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 […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day broadcast elicited strong reactions from across the country, with Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the Eastern Consultative Assembly (ECA), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), lawyer Mike Ozekhome (SAN), former Edo State governor Adams Oshiomhole, 2014 National Conference discussant Dr […]
By Princess Ngozi Amos Ezenma Since he left the corridors of power with his principal, Olusegun Obasanjo, in 2007, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has remained in the thick of politicking in Nigeria and, in that light, it would not be out of place to say that […]
By Louis Amoke Eminent leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu converged recently at the Convention Hall of Nike Lake Resort, Enugu, in solidarity with one of their staunch members from Enugu State, the Nigerian Ambassador to Republic of India with Concurrent […]
Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has declared that the money traced to former Petroleum Minister Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, confirmed that she and her cronies wrecked Nigeria. A recent statement by its Chairman, Austin Braimoh and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, said government could build six world-class airports […]
Germany has expressed willingness to assist Nigeria improve her urban areas through the development of the ‘Smart City’ initiative. German Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Bernhard Schlagheck, who made the disclosure recently in a goodwill message at the close of a two-day Summit on Smart Cities […]
The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has disclosed that the Council under his leadership would contribute significantly to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), henceforth . Runsewe made the promise recently in Abuja while addressing a world […]
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF and the Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, told reporters in Abuja that the highlights of the MTEF showed government’s commitment to achieving seven […]
A second republic governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, says Igbo people calling for separation from Nigeria are doing so because they have not had their fair share in the scheme of things in Nigeria. Musa admitted that since the civil war ended, Igbo […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the attack on worshippers at St. Philips Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra State, which left several people dead and others injured recently. In a statement signed by the Party’s National Publicity Secretary Dayo Adeyeye, the PDP expressed […]
By Fola Ojo Muhammadu Buhari’s reign has angered some and gladdened not a few. His burning goal when he came aboard as President was to purify a putrefying system colonised by callous wolves and rebellious ravens of corruption. Perpetrators of economic havocs in that discarded […]
