Leadership Scorecard

THEME: DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA:THE LEGACY OF ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR CHIEF GUEST OF HONOUR:HIS EXCELLENCY,SEN. AHMED BOLA TINUBU, GCFRPRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR:HIS EXCELLENCY,PAUL KAGAME,PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA GUEST SPEAKER:PROF. PLO LUMUMBA KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: FEMI FALANA, SAN PROF. SAM AMADI […]

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo turns 89 on the 5th of March 2026. Through this piece, Leadership Scorecard celebrates the birthday anniversary of a General of War – “The Balogun of Owu Kingdom”, a soldier and prisoner of conscience, president and peacemaker, who has occupied more consequential […]

As Olusegun Obasanjo turns 89, we must remind ourselves that leadership is not merely about occupying office but about shaping direction, sustaining institutions and stewarding national purpose. His journey from military head of state to democratically elected president reflects a rare continuity of service across […]

Northern Nigeria’s leadership crisis is not the absence of leaders, but the absence of structured continuity. From independence in 1960, the North understood leadership as stewardship. Under Sir Ahmadu Bello (Sardauna of Sokoto), and other Northern leaders such as Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Hassan Usman […]

The ADC in a release on Tuesday spoke against the backdrop of reports that people in some rural communities in the state, including elderly and aged citizens, were allegedly asked to submit their National Identity Numbers (NIN), Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) and voter cards, for […]

Full text of my article published in the back page of Thisday Newspapers today Friday 23 January 2026 Honours, Memory, and Those Yet to Be Honoured When President Bola Tinubu announced the Democracy Day honours list in 2025, many Nigerians, myself included, assumed that evident […]

_By Mercy Torty 2026 would be a defining moment for the political class in Nigeria as the buildup to the General Elections sees the aspirants maneuvering and twisting to secure their party tickets to test their popularity in the elections. Peter Obi’s public declaration of […]

_By Christopher Oguga Hon. Prince Humphrey Onyima (EBUBE MGBOWO) is the Publisher/CEO of Leadership SCORECARD Magazine, the WCIFORUM Coordinator for Africa, coordinating Turkish Business Forum relationship with the Nigerian Business Community and the Convener of Democracy Anniversary Lecture in Nigeria in Honour of Nigeria’s 1999 […]

So, from the above Bible Records, after Emperor Herod executed Apostle James and noticed it pleased the Jews and there was no outcry or resistance from the Church, he proceeded to arrest Peter, with the plan to eliminate Apostle Peter also. But fortunately the Church […]

Your Excellency, Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Concentrate the Enugu State Farm Estates Project in the border communities of Enugu. Clear all the forests in the border communities across the Senatorial Districts, use farming activities to check insecurity across all the flash points, deploy […]

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) is currently standing at a moral crossroads, it can either make or mar, and the feet dragging at the top is loud enough to shake the conscience of every right-thinking Nigerian. With the panel of inquiry already inaugurated to […]