MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Ms Sibeko noted that she came to the evacuation centre to bid farewell to Nigerians. The president of South Africa’s Inizwe Nathi Party, Thabile Sibeko, has described Nigerians as ‘horrible’ people as the federal government intensified efforts to repatriate its citizens from the country amid xenophobic attacks. Ms Sibeko stated this while […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The state police creation proposal has emerged as one of the most extensively debated reform initiatives in the current review cycle, attracting widespread public interest and stakeholder engagement across the federation. The House of Representatives has released the final print of the Constitution Alteration Bills seeking to provide a constitutional framework for […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to the incident at the Asaba airport, where a private jet missed approach on the runway and landed on a concrete road under construction at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta state as serious breach of regulation and security. In his verified X handle, Keyamo said […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Senate, on Thursday, moved to protect its institutional integrity and reaffirm adherence to constitutional procedures by nullifying a warrant of arrest purportedly issued by the Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) against a former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engr. Mele Kyari. The motion, sponsored […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has formally presented Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the next election, with Princess Damilola Sonayon-James unveiled as his running mate. The announcement signals the next phase of the ruling party’s preparations for the governorship contest and […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Senator Seriake Dickson has declared that he is as qualified as the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to contest for Nigeria’s highest office, insisting that Obi’s emergence as the party’s flag-bearer does not amount to a favour to the party. Speaking on ARISE PrimeTime on Thursday , the former […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Kenneth Okonkwo, has released what he described as evidence to support his allegation of bribery involving the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Peter Obi. Okonkwo, a former actor-turned-politician, had on Monday alleged that Obi and other NDC leaders in the South-East collected N10 […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Federal Government has said Nigeria might consider retaliatory measures following xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa that has necessitated repatriation of those that wish to return home. Meanwhile, the government said the repatriation flights for Nigerians, scheduled to begin today, was delayed because of documentation and screening in cooperation with South African […] Read more
By Idowu Ephraim Faleye MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas June 12 of every year is Democracy Day in Nigeria. Around this same period last year, I wrote the article titled “Unsung Heroes of June 12: They Fought, We Forgot.” Unknown to me, it would be the last article I could write for many months. I was struck […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas On Friday, November 1, 1878, a decisive war was fought in the north-eastern corridor of Yorubaland. History remembers it as the Jalumi War. It was that one-day battle that permanently halted the southward march of the Fulani towards the sea. One of the bitterest engagements of that war was […] Read more
