BAT 2023

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  •       Rescuing  the nation from the so-called ‘’entrenched interest’’

    “Our enemies are the political profiteers, the swindlers, the man in high and low places that seek bribes and demands  ten  per cent; those that seek to keep the country divided permanently so that they can remain in office as ministers or reap at least; the tribalists, the nepotists, those that make the country  look big for nothing […]
  • Ese Oruru: Emir Of Kano And Those Distorting The Narrative

    All those that are attempting to distort the narrative about the tragic plight of Miss Ese Oruru are evil and we commit them to God’s judgement. The facts are as follows. She is 14 years old and not 18 and she was abducted from her home. She did not leave her home freely or of […]
  • Legal Implications Of The Abduction, Forceful Conversion To Islam And Purported Marriage Of Citizen Ese

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  •   Economic/Financial Intervention – Volume I

    This Media Guidance Note has become necessary to ensure that the media capture in proper context the views I am expressing on the possibility of stabilizing the Nigerian Naira (NGN / N) against the US Dollar and other international currencies in the Foreign Exchange Market. This has become necessary since my appearance and feature on […]
  • When Fake Employment Agencies Become Nigeria’s Big Headache

    As I steer at the heap of curriculum vitae before me in my office, I remember, like yesterday, a statement once made by a friend of mine back then. He was an elder, and as a young man still seeking a direction and what to make of my promising future, I always loved sitting close […]
  • Between Aptitude and Attitude

    This reflection was inspired by a paper presented on behalf of Mike Omeri, the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) at the Annual Management Meeting of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) held in Asaba, Delta State on January 27 2016. The idea of a relevant lead paper and a panel of experts to […]
  • My Report Card By Governor Akinwunmi Ambode

    At the First Town Hall meeting, I defined the strategic vision of our Administration which is to make Lagos a globally competitive City-State, a Lagos that works for all. I also stated that the first quarter was used to lay down the institutional framework and foundation on which the vision and programmes of this government […]
  • Uche Ekwunife’s litany of desperations

    Since the recent nullification of her election by the Court of Appeal, former ‘Senator’ Uche Ekwunife has gone from one desperate act to the other. Day in, day out, Mrs Ekwunife keeps reeling out her litany of desperations, all to the amusement of the Anambra Central electorate, and possibly the embarrassment of her hapless political […]
  • Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi (1953-2015)

    Our sister died. And we are all devastated. We called her Sista Bisi, Mama Kiitan, Olori, Chief (Mrs). To some other people, she was lawyer Bisi, or simply Bisi; at a time she was Bisi Cole, and later Mrs Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi, wife of the Olowo of Owo, HRM Fola Olateru-Olagbegi. She was a diligent, hardworking, […]
  • Buhari: What Do Igbos Want? A Response.

    During the presidential media chat on Wednesday 30th December 2015, Nigerian President Muhammed Buhari said that Igbos were not maltreated, and should stop screaming marginalization. Speaking of the continue protests and struggle for the realization on Biafra Republic in parts of the South East and South South, the former miliary head of state said: “Why […]
  • 2015: The year of democracy

    What is the most compelling, most impactful and most remarkable issue in the year 2015 that has just ended? In my estimation, it is democracy: its contents and discontents, its hopes and impediments, and the forceful manner in which these have compelled us afresh to focus on our circumstances and destiny as a people and […]