MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas •Insecurity diminishing prospects of national unity •Livestock husbandry has become politicised, militarised, weaponised •At 85, I’m afraid I won’t see a better Nigeria Prof Daniel Saror, was the seventh Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. He was elected to the Senate representing Benue North East District between 1999 and 2007. He was also […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday signed the Lagos State Electricity Law 2024 into law, aligning the state with the Electricity Act 2023 and the amended Nigerian Constitution. The governor also formally inaugurated the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) at Lagos House, Ikeja. The commission will regulate and oversee the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. The development was confirmed on Monday in a statement issued by the governor’s media aide, Nuhu Anka, who said the defection followed his principal’s engagements with party leaders, elders and supporters in the state. “The […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The discoveries include three villas and six apartments, all said to be located in highbrow estates and areas in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has reportedly discovered multiple real estate properties in Egypt connected to the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Akpan’s comments followed reports that the former governor owns multi-billion-naira properties in Egypt. Ubong Esop Akpan, legal counsel to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of carrying out politically motivated persecution. Akpan’s comments followed reports that the former governor […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The lawmaker was suspended indefinitely by the Cross River State House of Assembly last week following reports that he repeatedly assaulted his wife. Mr. Ovat Dickson Agbor, the suspended lawmaker representing Obubra 1 State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, has been arrested by the Cross River State Police […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The appellate court dismissed the governor’s appeal for lacking merit and awarded ₦2 million in costs against him. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal filed by Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, against a November 24, 2025, ruling by the Federal High Court in Akure challenging his eligibility to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Even as Washington’s strategic attention remains heavily focused on the escalating confrontation with Iran and tensions in Cuba, a growing bloc of conservative voices in the United States is urging President Donald Trump to direct more attention toward Nigeria, arguing that Africa’s most populous country could become the next major geopolitical flashpoint. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), also known as the Kampala Convention, into law, strengthening humanitarian protection and safeguarding the rights and dignity of displaced Nigerians. Titled “Act to Give Effect to the Provisions of the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 9 March, 2026). On August 2, 1100, England’s King William II went hunting in the New Forest in southern England. During the chase, an arrow shot at a stag by his companion, the Norman nobleman Walter Tirel struck an oak tree, ricocheted, […] Read more
