Greatness is Not Proven by Making Others Feel Small
“A great man is always willing to be little,” the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson observed. C.S. Lewis famously…
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If All Leaders Were Engr. Grace Allison
​”The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold,…
Wanting What We Don’t Want – The Paradox of the Nigerian Leadership Selection Process
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because…
The “Anyhowness” Crisis – Why Nigeria Needs a National Value Reset.
“​If we lose our values, we lose our nation. It is as simple as that,” declared an anonymous…
Public Office, Private Gain – Dismantling the Culture of “Who You Know.”
​”A public office is a public trust; and its holders are but trustees for the benefit of the…
The Death Of Sincerity: When Political Correctness Smothers The Truth
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act,” George Orwell famously remarked. In China…
Echoes of Abacha Days – Institutional Alignment and the Unfortunate Future of Political Pluralism
​”Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” cautioned George Santayana. Thomas Jefferson warned that…
Fairness -Nigeria’s Most Needed Currency
​”Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” declared Martin Luther King Jr.. George Washington aptly noted that…
The Worship of People Over Principles
“The personality of the individual is as perishable as the person; only the principles which he represents are…
The Unfortunate Adoption of Abuse as a Political Argument
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the…