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 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has approved the appointment and redeployment of some top commanders, new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) and other senior officers. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Gabkwet stated that […]
The Senator representing Osun East and Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, Francis Fadahunsi, has said that opposition parties in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, have made up their minds to sack the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, if he […]
In order to address the insecurity in Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom has unveiled the state security outfit known as Community Volunteer Guards. The Governor unveiled the security outfit during the passing out parade held at IBB Square, Makurdi, the state capital. Ortom said that his administration decided […]
By Yusuf Alli on August 5, 2022. ‘Buhari lost Rivers yet won in 2015, 2019’Runner-up raises posers at meeting with candidateThe dust over the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the choice of Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate by […]
The Enugu 2023 governorship race on Thursday, took a new twist as Barr. Chijioke Edeoga emerged as the labour party candidate in the state. Since the withdrawal of the party’s former candidate, Mr. Casmir Agbo, there has been a thick cloud of uncertainty over the […]
Unflinching support for Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu North Senatorial District in the 2023 general election, yesterday, gathered momentum as women of the senatorial district under the auspices of Nsukka Women Movement […]
Odogwu Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD, DDInstitute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, NsukkaEmail: nwaezeigwe.genocideafrica@gmail.com I have read a number of rejoinders to Mr. Sam Omatseye’s insane and hate-filled diatribe driven by the mental cacophony of a man likened to a slave abruptly invited to dine and […]
August 4, 2022. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reacted to the federal government proposed sanction over claims that they aired documentaries glorifying and fueling terrorism, banditry in Nigeria. Naija News recalls that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) slammed a N5million fine on the multimedia […]
…Thank governor for peace, developments, interventions Representatives of traders in the 37 markets in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State under the auspices of Nsukka Amalgamated Traders Association (NATA), on Thursday, trooped out en masse to the Government House, Enugu, to thank Governor Ifeanyi […]
A former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has vowed to confront supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, should they abuse him. Oshiomhole made this known while speaking in an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Wednesday. When told that […]
