BAT 2023

This is indeed the time for us to answer some hard questions and speak some home truths. It is a season that shall separate the men from the boys. It is a time that the holy and wholesome light of truth shall overwhelm and expose the evil darkness of doublespeak and deceit. It is a […]

Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi who was asked to step for aside Amodu Shuaibu has been re-appointed. Keshi’s expired contract as coach of the African champions had not been renewed and any hope of renewing it had been dashed earlier this month, when new NFF President, Amaju Pinnik ordered that Shuaibu should […]

Shuaibu Amodu, who was recently brought in by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to take over the coaching job of the Super Eagles, has asked NFF to allow Stephen Keshi to continue with his job. Amodu made the position known in a letter dated 27th October. He entreated the NFF president Amaju Pinnik to allow […]

The First Lady, Mrs. Jonathan, is reportedly being admonished by powerful political men, in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) especially, for her heightened political profile and overuse of her influence on political-related decisions. Her husband, President Jonathan, is reportedly being threatened to confront Mrs. Jonathan in her role as a woman or risk protest votes […]

Muhammadu Buhari, a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army and former Head of State is a different kettle of fish to different people across the strata of Nigeria. In the far Northern part of Nigeria, the almajiri children on the street of Kano, Katsina and Sokoto States see Buhari as their ‘Amir’. This is […]

”When I say that the Presidency must come to the north next year I am referring to the Hausa-Fulani core north and not any northern Christian or Muslim minority tribe. The Christians in the north are nothing and the muslim minorities in the north know that when we are talking about leadership in the north […]

In recent times, there has been a series of personal attacks sponsored in a section of the media by some All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in a spirited plot to discredit officials of the federal government and those of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The overall Machiavellian purpose of these attacks is very clear; to […]

The battle between the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles head coach got to a head Thursday morning as NFF sent him packing from his job and appointed Coach Amodu Shuaibu to take over the team for a while before an expatriate would be appointed as head coach. Also affected by […]

The minute step between life and death was once again emphasised on Tuesday in Asaba, capital of Delta State, when a Nollywood actor, Clem Onyeka, was killed in a gun battle between operatives of the Delta State Police Command and daredevil armed robbers who attempted to hijack a bullion van. Onyeka was only at the […]

The fate of millions of hungry looking, mal-nourished and oppressed Imolites will be decided soon as Imo prepares to go to the poll in 2015. It is clear that for Imo to be better again we must kick out the fat-cat Governor of Imo State Chief Rochas Okorocha  in 2015. Okorocha has  grown fat and […]

As we earnestly start the preparation for 2015 elections, we need to assess the journey so far and also look at ways of moving the country forward. The challenges of Nation Building are enormous and pain staking. It is not an event but a process. The so called advance countries and democracies are still in […]

Let me start by thanking the officials of the Harvard Nigerian Students Association for inviting me to give the keynote address. I am greatly honored by your invitation and am delighted to be here. It is noteworthy that you are celebrating Nigeria’s fifty-fourth independence anniversary by showcasing her culture, history, and achievements. You have also […]