Pipeline Surveillance Contract: Northern Youth Goofed
By Adewole Kehinde “Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner” – Sri Chinmoy Recently, the Federal Government renewed a multi-million dollar pipeline surveillance contract with a former militant leader…
Sam Omatseye … The Fool, By Tony Eluemunor
The richly respected journalist, Chief Chuks Iloegbunam, while reacting to Sam Omatseye’s death wish on Peter Obi, (and insults unrestrained on the entire South-South geo-political zone) still found it expedient…
Yusuf Alli @60: Unveiling an Investigative Journalist Par Excellence
By Yushau A. Shuaib He is one of the finest gentlemen of the press that I have ever encountered. A courageous, fearless, humane and humble editor, Mallam Yusuf Alli has…
Everyone’s obituary is inevitable, by Chuks Iloegbunam
Some have called you foolish, dear Sam Omatseye. Others insist that you are plain stupid. There are those who hold you to be beneath contempt. Their howls of execration upon…
On Omatseye’s Obi-tuary and guttersnipe journalism, by Valentine Obienyem
The other day, Mr. Sam Omatseye – a writer many used to have respect for due to some reasons, including the fluidity of his prose – wrote an article entitled…
Maddening Monday: Terror as a talk show
BY KEN UGBECHIE It has all been said. Nigeria has seen the worst of insecurity under Muhammadu Buhari. From Terror Tuesday of July 5 to Maddening Monday of July 25,…
When Tinubu was after me, a LASU alumnus remembers
Val Obienyem My first remote encounter with BAT was in the 90s. As a student of Lagos State University, LASU, I wrote an article entitled “Lest LASU be Forgotten.” At…
Umana and NDDC: Behold, the enforcer cometh, by Ken Ugbechie
Obong Umana Okon Umana is the new Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Barely two weeks on duty, he already has his job situationally and contextually defined. He superintends, among others,…
Terror Tuesday: A crime movie made in Nigeria, by Ken Ugbechie
Terror stalks the land. Last week was proof. Tuesday in particular was fatally epic: Terror Tuesday. The terrorists even dared the biggest stunt. They attacked the Presidential advance convoy of…
Terror Tuesday: A crime movie made in Nigeria, by Ken Ugbechie
Terror stalks the land. Last week was proof. Tuesday in particular was fatally epic: Terror Tuesday. The terrorists even dared the biggest stunt. They attacked the Presidential advance convoy of…