MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The U.S. State Department announced Monday that it has revoked over 100,000 visas since U.S. President Donald Trump took office nearly a year ago. The revoked visas include “some 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized visas for individuals who had encounters with U.S. law enforcement for criminal activity,” the department said on […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The price war in the petroleum sector has continued to deepen as some retail outlets have dropped the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) below the N739 per litre recommended by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The PUNCH reports that since the Dangote refinery slashed petrol pump prices from about N900 to N739 in […] Read more
By LADIPO ADAMOLEKUN MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas All governments are coalitions. The choice is whether the coalition is within one party or between several.— The Economist, October 28, 1995. Nigeria: Coalition Government for a Decade Each time I reflect on the future political system for Nigeria, I feel that the overwhelming evidence is for a coalition government to […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In a 2006 political conference sponsored by the now defunct British Department for International Development (DFID) on political development in Nigeria, a proposal was made during committee deliberations by this writer to split the job of the management of political parties from the work of conducting elections. Mr. Lai Mohammed, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Today’s Saturday column shows how Nyesom Wike’s alcohol-powered bravado has turned him into a tempestuous political street brawler who is picking fights with virtually everyone, including President Tinubu, who controls the feeding bottle from which he currently draws both political sustenance and symbolic legitimacy. Wike Getting Awfully Close to Fighting Tinubu By […] Read more
Abayomi Ishola MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas For nearly two decades, Nigeria has lived with terror like an unwanted houseguest, eating from the kitchen, sleeping in the living room, rearranging the furniture of normal life. We adjusted our schedules around kidnappings, our prayers around mass burials, our expectations around failure. Insurgency became background noise; atrocity became routine. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its lexicon with the addition of 24 Nigerian words and expressions such as “nyash,” “biko,” ‘Ghana-Must-Go’, and “abeg,” reflecting the growing global influence of Nigerian language and culture. This global recognition recognition of Nigerian and West African words and expressions reflects the growing influence of Nigerian […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Prof Akinyemi stated this on Monday in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television. Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, a former Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said that oil interests are behind President Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela. Prof Akinyemi stated this on Monday in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas If there’s any one who stirs so much dislike and who Nigerians are sure has no chance in the 2027 presidential election, it is Atiku Abubakar. He is intrusive and is now everywhere flaunting a presidential candidacy he does not yet have and grandstanding with the name of ADC as […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas (Published on Monday, 29 December, 2025). There is a Yoruba proverb for our insecurity and the external help we got last Thursday: Let the man see the snake; let the woman kill it. What matters is that the snake dies (Kí ọkùnrin rí ejò, kí obìnrin pa á; ohun […] Read more
