BAT 2023

He spoke for no more than two minutes. Yet, the message that Jigawa State Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido delivered at the North West Zonal Rally of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in Kaduna last Tuesday, March 11 was far more important than its short length suggested. Some of the world’s greatest speeches were also among […]

Nigeria is undoubtedly a country with great promise. On account of her favourable weather conditions and rich supply of natural resources, Nigeria was once described by my good friend, Olanike Omolehin, as a country situated in the heart of God; and I agree with her. However, in the same piece, she laments the woes of […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will not begin their final preparations for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup until 26th May 2014, as most of the team’s players would still be involved with their clubs until then. According to Ademola Olajire, the assistant director of communications of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the players will […]

Human beings are politicians by their speech. A John Mason Brown said that nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, a former Governor of Abia State reminds one of a George F. Burns’s statement thus – too bad all the people […]

The alleged rift in the Nigerian security team follows the “normal Nigerian situation”: insubordination, ignorance, lack of integrity, lack of protocol, unpatriotic action, bloated egos leading to confrontation, and lack of respect. The truth will eventually emerge and the public will know why the defense minister has resigned or threatened to resign. The president has […]

These days, some news in the media elicit so much angst that you cannot help but laugh at the ineptitude that passes off as ministerial duties.  On the other hand, one wonders why some public officers think that some of us are so daft we have to be fed a daily dose of annoying materials. Even sacked ministers do […]

A sum of N2.08 billion has been budgeted for the preparation and participation of Super Eagles of Nigeria at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said on Monday. Speaking while defending the federation’s budget before the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Sports, NFF Secretary-General, Musa Amadu explained that a […]

The other week, the leading opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), took its predilection for obfuscation to another level by engaging in self-serving opinion poll.  For those who have followed the politics of Jonathan bashing and anti-PDP propaganda by the APC leadership, the result of the self-commissioned public opinion survey on the approval rating […]

Other than Robbery, Corruption and security issues in Nigeria, I think the next matter of extreme and urgent concern, yet we are pretentious about, is excess libido in men causing RAPE of minors, adults and the aged which has become a very common place now. What is rape and why is the frequency if it’s […]

Can any human being be certain when a goat gets angry? No, it’s not about instigating such observation rather it is about how the animal deals with everyday bondage its’ been subjected to. Bondage living is a situation whereby an individual has no control over his or her liberty because others predetermine it, arguably a […]

On 26th February 2014 one Mr. Adegoroye wrote “only an insane government will be celebrating centenary while the youths, women,children and citizens are being killed daily in cold blood. Rather than mourn the dead, we want to celebrate one hundred years of a failed state ruled by a failed and cursed generation. This country (Nigeria) […]

  Even a child in the primary school should not be told about who the supervising Minister for Education, Nyesom Wike is. The Nigerian populace knows him better as the arrow head of the crises that have been rocking Rivers State, than as the Minister for Education he was supposed to be. Supposedly, he is […]