MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Monday Lines 2 FAAC soup for sick states By Lasisi Olagunju (Published on Monday, 07 September, 2026). I cooked this piece’s title from Alice Urquhart Fewell’s ‘Soups for the Sick’ published in 1920. I went for it after I found William Bascom’s ‘Yoruba Cooking’ (1951) very inadequate for my lessons on what […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Monday Lines 1 Clerics, politicians, and election money By Lasisi Olagunju (Published on Monday, 07 September, 2026). Chief S. L. Akintola, post-independence Premier of the Western Region, knew that when money entered politics, trust could develop wings. There is a story of how he once sent two trusted associates to some people […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Independent National Electoral Commission has unveiled a new operational strategy aimed at strengthening its preparations and identifying potential challenges ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. The strategy centres on a real-time monitoring system that will allow the commission’s headquarters to track the preparedness of its offices across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has thrown his weight behind Seyi Makinde’s bid for the presidency in 2027, declaring that the Oyo State governor is qualified to lead Nigeria. Obi made the statement on Monday at the inauguration of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential campaign office […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Nasir El-Rufai’s lawyers said the ₦10 billion demand was a proposed settlement, not damages awarded or agreed by a court. Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai has demanded a public apology and ₦10 billion in compensation from the Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, over an allegation that he deliberately planned killings in […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has tackled former Labour Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, for claiming that none of President Bola Tinubu’s opponents in the 2027 election can improve Nigeria, including his former running mate, Peter Obi. Obi, who ran with Baba-Ahmed in 2023, is the NDC presidential candidate ahead […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas L-R: Group Vice President, Oil & Gas and Fertiliser, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin; Company Secretary, Dangote Petroleun Refinery & Petrochemicals, Christian Meseko; President/CE, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; Group Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer, Vetiva Capital Management Limited, Chuka Eseka and CEO, Dangote Petroleun Refinery & Petrochemicals, David Bird; at [... Read more
