MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Niger Republic has just suspended export of uranium and gold to France this Sunday with immediate effect. “We have uranium, diamonds, gold, oil, and we live like slaves? We don’t need the French to keep us safe” — angry Niger protesters burnt French flag France greatly condemned the coup d’état in Niger. While […] Read more
By Hassan Gimba MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas “Any man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise.” – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Before going to my topic, please allow me a little digression. I want to start by appealing […] Read more
Monday Lines By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Six contiguous states across Africa, from Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean to Sudan on the Red Sea, have suffered eight military coups since 2020. The United States Institute for Peace (USIP) noted and wrote the above in relation to last week’s coup in Niger Republic. It described the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas SaharaReporters learnt that at about 8 am on Sunday, youths in their thousands attacked the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) warehouse at PZ Roundabout, adjacent to the Yola International Airport and carted away grains among other items. At least four persons were reportedly killed during the youth rampage and looting of government warehouses […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas There is no law that can railroad humanity into one narrow conceptual cubicle. What is meat to Europeans may be poison to the African. We all acknowledge that the world is changing but we also know that some so-called changes negate our essence and culture. In Africa, we do not […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Afrobeats is fast becoming Nigeria’s number one biggest export, as artists from the country headline big stages and pack out some of the biggest venues around the world. According to data from PwC, the Nigerian music industry is currently estimated at $19 billion in valuation. Afrobeats contributes a sizeable chunk of this valuation…… […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Nigeria Breweries Plc reported an exchange rate loss of N70.6 billion for the second quarter of the year ended June 30th, 2023. This is according to the information contained in its just published interim report for the first half of the year. Key highlights 2023 Q2 Insights: The losses were a result of the […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Today’s column historicizes and sociologizes why the practice of Islam is different in Yorubaland and Hausaland using the controversy over Logos Olori’s music video as a case study: Davido: Why Yoruba and Hausa Muslims Reacted Differently to VideoBy Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi Music star Davido’s social media promotion of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas Police to investigate Cute Abiola over ‘offensive’ video skit ‘See who dey talk about Integrity’, reactions as Police to investigate Cute Abiola over skit videos Some Nigerians have taken to social media to berate the Nigerian police force over their plan to investigate popular skit maker, Abdulgafar Abiola, better known as Cute Abiola, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGTexas USA Amb. Tuggar, born 12 March 1967 was appointed the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany by President Muhammadu Buhari. He was a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 representing Gamawa; and he ran twice for Governor of Bauchi State. Tuggar represented Gamawa from Bauchi State in the Nigerian House […] Read more
