MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Ooni made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday. Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has confirmed that some terrorists are gradually moving into the southern region of the country. The Ooni made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today […] Read more
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A stronger, region-wide front against insecurity took centre stage at the weekend as governors, federal officials, traditional leaders and security experts from across the North-West converged for the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on National Security Summit. The summit, held under the theme “Building Robust Regional Collaboration to Tackle Insecurity: […] Read more
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Ojibara of Bayagan Alh. Kamilu Salami has been kidnapped. Bayagan is a community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Vanguard reliably gathered that the monarch was kidnapped around 9:30 am on Saturday at his farm by a gang of bandits who stormed the location […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas …says ‘It is time to declare a war situation …terrorists attack immigration checkpoint, kill 3 officers in Kebbi Banditry, terrorism in Northern Nigeria are self-inflicted — ACF chair The Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, on Friday asked the Federal Government to declare a war situation in Nigeria […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas …Wipe out bandits or we call international community Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has berated what he described as seeming failure of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration to wipe out bandits terrorising the country, questioning the rationale behind the government reportedly negotiating with armed groups. The former President said this on […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names. The President, in two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The tragic death of Brig. Gen. Musa Buba in the hands of terrorists in Borno this month, the viral video of the tear-jerking lamentations of his widow, and the government’s cold indifference to the plight of our men and women on the front lines inspired this week’s Saturday column: General Uba’s Death […] Read more
By Enitan Abdultawab MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Fame, unlike art itself: whether music, literature, or film: exists in a vacuum. Celebrities, by virtue of their visibility, wield influence over the narratives that surround them. They are, in effect, the architects of their own fame, and occasionally, their own disrepute. Burna Boy, Nigeria’s Grammy-winning Afrobeats superstar, is […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has confirmed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned him. The minister, who served in the administration of late President Muhammadu Buhari, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. According to Malami: “This is to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Abba Moro, Senate Minority Leader, has dismissed allegations that some Nigerian senators are sponsoring banditry in the country. He made the clarification in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Thursday while speaking with journalists shortly after chairing the North Central public hearing on national insecurity, held as part of the Senate’s ongoing […] Read more
