MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Nigerian High Commissioner-designate to South Africa, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has demanded urgent action by the South African Government to protect Nigerians and bring perpetrators of killings involving Nigerian nationals to justice. Fani-Kayode, reacting to the recent killings of Bishop Michael Taiwo Fakunle and James Uchechukwu Nwankwo in Johannesburg in a statement made […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has released the final list of candidates for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections scheduled for January 2027, featuring 18 political parties and their presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The list, signed by Rose Oriaran-Anthony, Secretary of the Commission, shows that the ruling All Progressives Congress APC […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Abayomi Arabambi, has sued the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) over the alleged refusal to release details of the academic record of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC). Arabambi, in a fresh suit, said he had requested a certified true copy (CTC) […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas This is a treatise that is worth ruminating about and disseminating to appropriate quarters . Please take some time to read and digest , in our free time . TINUBU’S “FAILURE” IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS? OR THE PRICE OF FIXING PROBLEMS EVERYBODY ELSE DODGED? There is something intellectually dishonest about the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “When a leader loses that one thing, you lose me,” Mr El-Buba said when asked why he dumped Mr Obi to endorse the SDP candidate. Isa El-Buba, a Plateau-based cleric, says he stopped supporting Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for 2027, because he lacks courage. Mr […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Myke Uzendu, Abuja Nigeria has lost a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), businessman and elder statesman, Alhaji Dr Bamanga Tukur, who died on Saturday at the age of 90. Tukur, the Tafidan Adamawa, reportedly died at about noon at his residence on Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse 2, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Leadership of the National Assembly has announced formal suspension of all official visits to the Republic of South Africa, including the boycotting of South African-hosted or South African-organised legislative activities and engagements until further notice. The directive to the Clerk to the National Assembly to communicate the decision to all the Senators, members, […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Public office in Nigeria is, largely, a route to living lavishly ever after. You are overcompensated while in office and further spoilt in retirement after your four- or eight-year tenure. Meanwhile, civil servants who helped to run the government for 35 years retire into poverty as their meagre entitlements […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas …moves to regulate internet access for under-16s The Federal Government on Thursday unveiled a major digital education intervention that will allow millions of Nigerian students to access approved educational platforms without paying for internet data, in a move aimed at dismantling one of the biggest barriers to technology-driven learning in the country. […] Read more
National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Seriake Dickson, has said he does not belong to either the Obidient or Kwankwasiyya political support groups, insisting that his allegiance is to the NDC. Dickson made the clarification during an interview on Arise TV’s Prime Time on Wednesday, while speaking on the relationship between the party and […] Read more
