BAT 2023

Day by day it is becoming clearer that Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Ebelemi Jonathan may not be returned to his position if he decides to re-contest in 2015. You can take this to the bank. Here are my reasons. The first reason is that the end of the intra-party crisis in his party, the People’s […]

Seun Kuti, the youngest son of late Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has denied that being born by his father is not actually his ticket to stardom. Instead, he said that being born by the late Fela has impeded his vision and ability, and brought him more stress and lack of big-time fortune. “I don’t […]

Barely a year before the 2015 general elections, some politicians are adopting laughable political antics just to attract media attention and better their chances of retaining a semblance of relevance in the run-up to the elections.  Pranks of this nature make up what, in a sense, is referred to as silly season.  And one politician […]

President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR) has approved the concession of the National Stadium in Lagos. According to Special Assistant on Media and Strategy to Honourable Minister for Sports, Julius Ogunro, the approval was granted last week. With the approval, the Honourable Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi will constitute the Project Steering Committee and the Project […]

I must commend President Goodluck Jonathan for removing Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as National Chairman of the PDP and finally dumping him. It really is good riddance to bad rubbish because that man was a disaster to his party. PDP itself is bad enough but to have a self-conceited and vainglorious ancient dinosaur who is completely […]

Jesse James, a Nigerian rapper with the stage name Lyrikal, has released some photos of himself behind prison bars. According to the 30-year-old, the concept-driven photos are part of a larger personal campaign to detail to the public, the everyday challenges of the average young Nigerian. “Hip Hop is a form of self-expression that tries to challenge […]

Legendary Former AC Milan midfielder, Clarence Seedorf has announced his retirement from his lengthy playing career in order to assume the vacant coaching role at the San Siro side he served for a decade. The Dutch veteran made more than 400 appearances over an impressive10 years with Milan, winning two Serie A and two UEFA […]

In 2007, the politics of Sokoto State was all about who would succeed the former governor, Atahiru Bafrawa, who was coming to the end of his second term in office. Governor Bafrawa’s party, the All Nigerians Peoples Party (ANPP), was already in disarray-with the governor and his deputy Wammakko up in arms against each other.  […]

The former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is one man who recognises the strength in others on the serving-dish of selflessness. Being a talented man and a master strategist, he recognises geniuses. As an accomplished businessman and politician, in earnest, he recognises who gets the credit. Recognising the abilities of others who […]

I am on record for calling on Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to resign his post as the governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank. I want to be on record as one insisting that the Mr. Jonathan should not fire him. Please read this last sentence carefully. I used SHOULD NOT fire as opposed to CANNOT fire. […]

At about 6:01pm on the 16th day of April 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee, USA, a sniper, through the smoking nozzle of a Remington 760 Gamemaster took the life of one of the world’s finest hearts, Martin Luther King Jnr. Though he’s gone for over 40 years now, the outstanding legacies of […]

Though coming almost belatedly, I find it extremely expedient to share with fellow Nigerians, especially Lagosians what was supposed to be a birthday tribute to a brilliant personage I admire a lot but which I have now redirected after I laid my hand on a copy of Dr Muiz Adeyemi Banire’s profile. Though Banire clocked […]