MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas When the 2023 presidential election results were announced, many analysts and commentators gave a largely unanimous verdict regarding the voting pattern in the South-East. The region had voted almost entirely along the ethnic line. The figures told part of the story: Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party swept the zone with over […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Lagos State Deputy Governor and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2027 election, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has dismissed speculation that he entered into an agreement to serve only one term if elected governor, insisting there was never such an arrangement. Speaking in an interview, Hamzat described the claim as […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has claimed that the President Bola Tinubu administration has only now embraced an electricity policy direction he advocated more than two decades ago, arguing that the government spent nearly three years worsening Nigeria’s power crisis before […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The crypto market adoption and use in Nigeria is driven overwhelmingly by utility, rather than speculation: Dollar-pegged stablecoins, especially USDT and increasing adoption of USDC, are used widely as a mechanism to hold working capital, as a means of savings, and for peer-to-peer transactions. The American dollar and dollar-pegged stablecoins present as […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has formally ended his relationship with his longtime lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor. He directed him to immediately stop acting on behalf of him, his family and the pro-Biafra movement. Kanu conveyed the decision in a letter dated July 22, 2026, from the Sokoto […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has taken fresh action against Professor Bello Abubakar, the oncologist accused of issuing a fake medical report for former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The commission has petitioned the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) to investigate and sanction him for […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Fresh controversy has erupted over former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s political role ahead of the 2027 general election, with the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum accusing him of secretly working to secure President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. Obasanjo’s former Political Adviser, Dr Akin Osuntokun, however, insisted the ex-President is the architect of the Peter Obi-Rabiu […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Mr Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, argued that the president is “tired” and no longer has the capacity to solve Nigeria’s worsening economic and security problems. The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to retire from office ahead of the next […] Read more
