MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that Nigeria’s oil and gas pipelines would soon attain 100 per cent capacity utilisation, as nearly all pipeline theft has been eliminated following coordinated efforts by the country’s defence and intelligence agencies. The group chief executive officer of NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari, made this […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has put speculations about his political future to rest, restating without mincing words that he will run for the nation’s top job in the next general election. There have been reports in recent times suggesting that he may opt out of the race in 2027. Atiku was […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Tinubu on Monday began a two-day state visit to Brazil with the signing of a landmark Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and the South American nation. The agreement, signed in Brasília by Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and Brazil’s Minister of Transport, Silvio Costa […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, has sought the assistance of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, over his inability to access his accounts. He urged the monarch to plead on his behalf with President Bola Tinubu for him to be removed from the Federal Government wanted list. […] Read more
By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 24 August, 2025). “Chieftaincy titles, the crux of the current face-off between the Ooni and Alaafin, have these days become so debased they are bestowed on all sorts; it profiteth Yorubaland nothing” These […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, blew hot as he petitioned the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), seeking sanctions against three judges -Justices Binta Nyako, Haruna Tsammani, and Garba Lawal – for alleged gross judicial misconduct. Kanu, in the strongly-worded petition he personally signed and made available to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A self -anointed select pack of northern political hounds has found a favourite seasonal mascot for each election cycle. Former president Goodluck Jonathan has managed to find repetitive mention in each election cycle. Hardly any presidential election cycle passes without a loud speculation of Jonathan as a possible candidate. In each election […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and other dissenting members against actions that could derail the party’s forthcoming national convention. The governors, after a meeting held on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at the Zamfara State […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The African Democratic Congress (ADC), with the 2027 general elections drawing closer, is grappling with internal uncertainty as the anticipated membership of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and ex-Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, remains stalled. Sunday Punch gathered from credible sources within the coalition that the delay by both men and other political […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas He made the remarks on Friday while answering questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, a former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, has dismissed the opposition coalition formed under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Baba-Ahmed maintained that the ADC coalition is deceiving Nigerians. He made the remarks on Friday while […] Read more
