MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas This is coming barely a week after Tinubu transmitted the names of Reno Omokri, former INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu and others to the Senate for consideration as ambassadors. President Bola Tinubu has nominated Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, the immediate past Sole Administrator of Rivers State, for appointment as a non-career ambassador. The President […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Youth and socio-political groups from the North East and North West have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to retain Vice President Kashim Shettima, cautioning that any move to elevate former Speaker Yakubu Dogara to a more prominent political role could unsettle party loyalists and create uncertainty ahead of the 2027 elections. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has broken his silence on the lingering allegations surrounding the sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. The Kaduna-based scholar, in a strongly worded public prayer on Thursday, called for divine punishment on anyone benefiting from the bloodshed ravaging the country. His remarks have once again placed him […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “No nation secures itself through security forces alone. Everyone must play a role, especially at the community level.” The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, says lasting peace and stability in Nigeria cannot be achieved by security agencies alone without the active involvement of communities and critical stakeholders. Mr Ribadu stated this […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Dumebi Kachikwu, on Thursday challenged President Bola Tinubu to “tell Nigerians the truth” about the forces behind the country’s prolonged security crisis, insisting that the era of secrecy around terrorism sponsors must end. Kachikwu made the appeal at a media parley in Abuja, where […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The CEO of a United States-based home care company, Cashmir Chinedu Luke, has been arrested at San Francisco International Airport by American authorities for defrauding the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) of over $7 million. In a statement by the Department of Justice, Mr. Luke was arrested at San Francisco International Airport […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas *…. as court fixes Dec 8 to hear motion for transfer, The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, who was recently convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, has filed a fresh motion before the Federal High Court in Abuja, adducing reasons why he should be transferred from Sokoto […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas At least 1,680 schoolchildren have been kidnapped in Nigeria since 2014 when the Chibok girls incident happened, the Senate said on Wednesday. Similarly, terrorists attacked about 180 school facilities within the same period, according to its AdHoc Committee investigating the implementation of the Safe School Initiative (SSI). The committee, which is headed […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Senate President, therefore, urged the nominee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the reported withdrawal of soldiers. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of the Defence Minister nominee, Christopher Musa, to ‘take a bow and go’ during his screening at the upper chamber. He admitted that the Nigerian […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Buhari – a masked religious fundamentalist I do not believe in blind patriotism; neither will I bury my head in the sand like the ostrich, pretending that all is well when all is not well. I do not wish to court some undue approbation. I neither condemn nor endorse Donald Trump’s statements […] Read more
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