BAT 2023

Permit me to begin this contribution by reproducing a portion of an essay that I wrote on 26 September 2011 which was titled ”On Goodluck Jonathan, David and Goliath”. The essay reads as follows. ”A few days ago from the sacred pulpit of the hallowed chambers of the National Christian Centre in Abuja and in […]

Since the seven rebel PDP governors embarked on their futile rebellion against President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP, they have at every given opportunity made pretence to the fact that they are fighting to enthrone “justice and equity” in PDP! At least one does not need to be a lawyer to know […]

It was an unusual press conference taking place in an unusual location conducted by unusual people. They were dressed in military camouflage, clutching AK47 rifles and were in a village square. Though they were masked, the wild excitement and intermittent ovation they drew from the crowd betrayed either some level of familiarity or endorsement. They […]

The power game currently going on in Nigeria is nothing but an embarrassment.  If the contest as being carried out were truly driven by selflessness and an honest desire to serve the people as the jostlers often claim, the atmosphere would be reassuring. But this is not so. And they know it. The unbroken boisterous […]

Popular Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo has disclosed that he is so sexually resilient that he could have sex for 24 hours. He even mentioned his wife, Ifeoma, as a witness to the disclosure. The actor, a lawyer however, denied having anything to do with actress Mercy Johnson, as has been several times reported in recent […]

It is bad enough to ever have to borrow one’s money back, but for our own Central Bank to have done so for so many years at rates of between 13 and 14 per cent, as recently admitted by Governor Lamido Sanusi, can at best be described as an unfortunate moral hazard, which probably borders […]

In the course of life, there are certain things you don’t want to remember.  Really, truly, certain era are best forgotten.  Some names and people you don’t want to remember.  So I think it is the height of insensitivity for Mrs Farida Waziri to inflict herself on our consciousness and on our memory again. I […]

The official handover of the rehabilitated Main Bowl pitch of the National Stadium Abuja to the National Sports Commission by Julius Berger PLC, the contractor that fixed it, will take place on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. As part of activities marking the handover, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will take on local side, Amakson Soccer […]

Five months ago I left the PDP and I told the world why I chose to do so. I also said that the party had hit the rocks and that it was a sinking ship. Few believed me at the time but today even the most chronic of doubting Thomas’ have changed their minds. The […]

For the genuinely selective compatriots as well as foreign observers who are immune to delusion, the painful hint of a far-reaching implosion is building up to its climax. All impartial submissions on Nigeria’s destiny over the past couple of years have repeatedly come up with a forecast that holds out terror and fear, instead of […]

 Last week, nine Nigeria Ministers were fired, victims of the power struggle within and around the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Regrettably, the Ministers were not relieved of their posts in order to strengthen the cabinet. Were that the case, several more Ministers ought to have been shown the door.  It was particularly shocking to […]

  In the run up to the 2015 elections, one topical issue that has overwhelmed the political landscape is the eligibility or otherwise of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the Presidential elections. SHOULD PRESIDENT JONATHAN CONTEST THE 2015 ELECTIONS? Based on the performance of President Jonathan in office in the last 3 years, the provisions […]