By Umar Audu MaTaZ ArIsInG PSC commissioner, Najatu Mohammed, demands prosecution of Aisha Buhari for beating up student, former aide A commissioner in the Police Service Commission, PSC, Najatu Mohammed, has called for the prosecution of the first lady, Aisha Buhari, for beating up and ordering the detention of a final year student of Federal […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG A small museum in southeast London has begun the official process of returning looted Benin artifacts to Nigeria. The Horniman Museum, which houses a collection of 72 treasured items that were taken by force from Benin City in 1897, officially handed over ownership of the artifacts to the Nigerian government on Monday. The Horniman described returning the looted […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has picked Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over other parties candidate ahead of 2023 election. In an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, October 3, 2022, the former presidential aspirant said the former Anambra governor possesses what others do not have even though the country suffers […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInG Monday Lines (Published on Monday, 28 November, 2022) The National Bureau of Statistics in January 2012 released its ‘Nigeria Poverty Profile 2010’ report which contained data covering the previous 30 years. It showed that 17.1 million Nigerians were in poverty in 1980; 34.7 million in 1985; 39.2 million in 1996; […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Police use water cannon and tear gas after crowds cause havoc in centre of Brussels after Morocco’s shock World Cup win. Police sealed off parts of the centre of Brussels, deployed water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse crowds on Sunday following violence during and after Morocco’s 2-0 upset win over Belgium at the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Nigerian Police Carry Man’s Corpse To Meet Wife Expecting Husband’s Return From Custody After Paying N16,000 Bail Money In Adamawa In what she described as a black Friday, Deborah tearfully told SaharaReporters that she strongly believes her husband was tortured to death while in police custody. Deborah Kwatri, now a single mother of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG A report from Media Matters for America stated that half of Twitter’s top 100 advertisers appeared to have stopped advertising on the website. The 50 advertisers have spent almost $2 billion on Twitter ads since 2020 and more than $750 million just in 2022. The billionaire owner of Twitter, Elon Musk has called […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye MaTaZ ArIsInG Away from the grandiose promises of politicians in these testy times of electoral campaigns in the midst of insecurity, let’s just pause for a moment and consider how parts of our country came to look like Libya where warlords determine life expectancy. I am not aware that any of the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG The student, Aminu Adamu Muhammed, had in June 2022 posted on Twitter that Mrs Buhari had suddenly added massive weight after taking part in plundering the nation’s meagre resources as the masses endured hardship under her husband’s brutal regime. The Department of State Services (DSS), otherwise called the State Security Services, has locked […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG It has been confirmed that popular gospel music icon, Sammie Okposo is dead. The Isoko born Wellu Wellu master, as he is fondly called, was 51 years old. Okposo was also a music producer, psalmist, and CEO of Zamar Entertainment. He released his first album Addicted in 2004. He bagged multiple awards including […] Read more
