MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reiterated that Finland-based separatist agitator, Mazi Simon Ekpa, has never been a member of the group. The clarification follows Ekpa’s recent sentencing in Finland on terrorism-related charges. IPOB described attempts to associate him with the movement as “misleading.” In a statement issued by its Media […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas KANO – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Alhaji (Dr.) Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, has accused former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, of desperation and resorting to blackmail, and baseless concoctions against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the eyes of his loyalists, aimed at scuttling his second-term […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian separatist leader, has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Finnish court for terrorism, tax fraud and an ethical violation. Ekpa, who lives in Finland, heads the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Nigeria, which has been allegedly responsible for killings and abductions of hundreds of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has criticised Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his silence on the conviction of Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian-born Finnish separatist. 40-year-old Ekpa, was on sentenced to six years in prison by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland for terrorism-related crimes, aggravated tax fraud, incitement to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Ribadu said El-Rufai’s claim on national television that the NSA coordinated payment of ransom and incentives to bandits was false. The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu has replied former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. In a statement on Monday, he accused El-Rufai of propagating falsehood with claims that the government is […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas FG said Ekpa’s reckless incitement and orchestration of violence through IPOB terror activities unleashed unspeakable pain on Nigeria. The Federal Government has hailed the jail sentence handed Simon Ekpa, a self-styled pro-Biafra agitator. Recall that the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland had on Monday sentenced Ekpa to to six years’ imprisonment for […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that discussions about Peter Obi’s possible return to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are detrimental to the party. Some PDP chieftains are said to be making moves to woo the former Governor of Anambra State to rejoin the party ahead of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former President Goodluck Jonathan has criticised Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo (SAN), and legal scholar, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, for opposing his speculated 2027 presidential ambition, warning them to stay away from his political decisions. Keyamo and Odinkalu had urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to hand its ticket to Jonathan, arguing […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has ruled out the possibility of her husband joining the 2027 presidential race to contest against President Bola Tinubu. Mrs Jonathan said rather than contest, her family would campaign for Tinubu’s re-election because Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi, supported Jonathan’s 2011 presidential bid. Mrs Jonathan, whose […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A race of giants. The Yoruba had been producing monumental men and women long before Nigeria became a country. Professor Adelola Adeloye’s ‘African Pioneers of Modern Medicine’ (1985) has a list of eleven Nigerians who qualified as medical doctors between the 19th century and 1901. Ten out of the […] Read more
