MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Residents of China’s capital city expressed indifference and defiance Saturday when asked by AFP about the latest threat by US President Donald Trump to impose blistering new tariffs on the country. On Friday, Trump announced suddenly that the United States would slap additional 100 percent tariffs on all Chinese imports from November […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In a post on his verified X handle on Saturday, the human rights activist said people are being threatened and sacked from their jobs for exercising their freedom of speech on the social media. Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central lawmaker, has lamented that advanced democracy is gradually becoming dictatorship. In a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former first lady of Ondo State Dr Betty Anyanwu-Akeredoluv has broken her silence after one year of mourning her late husband, Rotimi Akeredolu, who died in office. In her press conference with journalists in Imo State, she insisted on her stand of addressing the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, as a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Opportunities for Nigerians to travel abroad for study, business, and tourism have expanded as several countries move to relax their visa policies. A growing number of African and Middle Eastern nations are now making it easier for Nigerians to obtain visas for education, commerce, or leisure. 1. South Africa South Africa has […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr. Sam Amadi, has suggested that President Bola Tinubu is likely to win the middle belt in the 2027 election. Amadi predicts that it depends on just two ‘games’ from Tinubu and Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party and he […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The suspects were apprehended by officials of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) unit at the domestic terminal (MMA 1) of the airport. Security officials at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos have arrested some passengers alleged to be travelling on an Aero Contractors flight with cash exceeding $6.1 million […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has reiterated its commitment to the peace and unity of the country. In a statement, the NSCIA said all hands must be on deck to ensure that religious intolerance is not allowed to further worsen the country’s situation. It called for patriotism from all well-meaning […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State has taunted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing its remaining leaders as “undertakers waiting to bury a dying party.” Publicity Secretary of the APC in Lagos, Mr Seye Oladejo, made the remark in a statement issued on Saturday in reaction to a fresh wave […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Today’s Saturday column looks at the appointment of Joash Amupitan as INEC chairman and locates it in a broader pattern of Tinubu’s greater pan-Yoruba project. It advises how the North should react: New INEC Boss and Tinubu’s Visibilization of Northern Yorubas By Farooq A. Kperogi Everyone who is […] Read more
