BAT 2023

President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria on their 2-0 victory over Ethiopia on Saturday in Calabar, which booked the country’s qualification at the Brazil 2014 World Cup finals.  A first half goal off a coolly converted penalty by Liverpool forward Victor Moses and a fiercely driven free kick in the second half by […]

Precisely twenty five days after we lost one of our most unswerving leaders, Baba Omojola, whose entombment proceedings are still ongoing, death has again taken one of our best through a ghastly motor accident primarily caused by the irresponsible culture of impunity often displayed by the convoys of crass public office holders who feel the […]

I may not be President Goodluck Jonathan’s die-hard or partisan political fan, but I recognize his humane, benevolent, compassionate, sincere, gentle and humble qualities as a man. Whether these are the qualities of the politician who would succeed in leading Nigeria in the 21st Century, I do not know. I recall that in 2011, I […]

One thing you cannot take away from Chief Tom Ikimi is his ability to draw symbolisms to illustrate his points.  Penultimate week in Port Harcourt, the former External Affairs Minister offered Nigerians another meaning to the APC acronym of the opposition All Progressives Congress. Ikimi who accompanied opposition leaders Muhammadu Buhari, APC Chairman Bisi Akande […]

Nigeria and Chelsea FC of England footballers, John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses (albeit on a brief loan deal at Liverpool) have been named in the five-man shortlist for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. Also listed for the award, which was revealed on the BBC’s Newsday programme, are current African Footballer […]

In 1997, Olusegun Obasanjo blatantly refused to accept the candidature of Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as the gubernatorial candidate of his ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Rivers State.  In fact, the former president refused to hand the symbolic party flag over to Amaechi who had won a badly flawed PDP governorship primary in Rivers State, […]

At inauguration, Governor Seriake Dickson clearly spelt out the strategic value of the Restoration Agenda of his administration. His swift proclamation of this template of renewaldefinitely wasn’t a cheap move to join the bandwagon of political sloganeering. Rather theRestoration Agenda was in response to the people’s cry for urgent development and progress. The governor actually […]

Members of the victorious Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have been rewarded with N2m each for winning the FIFA U-17 World Cup concluded on Friday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Similarly, Head Coach of the team, Manu Gara received a reward of N3m while his assistants got N2.5m. A sum of N500,000 went to the […]

Coach of the victorious Under-17 Nigerian team, Manu Garba has dedicated the country’s fourth U-17 World Cup trophy to President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife. Speaking inside the team’s dressing room in Al Jazira, Abu Dhabi, Manu thanked the president and his wife for their efforts on the team, recalling that only President Jonathan hosted […]

These are truly most interesting times in Nigeria. This is a season when most of us are born again yet remain firmly rooted in our sins. We are all elated at being members of the kingdom of God but continue to hold tenaciously to and enjoy the bounties of the kingdom of Satan – a […]

The Golden Eaglets on Friday recorded a 3-0 win over defending champions Mexico at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi to become the most successful team in the FIFA U-17 World Cup with four titles. The Eaglets had walloped Mexico 6-1 in their opening Group F encounter, consequently making the final a rematch […]

The crisis that hit Mavin Records took a downward turn on Thursday, when the music company disowned one of its top members and superstar, Wande Ojosipe, better known as Wande Coal, for allegedly stealing a song belonging to the head of the team, Don Jazzy. Don Jazzy claims he owns the single, ‘Baby Face’, which Wande […]