MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Myke Uzendu, Abuja The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected a Federal High Court judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the party and four others, describing the ruling as a grave threat to Nigeria’s democracy and political stability. Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor. By James Ogunnaike A Former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has renewed his call for the establishment of state police, insisting that the initiative remains one of the most effective solutions to Nigeria’s escalating security […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Never poison a stream from which you may want to drink in future. That is a profound and timeless warning from the stable of our forebears. It is closely related to the modern idiom, “Don’t burn your bridges.” In a literal sense, this proverb speaks directly to ecological and resource […] Read more
By Wale Akinselure MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Deputy Director-General of the State Security Service and ex-Chairman of the Oyo State Amotekun Corps, Brig.-Gen. Kunle Togun (retd.), speaks with WALE AKINSELURE on rising insecurity in the South-West, the effectiveness of regional security efforts, and his controversial views on the forces driving banditry and insurgency in the REGION. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The South African Government has begun to lament the impacts of xenophobic claims by some individuals, leading to income loss for businesses of its citizens abroad. The government, through its Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, clarified that the mass evacuation that recently happened in the country was targeted at […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), said the hours surrounding the death of Gen. Sani Abacha on June 8, 1998, left him with a lingering sense that “something was fishy.” He disclosed that he and the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, were mysteriously locked inside a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas …says ‘I’ll dialogue with agitators, make sacrifices’ The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, for the 2027 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed concerns over growing political support for President Bola Tinubu from state governors, insisting that governors do not determine election outcomes. Obi also pledged to engage and listen […] Read more
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo & Kingsly Omonobi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas •Tinubu vows: We won’t bow to abductors’ demand to free captured bandits The current spike in kidnapping across the country took a frightening dimension as abducted former spokesman of the Nigerian Army, retired Major General Abubakar Rabe, died in the custody of bandits who abducted him in […] Read more
By Charles Kumolu, MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Xenophobic attacks: ‘Nigerians always first suspects even when other Africans commit crime’— Onyekwelu, President-General, Nigerian group in S/Africa Deputy Editor South Africa is once again edging towards pariah status, not globally as it did during the apartheid era, but within Africa itself. Unlike the past, when apartheid made the country a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has renewed his demand for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. He argued that the continued imprisonment of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader is unwarranted and does little to address the grievances fuelling agitation in parts of the country. Speaking during […] Read more
