By Magnus Eze FOR Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo, his appointment as Acting Inspector General of Police July 22 and subsequent confirmation by the Nigeria Police Council, August 4, capture the age-long saying, that “the patient dog eats the fattest bone”. Onovo had previously acted, though briefly, as IG of the Nigeria Police Force in 2007, before […]

By David Ifode Robert  K.  Greenleaf in his book, The Servant as a Leader says: “Foresight is the ‘Lead’ that the leader has. Once he loses this lead and events start to force his hand, he is a leader in name only. He is not leading; he is reacting to immediate event and he probably […]

By Mike Igini IN 2004, when the forces of tribe and indigene almost truncated the Governing Council recommendation of the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin(UNIBEN),  Professor Nwanze, after the selection process and he came tops on the list, I drew the attention of the Federal Government then in a published article […]

By Richard Tosanwumi Serious politicians in  our country know that it takes about 18 months for intending contestants to prepare for a presidential election, and 12 months for a governorship election. In case of totally fresh aspirants for both positions, it will certainly take as much longer period because of their inexperience in the politicking […]

By Muyiwa Akande IN the Thursday, July 23, 2009 issue of the Nigerian Tribune, a piece titled “Akinlotan: Enough is enough” written by Mr. Mahfouz Adedimeji, acting Director of Information and Protocol of University of Ilorin, was published. In the piece, the writer tried his best, albeit unconvincingly, to rubbish the position of Mr. Idowu […]