This leadership issue we are talking about, leaders have the capacity to do the right thing, but they’ve decided to do otherwise

One-time chairman of the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, OMPADEC, Chief A.K Horsfall, in this Democracy Day Edition, takes on the challenge of security in the change administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, lamenting the security problems in the country and urging security agencies to cooperate in solving the security issues in Nigeria, even as he expresses concern over the effect on common people.

You can’t have an insight into her story and don’t find it irresistible. Consider these: Dr. Ola Brown established the first air ambulance service in West Africa, Flying Doctors Nigeria Limited. She was inspired to start the company after her younger sister died while traveling in Nigeria. At 21, she qualified as a medical doctor from the University of York, UK. Her company which has more than 20 aircraft has airlifted around 500 patients, using a fleet of planes and helicopters. With a presence in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, she employs many people in different capacities. This inspirational Nigerian, who was born in the UK was recognised by the World Economic Forum as one of the prestigious Young Leaders. With these achievements of global repute, it could be assumed that a very privileged background made her success story possible. However, anyone with such assumption would be proven wrong after reading this interview which was conducted at the Headquarters of Flying Doctors in Lagos.

We are looking at   Nigeria which is stronger, integrated, positioned for greatness in the African continent and indeed the black world. Ethnic and primordial politics is holding us back. This is the time for a paradigm shift.   We need to work towards the future, and to achieve it, is not a rocket science. 

It is no secret that the youth population is the largest subgroup in our national demography, but, unfortunately, the larger percentage of this subgroup exhibits  severe apathy towards leadership, politics or governance.

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Abdullahi Adamu is a former Governor of Nasarawa state and a Senator. He leads what one might describe as the pro-establishment wing of the nPDP bloc in the APC. To him, the bloc has never had it so good, saying the Muhammadu Buhari administration has been very fair in his dealings with all members of the legacy parties that merged to form the APC. He cautions the Baraje group to not stretch its luck too far.

Politician, pundit and property purveyor, Ken Okolugbo was in his elements that Friday afternoon at a long-planned rendezvous in the Lekki area of Lagos.

THE job losses in the country has continued unabated, worsening the already employment crisis confronting Nigeria. Among other challenges facing the sector, President of the National Union of Chemical Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, Comrade Olatunji Babatunde ‘Goke, in this interface with Labour Vanguard, said no fewer than 20,000 members have been lost in the last five years.

Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, at a media chat with journalists after the inauguration of President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone in Freetown, on Saturday said that President Julius Maada Bio’s inauguration was a great celebration of democracy and that the transition which was a peaceful one from one civilian president to another was signals hope for the people of Sierra Leone.