership, the virus could aggravate the pain of an already hard-biting recession. For organisations…
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Kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, others dent on Buhari’s leadership – CAN
The Leadership of the Christians Association of Nigerian (CAN) on Thursday said the incessant killings, kidnappings and other anti-social activities has dented the country’s leadership. He advised political officer holders and civil servants to listen to Godly admonition, adding that their wisdom alone cannot curb insecurity and restore peace in the country. CAN President, Rev.…
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Religious Insurgency & Failing Leadership Of Nigeria: A Time For Dialogue, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe In desperate search for how to get rid of the demon strafing our country, Nigeria, I recently, re-read the epic novel by the renown author, Chinua Achebe, “The Trouble With Nigeria” Reading through the book the first time , l saw that the conclusion is that the trouble with Nigeria is the…
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Quality of leadership from Northern Nigeria disappointing, embarrassing – Arewa youths
Youths from the Northern part of the country under the aegis of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has berated the current political leadership representing the region, saying that they have been disappointing and embarrasing to the region. The forum made this known at a one-day summit on the north’s democratic future in the year 2023…
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With leadership and tech support, Nigerian youth can drive beyond Uber, By Okoh Aihe
By Okoh Aihe There is something about the Bible that makes it the bestseller of all time. Very profound. With journeys into the past and projections into the future, holding out the mysteries of life as it mocks man to provide understanding. The depth is unsearchable, that is what it says, but that depth in…
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Attack on me burden of leadership, says Malami
The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has described the reported attack on his person as the burden of leadership. Malami stated this in Birnin-Kebbi on Friday while fielding questions from newsmen as Muslim faithfuls mark Eid-el-Adha. He called on Muslims to continue to fervently pray for a peaceful and prosperous Nigeria. “The period of Eid…
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The fruitlessness of an Okonjo-Iweala leadership of WTO, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa I first met Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during the Obasanjo administration at a conference organised by the newly emergent Due Process Office headed by Mrs. Obiageli (Oby) Katryn Ezekwesili. Okonjo-Iweala was Minister of Finance, so I asked her how much oil Nigeria was producing daily. Conference Chairman, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai (Now Governor of…