diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+#### 1.9.0
+
+* Add base console controller *2017-06-08*
+
 #### 1.8.0
 
-* Support PHP version 7 *2017-06-05*
+* Add base controller, model and text utils *2017-06-05*
 
 #### 1.7.0
 
diff --git a/src/Controller/BaseConsoleController.php b/src/Controller/BaseConsoleController.php
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+++ b/src/Controller/BaseConsoleController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace CottaCush\Yii2\Controller;
+
+use yii\console\Controller;
+use yii\db\Connection;
+use yii\db\Query;
+use yii\db\Transaction;
+
+/**
+ * Class BaseConsoleController
+ * @package CottaCush\Yii2\Controller
+ * @author Olawale Lawal <wale@cottacush.com>
+ * @author Adeyemi Olaoye <yemi@cottacush.com>
+ * @codeCoverageIgnore
+ */
+class BaseConsoleController extends Controller
+{
+    /** @var  Connection */
+    protected $db;
+
+    /** @var  Transaction */
+    protected $transaction;
+
+    /**
+     * @author Olawale Lawal <wale@cottacush.com>
+     * @param \yii\base\Action $action
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function beforeAction($action)
+    {
+        if (is_null($this->db)) {
+            $this->db = \Yii::$app->db;
+        }
+        return parent::beforeAction($action);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @author Olawale Lawal <wale@cottacush.com>
+     */
+    public function beginTransaction()
+    {
+        $this->transaction = $this->db->beginTransaction();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @author Olawale Lawal <wale@cottacush.com>
+     */
+    public function commitTransaction()
+    {
+        $this->transaction->commit();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @author Olawale Lawal <wale@cottacush.com>
+     */
+    public function rollbackTransaction()
+    {
+        $this->transaction->rollBack();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @author Olawale Lawal <wale@cottacush.com>
+     * @param $table
+     * @param $field
+     * @param $value
+     * @param string $returnColumn
+     * @return false|null|string
+     */
+    public static function getColumnByField($table, $field, $value, $returnColumn = 'id')
+    {
+        return (new Query)->select($returnColumn)
+            ->from($table)->filterWhere([$field => $value])
+            ->scalar();
+    }
+
+    public function getRandomOne($table, $column, $conditions = [])
+    {
+        return (new Query)->select($column)
+            ->from($table)->filterWhere($conditions)->orderBy('rand()')->one();
+    }
+
+    public function getAll($table, $columns, $conditions = [])
+    {
+        return (new Query)->select($columns)
+            ->from($table)->andFilterWhere($conditions)->all();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @author Olawale Lawal <wale@cottacush.com>
+     * @param $table
+     * @param array $columns
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function insert($table, array $columns)
+    {
+        return $this->db->createCommand()->insert($table, $columns)->execute();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @author Olawale Lawal <wale@cottacush.com>
+     * @param $table
+     * @param array $columns
+     * @param array $rows
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function batchInsert($table, array $columns, array $rows)
+    {
+        if (empty($rows)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return $this->db->createCommand()->batchInsert($table, $columns, $rows)->execute();
+    }
+
+    public function stdout($string)
+    {
+        parent::stdout($string . PHP_EOL);
+    }
+}