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1 week ago | 
batatv.com | Dakuku Peterside |BataTv Nigeria
When the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, better known as NELFUND, was unveiled, it landed like a spark in a dry forest of despair. It brought a glimmer of hope, like a bold attempt to democratise access to higher education in a country where tuition fees are a barricade and scholarships are too few, too politicised, or too elitist. The idea was simple: interest-free student loans, disbursed through an automated and digitally tracked platform with zero human interference.
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2 weeks ago | 
batatv.com | Wole Olaoye |BataTv Nigeria
On Easter Sunday, I watched the expectant crowd at St Peter’s Square break into a spontaneous applause as Pope Francis’ head appeared on the most recognisable balcony in the world, the papal balcony.
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3 weeks ago | 
batatv.com | Ayo Akerele |BataTv Nigeria |Wole Olaoye
The rising tide of evil in our nations brings to the fore the raging battle between God and humanity. This crisis is not just a contemporary issue but one that has echoed through the ages. Jonathan Edwards, the famous American preacher, once delivered a sermon titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” This message, preached more than a hundred years ago, still reverberates in the annals of church history, a stark reminder of the eternal struggle between sin and divine justice.
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1 month ago | 
batatv.com | Chidi Odinkalu |BataTv Nigeria
2025 has not been easy on Nigerians. The economy has looked far from bright; the weather has been suffocating; and cost of living has been stubbornly oppressive. With rising massacres in the Middle Belt, and Borno State in the north-east apparently losing ground to the nihilism of Boko Haram terror, violence remains unremitting.
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1 month ago | 
batatv.com | Wole Olaoye |BataTv Nigeria
All men and women of goodwill all over the country want the wanton killings orchestrated by bands of murderous bandits stopped nationwide — whether it is in Sokoto, Kano, Enugu, Owo, Yenagoa, Gboko or Ibadan. The danger of the continued terror of armed herdsmen outside their home territories is that as the years go by, all members of their tribe are unfairly profiled as terrorists and treated as such.
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2 months ago | 
batatv.com | Azu Ishiekwene |BataTv Nigeria
With only four women out of 109 senators (both chambers of the National Assembly have eight of 490 members), this might sound like music to the ears of the male-dominated chamber. But in the hallways, just outside their gilded offices, the word is that after a previous sexual harassment allegation by Akpoti-Uduaghan against former presidential aide Reno Omokri, it’s time to teach her a lesson.
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2 months ago | 
batatv.com | Bamidele Ademola-Olateju |BataTv Nigeria
…the Tinubu administration is an historical necessity for Nigeria. He should continue to take the path less traveled, but tread carefully. If the upward trend continues, the President could make the difference in the creation of a new Nigeria. As a student of society and history, perhaps the best way to review the progress made so far by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is to begin with Bob Dylan’s memorable song, “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”, in his classic album, Bringing It All Back Home.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
batatv.com | Owei Lakemfa |BataTv Nigeria |Osmund Agbo
Trump is a product of American democracy; the American electorate has to live with its choice, may be for the next four years. Africans say if you give birth to a problem-child, you have to take responsibility for him. Americans have the duty to rein in Trump before he does incalculable damage to both the country and humanity.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
batatv.com | Femi Aribisala |BataTv Nigeria |Chidi Odinkalu
Only a thief would employ a thief to teach the way of righteousness. The bus was going from Jerusalem to Jericho and highway robbers waylaid it. They got on the bus brandishing automatic weapons: “This is a stick-up,” declared the leader of the gang in a menacing tone designed for maximum effect. “Is there anybody here who has been paying his tithes? If you have been paying your tithes raise your hands.” A few passengers raised their hands sheepishly. He told those who did to move to one side.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
batatv.com | Azu Ishiekwene |BataTv Nigeria
Only exceptionalism could have provided that chance. Only exceptionalism could produce an Obama and eight years later produce a Trump – the one neo-liberal and the other neo-anything-is-possible… In the days ahead, no one is exactly sure what to expect – not pollsters, pundits, or even members of Trump’s cabinet. But we’ll see, one tweet at a time, just what is left of what has made America exceptional.
