BAT 2023

The visit to the United Arab Emirates, UAE starting on Thursday, by President Muhammadu Buhari signifies the importance attached to Nigeria’s ties with the prosperous Arab nation.   President Buhari will be meeting the new President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to convey his condolences on the passing of […]

Make of the following what you will and work out the implications.     Of the 13 leaders that have led our country since 1960 seven were working for the British MI6 and/or the American CIA.    Only the remaining six were working solely for Nigeria.    The other seven were firmly within the power, control […]

  At each stage in our life, we build rafts to get us from one level to another—Pushing through boundaries (How to create epic outcomes in life and business) By Innocent Usar   It has been a while since I read voraciously a work by a Nigerian author without dropping it, till I was done, […]

Living above the rhetoric of claims of flashy economic metrics, bricks and mortars, amid testimonies of restricted achievements within the perimeters of just a state government, Nigerians are now beginning to ask for a presidential candidate who possesses courage …, who has got records of areas where he had intervened to unify and rescue Nigeria […]

Since the airwaves began to be bombarded with top politicians in Nigeria, making their intentions to run for the highest office, I have watched with keen interest and tried to study the various speeches which in some cases received accolades and in other times were ignored by most Nigerians. The latter group has cogent reasons […]

Nigerians should watch out. A red flag has been put up for them. Warning bells are ringing. And, it is time to shine their eyes. Our leaders are waving the stealing banner at us. And they are doing that brazenly.   If the next President of Nigeria in 2023 comes from the  All Progressives Congress, […]

On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian female students aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School at the sleepy town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria   Till date Chibok itself has witnessed almost a dozen and more attacks, […]

Gospel Singer Osinachi Nwachukwu was martyred by a wicked husband; she accepted martyrdom to free Christian women from oppressive, repressive and wicked husbands.   For long, church women in Nigeria including Pastors, Bishops, General Overseers wives  have been oppressed, dehumanized, brutalized and some I know have died in the process due to maltreatment by their […]

The on-going political drama in Yorubaland, tending to pit Asiwaju Tinubu against Professor Yemi Osinbajo mandates the intervention of Yoruba People on whose behalf the contest is taking place, especially given the historical antecedents and outcome of such contests.   Without prejudice to others who may later enter the contest and recognizing that Professor Yemi […]

After the fallout of the All Progressive Congress’ National Convention, last Saturday/Sunday at Eagle Square in Abuja, groups and individuals have stepped up their game by mounting pressure on former President Goodluck Jonathan to throw into the ring his hat and contest for the presidential election in 2023.   At the venue of the convention, […]

  In view of the serial and unrelenting misrepresentation of facts and mischief orchestrated by forgers, pathological liars and pseudo anti-corruption activists in partnership with an online publication globally notorious for its culture of blackmail and extortion, it is important to set the record straight on the pronouncements of the Court of Milan, Republic of […]

Basi and Company was an entertaining comedy. Mr Basi, or Mr B as he was popularly known, had huge ambitions but couldn’t keep up with small things like rent and food. To the chagrin Madam, his landlady, Basi brought into his humble single room apartment his boisterous sidekick and partner in daydreaming called Alali. They […]