A Leadership Lesson for Nigeria from Dolly Parton, by Dakuku Peterside
Dolly Parton has never governed a state, controlled a public budget, or commanded the machinery of government. Yet her life offers Nigeria a timely lesson: leadership is measured not by the grandeur of office, the length of a convoy, or the volume of publicity, but by the durable good created for others. Parton turned fame […]
Let Buhari and Tinubu quarrel till 2019
Our President can quarrel with Asiwaju or any other APC leader till 2019 and beyond. Such quarrels may turn out to be good for the nation because they can serve as a check on each other in a nation where opposition political parties are dysfunctional
The Salvation of the soul (1)
An armed robber attacks you and gives you two choices: your body or your soul? Which would you give up? The natural man always gives up the soul in order to preserve the body. But the believer should always give up the body knowing it is of relatively little importance.
Advent
The air is filled with lamentations about the dry Christmas that awaits many Nigerians
Saraki shows strength
Thursday’s unveiling of former minister of youth and sports, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi as the new spokesman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC may have been programmed to fill the vacancy that existed since the ministerial appointment of the former spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. But how the appointment will heal the wounds in the ruling party is another thing.
Democracy needs a strong structure
Look at the way the Judiciary handled the legal tussles between two PDP factions in Ondo State
