BAT 2023

On a good day, Abimbola Adelakun is a compelling read. But writers do have dry days, when the muse fails the quill abysmally. Such must have been the misfortune of the columnist in her April 23 outing. The tragedy was however not her failure to deliver; the real catastrophe was actually the pedestrian intellection unwittingly […]

The coronavirus otherwise called Covid 19 took the whole world by storm sending not a few to their graves, as it menacingly ravaged the globe without any clear-cut solution in sight. Even the advanced and well-developed countries were all helpless, running from pillar to post; working relentlessly to salvage the horrendous situation.  Up till this […]

Human being are infallible. Our imperfectness accounts for the reason why we made avoidable mistake from time to time. The recent interview Channel Television had with Governor Yahaya Bello to know the preparedness of his administration on Coronavirus in the State and his response so far has been describe as inappropriate of a progressive leader. […]

Aso Villa, Nigeria’s seat of presidential power is bereaved. On Friday, April 17, 2020, it recorded its first major casualty of the Corona Virus disease, in the person of the President’s Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari. With Kyari’s death, Corona Virus has claimed its third high profile victim in Nigeria. Before Kyari was the […]

Nigeria announced its first COVID-19 case on February 27 – an Italian who came into the country on February 24 and displayed symptoms of the disease while visiting Lafarge Cement Company in Ewekoro, Ogun State. He has been treated and discharged. Since then Nigeria has recorded a total of 111 cases, as at the time […]

The decision by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former CBN governor, upon ascension to the throne as Emir of Kano to be addressed as Muhammadu Sanusi II, sent a lot of tongues wagging, especially those who recalled how his grandfather was dethroned in 1963. The fear and apprehension was predicated on the fact that with his acerbic […]

Of all the updates that have been given so far by the Lagos State authorities on the government’s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, and ensure proper care for the reported index case, and other possible cases (there is a second case now), the most intriguing update for me is the disclosure that the […]

The decision by the Dr Ahmad Lawan-led Ninth Senate to set up a 56-member Constitution Review Committee seems to have raised more questions than it answered. The Committee, headed by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, consists of eight principal officers who are to serve as a steering committee within the larger committee, […]

Last Friday, the lawyers representing Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, former Senate President, appeared before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, to oppose the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the forfeiture of his Ilorin home funded partly with funds provided by Kwara State Government in fulfillment of the […]

The recent revelation by the Borno State Commissioner for Information Babakura Jato that  about 1,400 repentant Boko Haram suspects have been released in three tranches by the military and re-integrated into the society since Operation Safe Corridor, the government’s de-radicalization programme started in 2016, has generated a lot of angst, not just among the civilian […]

No doubt, the tragedy of fake news has become a global epidemic that threatens mankind in the face of globalization. The worry about the deadly effects of fake news has become a global concern as mankind struggles to battle an ennui that derives its lifeblood from feeding false narratives and disinformation to people for ulterior […]

ON January 24, at the Federal High Court in Ilorin sitting over the matter of Asa Investment vs. Attorney General of Kwara State, counsel representing the plaintiff, in this case the Olusola Saraki family, informed the court that both the family and the state government have agreed to “an amicable out-of-court settlement.”  At a previous […]