MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas IN Nigeria’s fast-moving political world, where loyalty shifts like sand in a Harmattan gust, Nyesom Wike this week caused a massive stir. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and a key figure in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) announced his support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. “I am a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, signed a proclamation banning the citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States. The commission said this in a statement on Thursday, in reaction to the new travel ban imposed by US President Donald Trump, which affects seven African countries. According to the commission, the US […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas During the visit, Tinubu also commissioned the access road to the Lekki Deep Seaport. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday visited the Dangote refinery in Lagos, describing the project as a massive investment and point of reference. “Having inspected the Dangote refinery, which is a great point of reference, a great phenomenon of […] Read more
By Jibrin Ibrahim MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Although I have been a student of political science for over fifty years, I still often get surprised by the way in which security agencies take extremist positions in reading political criticisms of the regime in power. When my good friend Pat Utomi announced the decision of the big […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has denied claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu operates under the influence of powerful advisers, asserting instead that the president maintains full control over his government’s direction. Speaking at Thursday’s 2025 Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Distinguished Personality Lecture at Ile-Ife, Wike defended the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The exit of Mele kyari as the helmsman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, as usual, has been greeted with mix reactions. While many hail the geologist for laying the foundations for the reformations in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry and paving the way for the stabilization of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Mr Gates, through his Gates Foundation, has spent millions of dollars in Nigeria, majorly in the areas of health and agriculture. President Bola Tinubu has conferred Nigeria’s third highest national honour, Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), on American Bill Gates. Mr Tinubu conferred the honour on the billionaire […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he often wept when he thinks about the alleged acts of betrayal shown to him by the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. Wike made this statement during a media parley in Abuja on Monday while reacting to questions about […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas As Nigeria inches closer to the 2027 general elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), once the dominant political force in the country, is teetering on the edge of collapse. Once synonymous with power, patronage, and a broad national spread, the PDP now appears rudderless—battered by internal divisions, high-profile defections, and a vanishing […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Four Inspectors of the Nigeria Police Force have been accused of forcibly abducting and extorting the sum of ₦151.5 million from a Nigerian citizen, Mr. Segun Okubajo, who was visiting from abroad. The allegations are contained in a detailed petition dated May 2, 2025, and addressed to the Inspector-General of Police, Dr. […] Read more
