Modupe AkeOlakunle Olowojolu2025-05-132025-05-132016Leadership, Governance, Corruption, NigeriaISSN: 0976 – 1195https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/16733ABSTRACT This paper examines leadership as the most critical problem of governance in Nigeria, by looking at, assessing and comparing the administrations between 1999 and 2014. The state of security and safety, and the provision of human capital (Education and health) in each government will be used as an assessment indicator. This paper uses few direct citations and evidence from other works/reports to support this research. The paper argues that poor leadership has impacted negatively on the state of security and safety as well as human capital development in Nigeria. The paper analyses that leaders under the civilian administrations despite been democratic, failed to meet the basic needs of the citizens. It concludes that since 1960, Nigeria has been bedevilled with bad governance due to blatant corruption, moral decadence and gross mismanagement of human capital and mineral resources. Keywords: Leadership, Governance, Corruption, NigeriaenArticle