When organisations teach the wrong lessons about leadership
By Dayo Oyinlola Institutions are ecosystems made up of individual units that live in symbiotic relationships with each other. In these environments, information is processed dynamically and learning occurs both formally and informally. We must consider this reality when discussing leadership development. Leaders learn through written documents and institutional codes of conduct: values, laws, behavioral […]
No work, No pay and Aftermath
By VICTOR ECOMA National interest should be driven by the motive to build a stable and progressive country before any other interest can be served. Eight months of Universities shut-down is not in the best interest of the country and should have been avoided by every available means. It is far easier to stop salaries […]
There was a country…remembering Chinua Achebe
By Banji Ojewale IN the distant past, you wouldn’t talk about Chinua Achebe without instant reference to his mountaintop novel, Things Fall Apart. He was inseparable from his literary creature that outstripped its creator. But Achebe was lucky: he was spared the tragedy of bringing forth a monster which would fatally prey on its Frankenstein […]
On plight of women and children in IDPs camps
By Fatima Ali Busuguma AN overwhelming majority of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Nigeria are women and children. Even though there are varying statistics about the exact figure of internally displaced persons in Northern Nigeria, all sources examined indicated that women and children constitute more than 50 per cent of the internally displaced camps’ formation. […]
A Chatham House of horror
By Don Pedro Obaseki CHATHAM House, while trying to repackage and market Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ended up de-marketing itself. While trying, albeit strenuously, to rebrand Tinubu, Chatham House ended up eroding its own brand persona. Its brand equity went bearish, like a bad stock cascading down the index on a bad day on the FTSE […]
Wike, derivation fund and Niger Delta governors
By Salome Durugbo DID Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers intend to shame his colleagues from the Niger Delta states when he recently asked their constituents to demand accountability from their respective governors on how they spent the refunded arrears of 13 per cent derivation? I doubt. But I praise his guts. However, if his intention […]
