BAT 2023

The Indians have a proverb that literally means, “Your future does not depend on the lines of your hands, because people who do not have hands also have a future”. It means, it is better to do your work than to be superstitious and wait for the right time.  There’s a touch of superstition that […]

In 2005, the Nigerian government through the intervention of world leaders received debt forgiveness to the tune of $18 billion from the Paris Club. Benue State also enjoyed debt relief of $242 million from the Paris Club and £92 million from London Club of creditors under the same arrangement. Domestic debts to contractors in the […]

Ikechukwu Uche and Aaron Samuel both scored to keep Nigeria’s hopes of Africa Cup of Nations qualification alive in a morale-boosting 2-0 win over Congo on Saturday. A tight first half yielded few clear-cut chances, but the visitors made the breakthrough just before the hour mark when Emmanuel Emenike was brought down inside the box […]

From Qatar to Kuwait all the way to Venezuela, and even Nigeria, one sound rings clear on the balance sheets of these countries: revenue from oil is declining. The drastic fall of oil prices is making many of the oil producing nations tighten their belts and make adjustments in their national budgets. This fall in […]

Reactions to what was a hugely successful declaration by the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, early in the week, may not come to an end anytime soon.  The President, who was popularly elected by the Nigerian people in April 2011, only on Tuesday, November 11, at the Eagle Square, in the heart of the Federal Capital […]

These are quite ridiculous times politically speaking with all manner of nonsense coming out from politicians as they seek to outdo one another in this rat race they dress up in the altruistic robe of serving the people.  Yesterday, it was Rotimi Amaechi who mounted the podium at Adokiye Amesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, the […]

Aminu Tambuwal, the turncoat Speaker of the House of Representatives, is reported to have made disparaging remarks against his erstwhile political platform, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Goodluck Jonathan while asking voters in Kwara State to choose the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the PDP.  Tambuwal was quoted to have said: “They have […]

Recent revelations have left questions about the credibility of the witnesses at the Lagos State Government Inquest into The Synagogue Building disaster accentuated rather than assuaged. In a previous article, I had submitted that the tone set by testifiers at the ongoing inquest into the cause of the tragic building collapse at The Synagogue, Church […]

Yes; that was how I first saw the headline too late Thursday, 23 October, 2014.  Another headline screamed at me, “Wife of President Jonathan Resigns.”  Well, that almost ruined my evening and I had moderate heart palpitations.  I mean, of all the news you don’t want to hear, that was right up there.  Mrs Patience […]

I have been eagerly awaiting a critique of my paper of last week titled ‘Osun Election: A Pathway to Nigeria’s Democratic Growth’. At last, I got one in the reaction of my friend, Segun Ayobolu on the last page of The Nation, Saturday, 8th November 2014 edition. As usual of such reactions, (some patronage here […]

On his return to as Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi has called up 25 players for the crucial 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Red Devils of Congo and Bafana Bafana of South Africa. Obviously going with popular demand, Keshi included in the list of invited players, Villareal striker, Ikechukwu Uche for the […]

 Mr. President, since the beginning of this year, is not Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh the highest-ranking military officer in Nigeria? Is this not the same man who in May of this year told the nation and the world that he knows the whereabouts of several hundred kidnapped girls but cannot reveal their location and […]