This piece is about character, trust and loyalty. It is about how these linked qualities define the character and style of Abdulfatah Ahmed, ex-banker and immediate past governor of Kwara State.
For starters, leadership is about showing direction, leading the way and doing good for others.
In that context, competence, credentials...
I watched with utter surprise and some disappointment, Governor Nasiru El-Rufai’s comment on Arise News last week that the APC has not kept its 2015 promise of Restructuring because of the activities of some fifth columnists within the party. He specifically mentioned Dr. Bukola Saraki who was President of...
"The comprehensive Strategic Plan for the Enhancement of Fish Production, the minister noted, aims at transforming the marine and freshwater fish production in Nigeria with the aim of reducing the country's dependency on imports, increase domestic production, and establish Nigeria as a net exporter of fish."
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...
Over 160 million people – more than half of the country’s current estimated population – are at risk of yellow fever in Nigeria, reports by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Region have recently highlighted. Lately, the yellow fever virus has become of serious global health concern more because...
A few hours away from now, the media would be awash with appraisals of chief executives across Nigeria. This is particularly true of first term governors who were sworn in on May 29, 2019. Kwara will not be different. Friends and foes of the administration of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, egged...
Our national level security response has been uncoordinated and ineffective in wiping out threats.
Everyone who has been concerned about the danger that insecurity has posed to national cohesion will appreciate the importance of securing a collective understanding of the problems and the solutions.
No one who is in a position...
Today, leaders from across Africa meet in Paris to discuss plans to recover from the impact of a common enemy – COVID-19. But for African nations from across the Sahel region and beyond, the issues are inseparable from the fight against another common enemy which is terrorism. And like...
The COVID-19 is an epidemic with its presence in nearly all the continents except perhaps the Antarctica. Ironically, there has been a conspiracy linking the COVID-19 to 5G technology. Such link is a mistaken belief and based on unsound arguments. While COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a...
My attention has been drawn to a video circulating on the social media, which shows the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq speaking while playing host to his Borno State counterpart, Professor Babagana Zulum.
One of the things he said in that video, which has left me worried was that it...
