General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, the famous ex-Marine and the hero of countless conflicts and wars, has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as his Secretary of Defence.

Having practiced this profession for more than 25 years directly, I am often very reluctant to join issues with publications in the media even if it affects what I am doing. Instead, whenever I find some inaccuracies in facts and presentation I try to provide information and background for the sake of future presentations.

THE Christmas season is here. In no other part of the country is the Yuletide celebrated as much as it is in the South East and South-South (the heart of Nigeria’s Christendom). It is a time when a chunk of the Igbo Diaspora returns home for the annual communal and family reunions.

The 1963 constitution recognised the role of traditional rulers in our country for it gave automatic membership to the legislature to certain traditional rulers

Leadership is as much a question of timing as anything else. A leader must appear on the scene when people are looking for leadership as Mao Tse Tung did in 1931, as Winston Churchill did in 1940 and as Lenin did in 1917, when he comes, he must offer a simple, eloquent message, that is what Engr. Saleh did when he assumed office in 2014 he gave the message “building the institution through selfless service to our fatherland.