The book is divided into nine chapters. While chapter one gives an overview of the objective of the book, chapters two up to chapter seven details the qualities that the author considers to be the requirements for good leadership that could leave a legacy. Leaving a positive legacy is the outcome of excellent leadership. Such […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru As long as the earth remains, there must always be a time for everything as written in the Holy Bible in Ecclesiastes 3 v 1-8. And to that list, we could add, a time of disagreement. A time of disagreement is a manifestation of the expression of diverse opinions and choices we […]

By Sunday Agollo When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heaven themselves blaze for the death of princes. The world is a stage and the people in it merely players. If a child washes his hands clean, he can eat with kings and elders. These three aphorisms popularized by William Shakespeare and Chinua […]

By Kelechi Ihunanya Amadi I went alone to register my ward in a secondary school. After I had satisfied the documentary and monetary requirements, the registrar asked whether my ward was Science- or Art-inclined in order to allocate her to the appropriate class. I told her I didn’t know; that the girl would decide for […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah Going by the momentous reactions that trail Joe Biden’s removal of the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office, many may wonder whether that artwork has something to do with the rivalry between Biden and Donald Trump. Does the portrait of Winston Churchill obstruct Biden’s movements within the oval office? As […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah Nanna Yakubu, a tourism professional with the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has made a major contribution to the development of tourism in Nigeria with her new book, “Introduction to Tourism Studies for Schools and Colleges” which is designed in line with the curriculum of Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC). […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah With her maiden play, “The Blood of a Poor Prophet”, child prodigy, Oluoma Favour Achoson, a JSS 2 student of Navina College, set the pace for many in her age bracket on how to curb the lamentable poor reading culture that largely accounts for the dismal performances recorded yearly in various examinations. […]

By Osa Amadi For the New Year, the President chose January 1 to make a national broadcast. Before that, he had signed the 2021 budget into law in adherence to the January 1 to December 31 fiscal year. In that national broadcast, Mr. President even had said, “I would like to thank and praise the […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah The contemporary African society is fraught with “innovations” of borrowed culture that have got a lot of the people inexorably alienated from their own culture. As a consequence of their dabbling into foreign cultures in quest of knowledge, adventure, or personal fulfillment, many are losing touch with the value system that should […]

By Emmanuel Daraloye In an industry where gospel music is often boxed into predictable patterns, Bestsmart Otamere known simply as Bestsmart emerges once again as a boundary-pushing force in contemporary Christian music. His latest production, “Jesus”, performed by the gifted vocalist Aijay Wilton, is a testament to his continued evolution as both a producer and […]

By Kelechi Ihunanya Amadi Of all the experiences I had in boarding school, I think the most harrowing was the constipation I had in the second term of my stay there. I was barely 11 and, even with the presence of guardian angels such as Amadi Ijeoma, Juliana Nnokwe, Thelma Mma Ekezie-Mezieobi, Echefu Ihechi Linda […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Those who have reservations about rock music will definitely be singing a different tune after listening to Kenny Fasipe’s new single which hits the airwaves on his birthday, Wednesday, January 8, 2021. Titled, ‘Mo Dupe’ (thank you), the single, presented in both Yoruba and English languages, is part of what the artist […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah The contemporary African society is fraught with “innovations” of borrowed culture that have got a lot of the people inexorably alienated from their own culture. As a consequence of their dabbling into foreign cultures in quest of knowledge, adventure or personal fulfillment, many are losing touch with the value system that should […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru It is hard to point at a particular period or year in modern history that has shaped humanity the way the year 2020 has. No thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to the global crisis, insecurity, the ENDSARS protest, poor economy, corruption in form of looting of the nation’s treasury by […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Emmanuel Eni, popularly called “Blackman in European Kitchen”, is a German-based Nigerian painter, sculptor, multimedia performance artist, poet, and philosopher, who has just been listed in Forbes 2020. Having attended so many institutions including London’s Royal Academy of Art, the gifted artist describes his experience being in various universities reading art as, […]