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 community of Mburubu in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State will on the 9th to 11th of June play host to an overwhelming crème de la crème that will join the Onuokaibe family to celebrate the life of the matriarch of the […]
ROWE is a German made lubricant, in existence for the past 25 years. ROWE is a HighTech, Synthetic, Premium motor oil, founded in 1995 by MICHAEL ZEHE AND DR. ALEXANDRA KOHLMANN as co-founders/CEO. ROWE motor oil embodies traditional values, with local customers in over 80 […]
He said he wanted meI cried that I hated himThey said I have to go with him I wept for I was just a kidThey took me out of the playgroundHe took me into his backyardHe made me to be his house wifeThough I was […]
Less than 48 Hours after his Inauguration, the administration of President Bola Tinubu has announced that Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola, Deputy Comptroller General of Immigration, has been named interim Comptroller General of Immigration. The Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board made the appointment. Akede […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, in a last-minute decision, approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians. In a statement made available to the media, the spokesperson of the ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi, said the airports include Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard […]
The Enugu State Government has directed all former political appointees and office holders under the immediate past administration to comply with the earlier directive of the former Secretary to the State Government, Professor Simeon Otuanya, instructing them to hand over on or before May 26, […]
THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand […]
By ADF On May 23, 2023 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo pose for a photo during their meeting in Khartoum, Sudan in 2023. RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE via APShare ADF STAFF. While Sudan’s rival generals fight to become […]
A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Competent Governance for Accountability and Trust, has called on the Federal Government (FG) to put the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in order or disband it if has outlived its usefulness to avoid what the group described as an embarrassment, […]
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo Several weeks ago, in the heat of the 2023 campaign, I commissioned two social scientists conversant with Nigeria to help me map out the DNA of an Obidient. They went to work. Periodically, they sent me their findings. After stating that […]
