BAT 2023

The Jonathan government opened itself to a serious charge of duplicity and inconstancy over the future of Nigeria’s epileptic four oil refineries during the week. On 21 December, the Bureau of Public Enterprise announced the planned sale of the state-owned refineries, the second such attempt in the last seven years. “President Goodluck Jonathan has approved […]

Popular Nigerian star, Innocent 2face Idibia on Friday evening got his seventh baby, a girl, from Annie Macaulay, his wife and popular Nollywood actress. Annie Macaulay gave birth in a hospital in Atlanta, United States of America, according to information reaching www.www.aso.rocks search engine from the musician’s close friends. Annie was one of the three […]Read More

Once upon a time, life was very valuable and cherished with minimalist tendencies, if any. Humans, animals, birds and other visible creatures roam free except for occasional predatory snipers. Yes, life was good back then because now predators are not snipers in hideout rather are in your face with knowledge that your family is watching […]

After many years of divorce and a recent controversy surrounding the use of her ex-husband’s name, Fathia, former wife of actor Saheed Balogun, has finally dropped ‘Balogun’ from her name. She is now to be known as Fathia Williams. Fathia, a Delta State indigene who is into the Yoruba genre of Nollywood, posted this on […]

When we talk of presidents’ wives who have proved to be extraordinary in defining the office of First Lady with élan, Dame Patience Jonathan, wouldn’t be out of place.  It does not matter the length to which wet blankets would go to try to diminish her accomplishments on the altar of inane issues. A native […]

In recent times, little else has stirred heated debate in the country like former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. While there are several aspects to Obasanjo’s ‘letter bomb’ that better informed and more cerebral reviewers than this writer have analysed, what is of major concern here is the former president’s statement […]

There is a rapid growth in the business of information management in Rivers State. The modern days technologies are really helping in no small ways for easy transmission and dissemination of information. But without a capable hand to handle how, what and where information is intended to reach, the idea of inventing the technologies is […]

There is so much death in this country. So many tears. So much evil. So much betrayal. So much sadness and so many tragedies. So much corruption and deceit. So many shattered dreams, broken hearts and wounded souls. So much injustice and insensitivity. So much greed and want. So much bloodshed, blood-letting and blood-spilling. Welcome […]

It is often surprising how Nigerians are easily taken in by spurious claims and allegations. The reaction of many Nigerians to the recent allegation by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) kept away $50 billion of oil proceeds between January 2012 and this […]

“Mandela was filled with humility, forgiving spirit and the ability to unite people, sharply contrasted with the utterances of some politicians who speak as if ‘Nigeria is their bedroom’ from where they make proclamation and intimidate others.” Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.   When President Goodluck Jonathan made the above praises after the demise of Nelson […]

It is not surprising that health professionals in the country are still howling over the 2009 appointment of Dr Paul Botwev Orhii as Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).  They have shown that they are only interested in grabbing the position for one of their own; they […]

From the look of things, it does not require the help of a soothsayer to tell the world that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been regretting and also fighting already lost wars of vendetta against the G-5 governors. There is no gainsaying the fact that the PDP has left its obligations for fights of […]