MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday denied making a statement indicating that Northerners would be made to suffer dearly if President Bola Tinubu loses the 2027 presidential election. Akpabio, in denying the statement linked to a purported Facebook post by one Engr. Ibrahim Umar Ammar, described it as […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, has said President Tinubu deserved commendation, not vilification, for his economic policies, particularly scrapping the fuel subsidy regime. At an interactive session with journalists on Wednesday in his office, Alake, who was recently announced as lead spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, declared […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State has demanded an apology from Governor Hyacinth Alia over the attack and blockade of the convoy of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, during his visit to the state. This was just as the party said the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The United States Secret Service placed Nigerian national Egbe Tony Iyamu on its official most-wanted list alongside 31 other fugitives Iyamu is the only African on the 32-person list and is wanted in connection with a case handled by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey Authorities allege Iyamu […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Chidiebere Onyemaizu Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the, 2027 African Democratic Party, ADC governorship candidate for Lagos made a brief and surprise appearance at the recent Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos General Assembly meeting held at Gbajabiamila Conference Hall, Lagos state University, Ojo. He spoke to Daily Sun on the sidelines of the meeting, about his governorship […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, John Charles, James Abraham and Nathaniel Shaibu The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, and the Benue State Government on Tuesday traded blame over the disruption of his planned visit to Yelwata, Benue State, as some youths barricaded a major road in Makurdi and prevented his convoy […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The NDLEA has arrested and repatriated 52-year-old Festus Ibewuike, a suspected drug kingpin who had been on the run for more than two years following the seizure of 49.70kg of heroin at the MMIA, Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested and repatriated Festus Ibewuike, also known as Chidibest […] Read more
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
