BAT 2023

Last Wednesday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, openly declared his interest in seeking the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the 2015 presidential elections. In the next few days, precisely on 8th October, General Muhammadu Buhari will make a similar pronouncement about his 2015 ambitions. That both Northern leaders — veterans of the presidential contest […]

Former executives of the Nigerian Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, Barrister Christoher Green, Barrister Musa Amadu and Alhaji Shehu Dikko have threatened a court action against the State Security Service (SSS) and the Police over what they described as “incessant invitations and unlawful detention” if they do not desist from the act. In a letter […]

The River State Governor Chubuike Rotimi Amaechi is probably one of the most misunderstood Nigerian politician in recent times. From nowhere those who perceived him to be a potential threat crafted an image of a stubborn, disrespectful man who listens to no one and that perception seems to hanging around his neck till date. They […]

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, has landed himself in hot water. Coming off the remarkable successes of the Ekiti and Osun gubernatorial elections, Jega misjudged the mood in the country and proposed the creation of 30,027 additional polling units, with a lopsided distribution of 21,615 in the North and a […]

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy President of the Senate and Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, reminds one of Rt. Honourable Dr. Newt Gingrich, a former college professor, former Speaker of the US Con­gress and one time Republican presidential aspirant in the United States. One essential thing these two men have in common is the intellectual content they have […]

“I have a history to protect, a reputation to promote, a heritage to maintain and an attitude to exhibit, failure is not part of us.” —Sule Lamido on BOBA symposium lecture in Dutse Aug 3oth, 2014 In many parts of Nigeria, what are called “settlers” live in fear for their lives, their property and their […]

On Friday, Nigerian pop duo, Peter and Paul “P-Square” Okoye dropped their sixth studio album “Double Trouble”, and fans are sucking it all up with several positive reviews and high praises for the album on the social media.  In response to the fans’ cheers, Peter took to his instagram page to thank the fans. “#Teampsquare […]

These are interesting times for Nigeria. It is a time in which people revel in propaganda and falsehood. As we make steady progress to the election year of 2015, there will be more mudslinging, character assassination and all kinds of propaganda to score cheap political goals or to gain some advantage even if short term. […]

What Nigeria needs at this time, apart from prayers and selfless love from her citizenry, is good quality opposition. Iron sharpens iron. A bright opposition party will make the incumbent work even harder. The improvement that Nigerians can expect from the People’s Democratic Party is directly proportional to the quality of opposition from the other […]

It is a shocking surprise that the cracks that many feared were appearing on the seemingly impregnable walls of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are being proved to be true daily with goings-on in that enclave of strange bedfellows.  It was speculated that, at one of the meetings of the APC, when the going was […]

1.Ohakim performed very well in his first tenure. 2.He built solid roads 3.He addressed water issues squarely in Imo State by building 1950 water schemes including 4 regional water projects 4.He is not corrupt. He is free since he came out of Government 5.He can fight Okorocha project for project,quality for quality,governor for governor,4 years […]Read More

The proper address should be Mrs Alison-Madueke and for this reason, the titling above seems to fall short in required courtesy. But there is something about this woman, a tough girl quality underneath that fine designer face, which calls for wise recognition. Something beyond marriage tags and chieftaincy beads: an actualised soul carrying on with […]