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When organisations teach the wrong lessons about leadership

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 […]
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It’s not easy to go to hell

It’s not easy to go to hell

By Simon Ifeanyi Ezeh Anyone who goes to hell has himself to blame and there’s no grace anywhere. Jesus Christ never mentioned or at least implied grace as the concept that would get people to heaven in all his sermons. How you live on earth determines where you end up – Ezekiel 18 (whole chapter), […]

The legendary Awujale Adetona at 87

The legendary Awujale Adetona at 87

By Dr (Chief) Fassy Adetokunboh Yusuf IT can only be providential that a young prince studying Accountancy in England would be recalled home at the age of twenty-five years to occupy the stool of his forefathers as the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of the Ijebu nation, when he was oblivious of what was going on […]

World Press Freedom Day: How the media can get its groove back [opinion]

World Press Freedom Day: How the media can get its groove back [opinion]

By Yinka Adeosun It’s that time of the year when the significance of a free press is brought to the fore. Globally known as World Press Freedom Day, it is a day set aside to celebrate press freedom by reminding governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom, and as well remind […]

PR Wise: The Presidency, Pantami and Mbaka [opinion]

PR Wise: The Presidency, Pantami and Mbaka [opinion]

By Yushau A. Shuaib IN  public relations practice, decision-making processes on an issue and crisis management are always the toughest before any act of communication can be effectively executed. Unlike journalism that feasts on bad news, which is what sells, the tradition of public relations or PR is to engage in ‘damage control’ through effective […]

Innocent Chukwuma in the radical student movement

Innocent Chukwuma in the radical student movement

On May 23, 1986, a detachment of the mobile unit of the Nigeria Police Force invited to the campus of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) by the then Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ango Abdullahi to quell a students’ protest, killed 4 female students and injured several others. The tragic news of the brutal murder of the unarmed […]