A professional journalist and an emerging writer, Jen Ehidiamen is committed to exploring and using the media as an advocacy tool for youth development and empowerment. She writes a column called “Dis Generation” in The Nation newspaper and blogs at Youths Making Change. Jen is CP-Africa’s Features Editor. Okenfe Lebarty is currently the democratic candidate [...]

We need exceptional leaders who can transform their societies – Mo Ibrahim

How long will the Nigerian human capital, our greatest resource, continue to underutilize its potential? The Nigerian Education system has descended from its towering heights of excellence in the early days of independence to academic relics with no touch of global competitiveness. The 25% funding prescribed by UNESCO seems to be utopian for our leaders [...]

You must have encountered them. Those magic wands that open hitherto stiff doors and make ways where there seemed to be no way. They come in various forms; as short notes, behind business cards unsealed and unsigned or as full fledged (often hand written) letters, well packed and properly addressed, “to whom it may concern” [...]