BAT 2023

I am not one to make much fuss about media reports beyond profiling and updates. By virtue of my profession, my involvement with virtual and terrestrial media – local and foreign – usually does not transcend the bounds of neutral analysis. But, I must admit that, there have been times when I have had to […]

As Nigeria’s politics continue to take shape ahead of the 2015 elections, the leadership deficit of the PDP came to the fore once again with a festering crisis tearing the party apart. Spirited attempts by former heads of state, and the incumbent President to reconcile the warring factions have so far fallen on deaf ears. […]

For those who haven’t heard, 43 year old ex-militant, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) on Monday 26th August 2013 received his Bombardier SE60 LearJet. The Jet according to aviation sources cost a whopping sum of $13.3 million (N2.12 billion). The aim of this article is not to rubbish the person of Tompolo, [what […]

An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a Nigerian actress, Nancy Ndukwe, 26, to two months imprisonment for stealing an Ipad, an Iphone and jewellery worth N190, 000.   Ms. Ndukwe, who was a resident of Jikwoyi in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria confessed in court that she actually stole the items from her friend. Her […]

I am a relatively young man, I know little about history and I won’t even pretend to lie or conjure up irrelevant and funny stories about the past just to deceive people as some others have tried to do for the last few weeks. Besides which Chief Femi Fani-kayode has fed us enough history for […]

In view of the apparently ‘boundless’ funds at the disposal of Nigeria’s Central Bank for its independent interventions, observers, including the National Assembly, have frowned at the propriety and the shrouded protocol surrounding the substantial values and the choice of beneficiaries of the apex bank’s bonanza! The CBN, however, insists that these interventions are in […]Read More

A sage once opined that the problem with the Nigerian youth is that “they eat too much, sleep too much and drink too much”. This unkind yet truthful appellation describes well how the youth have transformed from being the focused and serious type back in the 40s, 50s and 60s to the one who cannot […]

Listening to some persons in Northern Nigeria speaking, one cannot but be tempted to believe that Boko Haram was deliberately hatched by some northern elders to destabilise the government of President Goodluck Jonathan and make the country ungovernable for him. Listen to Alhaji Shehu Sani “comrade” for example, “the death of Abubukar Shekau cannot end […]

As you may know our brother, Mike Ozekhome, the last two decades, at least by international standards is one of the most prominent and loudest human rights voice in West Africa, Nigeria in particular. The reason for this is clear. With his legal voice he has engaged in targeted attacks against poverty, inequality, joblessness and […]

When I first met the former Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government,  Umana Okon Umana, his simplicity and unassuming nature were  overwhelming. This was so because I had heard stories of how powerful and influential this soft spoken Ibibio technocrat,  born in Ndiya, Nsit Ubium Local government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was. I […]

On May 14, 2013, when I published an article ‘Fashola: Porting from admirable achievements to peeving policies’, some respondents could have sworn that it was sponsored. Their position was however pardonable because unfortunately, we are in a country where due to the poverty rate, some believe that you can only disagree with an incumbent government […]

I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands and say “This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I can.” ~ Ani DiFranco I am a man of simple faith. I do not care so much about definitions. When I see that something works […]