BAT 2023

These days, it pays to be an analyst; it pays even more when you are seen as an authority on a newsy country like Nigeria which is more projected by the international media for its negatives than its positives. That is the story of Antony Goldman, a Briton who has built his brand, career and […]

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria should be like Caesar’s Wife, above all suspicions. Mr. Lamido Sanusi is plastered with suspicions but it is wrong to suspend him now. It is politically not right. Suspending him might also be legally suspect. .There are many reasons why it would have been very nice if […]

When Sanusi Lamido Sanusi lost his job, and chose to head for Lagos rather than Abuja where he had a home, many did not read much meaning into it, until it emerged that he was received by All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains led by, none other than one like him, Mallam Nasir el Rufai, in […]

In 2011, I had the privilege of writing a letter  to the recently returned Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on behalf of my boss. Despite being meticulously prepared, the letter was sent back for corrections. Astonishingly, the new Minister was refusing to read any letter that was not addressed to the “Coordinating Minister of the […]

President Jonathan has called a national conference to discuss important issues that are connected to the interests of all ethnic nationalities that make up Nigeria. Those interests are many and variegated. I am a Tiv man with a Nigerian nationality. In this essay, I shall attempt to articulate an issue of utmost importance to my […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday approved the release of N50m to the Nigerian Football Supporters Club in order to motivate them to participate at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup. He announced the approval on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa during his decoration as Grand Patron of the Supporters’ Club, which held just before the […]

Nollywood actors and actresses on Tuesday visited President Goodluck Jonathan to complain about the continued stay of Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Mr. Afolabi Adesanya and the leadership of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) over a lingering problem that between them. The actors and actresses, under the aegis of […]

I have followed, with keen interest, the controversy surrounding the unaccounted federation account funds involving the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). It will be recalled that the CBN Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi caused a stir when he raised an alarm in a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan that […]

Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, would go down in history as the most controversial Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). From his actions and words these past five years since his appointment as the boss of the apex bank, he comes as someone who revels in controversy. No doubt his love for activism could […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday night rewarded members of the bronze-winning Eagles of the 2014 African Nations Championship, at a dinner in Abuja held in their honour. Jonathan commended the team for raising the nation’s flag with pride t the tournament, and announced a donation of N1m for each players and N1.5m for the coach. […]

Transform Nigeria Citizen Initiative (TNCI) has called on President Jonathan to open investigation on what it calls the missing oil money. It says that it does not matter that Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi could not make up his mind on whether the missing amount is $49.8, $10.9 or $20.0 billion. That, of course is the […]

Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo has described reports of plans by the National Football Federation (NFF) to hire a foreign technical assistant for the Super Eagles ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup as unpatriotic, untenable, illogical and consequently unacceptable to Nigerians. In a statement released on Tuesday, he argued that Nigerians cannot be swayed […]