A Leadership Lesson for Nigeria from Dolly Parton, by Dakuku Peterside

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Sundry financial issues for newly-weds
Separate or Joint Accounts — Should couples have joint or separate bank accounts? This is a question I get asked often. I know some couples who operate joint bank accounts smoothly and they seem to have mastered the act.
Trouble in the sky
One, two, three crashes in a week! It seems the aviation industry has never had it so bad in recent times. It didn’t help that I was thousands of miles away from home that week. It didn’t help that I had four flights to connect from two airlines a few days later.
State of the nation: Duel between stubborn and recalcitrant forces
In the normal (by Nigerian standard) week that witnessed shedding of innocent blood in Kaduna and other places, I join other Nigerians in celebrating the miraculous escape of the former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari from attempts on his life. The country has been saved from the proverbial “monkey and baboon soaked in blood” episode, perhaps on a larger proportion to the last bloody clashes witnessed after the 2011 presidential election. It was also pleasing news that President Jonathan recognized this while expressing sympathy on those who lost their lives in the dastardly attacks.
Ingratitude and treachery
The UK is currently awash with depressing stories about British Muslim youngsters who have stupidly abandoned their studies, jobs and families to covertly travel to the other side of the world, so they can assist Islamic terrorists who claim to be waging “holy” wars in Syria, Iraq, etc.
Protest march against removal of judges’right to go on strike
THE UNAMAB and unions hadcalled for a general mobilization. The judges were even more supported for this third march to the Parliament, Thursday, July 24. Unlike the first two, the mobilization was great and general.

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