Since gaining political independence in 1960, Nigeria like other developing Countries of the world has virtually become poorer and under-developed while nations in the developed World have become richer and more developed in all ramifications. Implicated in the Under-development of these Countries now described as ‘third world countries’ is ineffective leadership that has also lead to ‘bad governance’, lack of ‘best practices’, a myriad of intimidating problems and a differing forms of conflicts that borders on a variety of factors and magnitudes. In this paper therefore, we examined leadership as a concept in Nigeria’s governance. Leadership constitutes the backbone of management. The study argues that ineffective leadership is at the hear...