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 […]
Veteran actor, Pete Edochie, has advised women who have cheating husbands to form the habit of placing condoms in their bags before they go out. The actor who made this known in a video posted on his Instagram account, said a cheating man who sees […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it already started looking for its presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general election. The national youth leader of the party Barrister Ismail Ahmed disclosed this at a meeting with stakeholders at the Manpower Development Institute in Dutse. […]
On Sunday, a former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, out of the blues, and without warning signs, released a statement through one Uche Mefor, announcing the creation of Biafra defacto Customary Government, shortened as BCG. Mefor, who identified himself as the Head of Information […]
Over the weekend, I read with utter dismay, disgusting diatribe against Gov. Ugwuanyi. As fallacious as it sounded and as demonic as the intent behind the malicious rant against Ugwuanyi was, it all turned out to be a hog-wash, utter nonsense which gladly, many did […]
Keen to keep viewers glued to the Grammys, the Recording Academy has asked the music world’s powerhouse performers to anchor yet another awards gala forced to go virtual. Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, BTS, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish are among the long […]
Nearly a year to the day after COVID-19 grounded tours and forced performance venues to close, the music world will celebrate its stars at the Grammys, and try to move past a crushing 2020. Beyoncé leads the pack of 2021 Grammy Awards nominees with nine […]
Ahmed Indimi, son-in-law of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has shared pictures of a white lion on the leash on social media with the caption “my new pet.” It is not immediately clear if Mr. Indimi is in a petting zoo. The white […]
SITTING on a scruffy trading estate in a Lancashire village, the office of the MTK football agency seems a world away from the glitzy Premier League. Now it aims to grab a slice of the £500million spent each year on agency fees — and while company […]
Asupreme Court on Friday has ordered a former governor in plateau, Joshua Dariye to spend his next 10years of life in prison for stealing. This paper gathered that Dariye diverted public funds estimated at N1.162billion during his tenure as a governor. A five-man panel of […]
The city of Minneapolis has reached a $27m settlement with George Floyd’s family just weeks before the trial is scheduled to begin for the former officer charged with his murder. The NBC News states that the City Council unanimously approved the settlement on Friday after […]
