By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “Nigeria is the rumour-mongering capital of the world!” “Is she no longer the poverty capital of the world?” “It still is! That is double honours” “That is too much baggage. The Tinubu administration is addressing the monster of poverty headlong. Soon, we shall be out of the woods…” “So […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas (Published on Monday, 27 October, 2025). When Christopher Columbus met the Tanio people in today’s Bahamas in 1492, he handed them a sword, they grasped it by the blade and had their fingers cut. To Columbus, that was enough proof that the Tanios lacked the right education and knowledge and therefore could […] Read more
By Mohammed Bello Doka MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In a move that caught the nation by surprise, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu this week relieved General Christopher Gwabin Musa of his duties as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), replacing him with General Olufemi Oluyede, a Yoruba officer from the South-West. Though the Presidency framed the action as a routine reshuffle aimed […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas EXPOSED: How Southern Ports Are Being Deliberately Underdeveloped to Keep Nigeria’s Maritime Economy Under Lagos Control For years, Nigerians have been told half-truths about port development, dredging costs, and economic feasibility. But a closer look reveals something more sinister: a deliberate, well-orchestrated strategy to centralize Nigeria’s maritime economy around Lagos, keeping the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Lasisi Olagunju (Published on Monday, 20 October, 2025). In mid-19th-century Ibadan, military expeditions under Balogun Ibikunle were so successful in slave-catching that by 1859, the city was gripped in the apprehension that it had harvested more slaves than it could control. Professor Bolanle Awe, citing missionary Hinderer’s Half-Yearly Report of Ibadan […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Farooq A. Kperogi In today’s Saturday column, I take advantage of the Tinubu government’s admission that it has not yet finalized its much-criticized state pardon to advise it, especially regarding the unmerited clemency granted to Maryam Sanda who murdered her husband in cold blood: Maryam Sanda and Tinubu’s Crisis of Clemency […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Today’s Saturday column looks at the appointment of Joash Amupitan as INEC chairman and locates it in a broader pattern of Tinubu’s greater pan-Yoruba project. It advises how the North should react: New INEC Boss and Tinubu’s Visibilization of Northern Yorubas By Farooq A. Kperogi Everyone who is […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas • As Reps resume, swear in by-election winners There was confrontation on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday as Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Obi Aguocha, clashed over the deteriorating health condition of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria has found a way to loop into the epochal trade dispute between NUPENG, PENGASSAN and the Dangote Refinery. Dangote Refinery is the single biggest private sector investment in the history of Nigeria, no question. The Refinery has come to dominate the entire downstream […] Read more
By OLASUNKANMI SUKKY ADELEKE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas THE NEGATIVE ANECDOTAL ARTICLE ABOUT WOMEN THAT WAS PURPORTEDLY WRITTEN BY PROF. WOLE SOYINKA: A SINISTER MOTIVE AND THE RESPONSE OF IGNORAMUSES ON SOCIAL MEDIA! An anecdotal article that is purportedly written by Prof. Wole Soyinka has been trending on social media for about a week now. The […] Read more
