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The concept of leadership has always been of tremendous interest to classical thinkers as well as contemporary political and management scholars as our world continues on the path of progressive evolution. On the other hand, […]

Reports reaching LEADERSHIP says that former Inspector-general of police, Ibrahim Coomassie is dead. A source confirmed that he died at a hospital in Katsina state on Thursday evening. Recall that Coomassie served as inspector-general of […]

I made Mandela speak to the audience through me on qualities of leadership that he espoused over time. I dwelt on his justification of Malcom X’s “By Any Means Necessary”. When apartheid regime met non-violent […]

I met Cliff Ogiugo at the Daily Times in 1974 when I assumed duty as Art Editor of what was then undoubtedly the most authoritative daily in Nigeria. I immediately bonded with him and the […]

t the risk of damning a dead man with faint praise, perhaps the best thing you can say about Joe Jackson is that he may not unequivocally be the most tyrannical and monstrous father in […]

Michael’s Jackson’s dad has died! Joe Jackson — the patriarch of the Jackson family — has died, TMZ reports. The elder Jackson died two days after the ninth anniversary of the demise of his megastar […]

With the death, at 80, of Chief Olutoyin Olakunri, Nigeria has again lost an illustrious daughter and one of the most outstanding women in the nation’s history. A woman of awesome attributes, the accomplished accountant […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will Tuesday morning, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, confer Nigeria’s highest honour to the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 election, late Moshood Abiola. While Mr Abiola will be given a posthumous […]

Wielding his blunt message as a weapon, Ras Kimono, while he held sway, dominated the Nigerian music scene and cultivated many-a-acolyte with his conscious songs. The dreadlocked legend lived and breathed reggae in all of its […]

If you knew Kunle Ajibade in his early days of journalism, he would not invoke the image of a jailbird who had squawked fear down the entrails of military brutes. He was no political reporter […]

With winsome smiles, and the peculiar swagger that is all his, he ambles around majestically, using every ounce of energy in his body to positively affect the world around him. He dazzles you with his […]

The Oyo State Government has announced a three-day mourning period in honour of the speaker of the state assembly, Michael Adeyemo. Mr Adeyemo died on Friday in Ibadan. A statement by the government said the […]

Lawyers and human rights activists yesterday eulogised the late Gani Fawehinmi for championing the cause of the masses even at the risk of losing his life.They spoke at the unveiling of a 44-feet statue in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has paid tribute to Nigeria’s foremost social critic and selfless legal luminary, Abdul Ganiyu ‘‘Gani’’ Fawehinmi, on his posthumous 80th birthday, describing the late legal icon ‘‘as a true conscience of the […]

Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, dies at age 81 Most truly great men of history almost always have the rare gift of being supported by strong but often complicated women. The late South African […]

Greatness can be a surprisingly quiet thing. Some geniuses are of such exceptional modesty or gentility, that they shield themselves in deliberate self-effacement. Such a man was the man we fondly called ‘Honest Man’, who […]

Prominent evangelical leader and pastor Billy Graham has passed away at the age of 99. He reportedly died from natural causes at his home in Montreal, North Carolina, news reports confirmed on Wednesday. Graham was […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the tragic accident that took the life of Sen. John Shagaya, and condoled the family over the loss. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Special Adviser […]