BAT 2023

Year 2014 was indeed a symbolic year in our nation’s history! It is the year Nigeria marked her 100 years of nationhood; from 1914 when Sir Frederic Lord Lugard amalgamated the Northern and the Southern Protectorates in to one geographical entity with visible contour lines and elaborate landmarks on the global map till date, which […]

The Green Eagles of Nigeria, also referred to as the Home based Super Eagles senior national will resume training camp in Abuja for their two international friendly matches against Cote d’Ivoire and Sudan on Tuesday. The friendly matches will be a sort of compensation for Nigerian football fans, since the Super Eagles failed to qualify […]

Citizen Odudu Albert Ukpanah is the only son of Late Engr. Albert Jimmy Ukpanah from Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Odudu, 31, a brilliant and peace loving man holds a B. Sc. in Geophysics from the University of Calabar and an M. Sc. from Coventry University, United Kingdom. The Late Engr. Albert […]

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 marks the 72nd birthday of General Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator and now presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress.  As it is customary in this country, one must join millions of Nigerians in wishing General Buhari a happy birthday and many happy returns. This year’s birthday must be especially […]

I made a telling revelation that the sum of 1 billion naira belonging to pensioners in the 27 LGA’s of Imo State was “squandered” by Sir Jude Ejiogu the current Chief of Staff to the Governor of Imo State. Ejiogu squandered this money when he was the Chairman of Imo State Local Government Service Commission. […]

There has been a palpable feeling of economic uncertainty, since the Central Bank officially devalued the Naira exchange last week; the public’s anxiety is probably, due to the recognition of the pervasive impact of the Naira/Dollar exchange rate on the general cost of goods and motor-spirits (aka petrol) in a heavily import dependent economy. Hereafter, […]

Edward Nnaji, an actor in the Nollywood movie, Friday Night and who is also the music director at Christ Embassy Church, Zone 1, Idimangoro Parish, Agege, Lagos, western Nigeria has been arrested for armed robbery by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)  in Lagos Island. The 25-year-old and two others were arrested two years […]

Mr. President, in times like this, if you are really serious about the Nigerian people and their growing frustration with insecurity, then the current national security team with their lack of clarity in security operations ought not to be around the presidency– effective today. Sir, your personal and official identity, and your presidency, have been […]

The great puzzle before the anioma nation today, is if there are ready to trade their sure success with their sick ambition. It was Dwight Eisenhower  that said “There are no victories at bargain prices.” Queen Mary wrote that “ A good captain must think ahead.” But the anioma nation seems to be pursuing themselves […]

The experience of Ifekoya Adejoke is as harrowing as it is heart-breaking. Lured by a false promise of ‘greener pastures’ abroad, the young Nigerian ended up a merciless victim of human trafficking, chained to a bed in a dingy, dirty Libyan room and forced to sexually satisfy up to 30 men in a single night… […]

The macho in our security men only come to the fore when they are confronting ‘bloody civilians’ and only when they are on an errand for Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP.  Those who are unfortunate to pass through the various checkpoints and roadblocks that are ubiquitous in the north can attest to the humiliation and […]

Alas Nigerians! The National Assembly passed NFF Act 2013 and no Act for other sports but unfortunately it is comically and clinically irrelevant and dead on arrival as others based on the antecedents of present administration where the country’s citizens continue to be muscled from relying on Nigeria’s Judicial independence from Executives for fear of […]