Traditional African Leadership Lessons: What Griot Councils Teach Us About Consensus
What griot councils teach about consensus and traditional African leadership lessons still worth learning today. Memory, mediation, and truth telling.
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#EnoughisEnough: Nigerians Take to the Streets Demanding Change
Thousands of Nigerians have taken to the streets in recent weeks, their frustrations boiling over in a wave of protests under the banner of #EnoughisEnough. Their discontent stems from a multitude of hardships that have gripped the nation, particularly since the 2023 election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Many Nigerians believe the election itself was…
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Empowering Personal Leadership: How I Triumphed over Smoking and Reclaimed Control of My Life
In modern societies today, the rate of smoking habits keeps increasing. This is in spite of the various health disasters people know that such a habit would bring and in spite of the clearly written label on cigarette packs that ‘smokers are liable to die young’. Some have argued that the caveat only applies to…
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GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA: a search for the impossible
Nigeria is a country with great potential. But, these potentials have been punctured by a myriad of problems. These problems are not caused by a lack of resources but by bad governance shown by the ruling bodies. And this has hindered the developmental drive of the country. What is Good Governance? Governance is the…
