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3 weeks ago | 
batatv.com | Mohammed Aminu |BataTv Nigeria |Eric Teniola
If there is one piece of advice I would offer to anyone seeking relevance in their academic career, it is this. Embrace the difficult thing. Dare to try what you do not yet understand. The world is moving rapidly and those who choose to remain static will inevitably be left behind. But those who lean into discomfort, who take the risk of venturing into new territory, often find that the world eventually makes room for them.
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3 weeks ago | 
batatv.com | Eric Teniola |BataTv Nigeria
General (rtd.) Jeremaih Timbut Useni ((16 February 1943–23 January 2025) alias Jerry Boy, who answered the final call in Paris, France, was partly a fulfilled man. The then Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd., GCFR) appointed him as the governor of Bendel State (now Edo and Delta States) in January 1984. He was there between January 1984 and August 1985.
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1 month 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 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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Mar 23, 2025 | 
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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Mar 13, 2025 | 
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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Feb 20, 2025 | 
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.
