The Three Musketeers and the Lone Ranger: Two great African families
Suave, exact, and unbothered. Where Ronald sees the piece, Gilbert sees the puzzle, and, more importantly, sees how the pieces lock
Time for Nigeria to stand up for Africa
A CALAMITY hit Africa late March. A conference, crucial to its immediate needs, was slated from March 23-28, 2017. It was primarily for African development, and involved all African Ministers for Finance, Planning and Economic Development as well as development partners and Civil society groups. Organised by the African Union, AU, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, it was to discuss the issues of ‘Growth, Inequality and Unemployment’ in the continent and what actions can be carried out.
Leadership success through synergy: Maximizing performance in public sector management
GEORGE Lizos, a student at the Imperial Business School wrote of his journey to believing in the power of synergy as follows: “I was never a big fan of teamwork. Being a naturally-inclined leader, I always felt that I could do things best on my own, and dismissed collaboration as a sign of weakness”. In his book: Success Intelligence, Robert Holden refers to this compulsive urge for self-sufficiency as the ‘By Myself Syndrome.’ According to Holden, “people who suffer from ‘By Myself Syndrome’ are lousy at asking for help. They are blind to opportunities for support. They are blocked by their inability to get past themselves.”
Pension liabilities: As Adeosun, Udoma appear before the Reps
HOUSE of Representatives, at its plenary on Thursday, 30th March, 2017 resolved to summon the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, to appear before it in plenary on Thursday 6th April, 2017 to tell the House and Nigerians how the Federal Government intends to defray and exit its multi-billion naira pension liabilities and give succour to pensioners.
Getting Africa ready for the fourth industrial revolution
It is almost impossible to imagine what the world would look like if the Industrial revolution which took place from the 18th to the 19th centuries in Britain and America, never happened. It was an era in which machines changed people’s way of life as well as their methods of manufacturing things. Just imagine a world without electric lights, telephones, television, radios, automobiles and airplanes. It would certainly be a still world.
The sole convict slithers away
HARRY Handcuffs Houdini was famed for his serial escape tricks. He toured Europe as a magician and challenged the police to lock his hands and legs up with handcuffs and watch him escape. He regularly beat the police at their own game by managing to slither away from any restraint the police or indeed any other willing participant designed for him.
