By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Although he doesn’t look it physically, Pope Leo XIV, the brand-new pope, has documented Black, and possibly some Nigerian or Beninese, ancestry from his maternal side. Today’s Saturday Tribune column dissects that in light of America’s politics of race and identity: The New Pope is “Black,” Now What? […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Benin Republic Shuts Border With Kwara Communities Over Attacks By New Terror Group Mahmuda, Arms Smuggling – Sources On Tuesday, May 7, 2025, the President of Benin Republic ordered a total closure of the border route between Taberu, a village in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, and Tanu, a neighbouring […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Not Foreign Herders – Miyetti Allah Reveals Masterminds of Plateau Crisis The National Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Association, Saleh Alhassan, has claimed that politicians are the real cause of the crisis in Plateau State, not herders. He made the claim on Friday during an appearance on Channels […] Read more
By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “The bottomline is for the refineries to work – eventually. If they do not, President Tinubu should understand that former President Obasanjo is waiting around the corner to laugh him to scorn!” Reports that N90 billion was found in the account of one of the recently-sacked Managing Directors of […] Read more
By Punch Editorial Board MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas NIGERIA is teetering on the brink. From Niger to Kaduna, Zamfara to Sokoto, Borno to Kwara and Plateau to Benue, Islamic terrorists, bandits, and Fulani herders are painting the landscape with innocent blood. This must stop. The devastating attacks have intensified in the past month, Nigeria recording a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday played a video recording allegedly showing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, issuing inflammatory directives which the prosecution claims incited acts of terrorism across the South-East region of the country. The Wednesday proceedings resumed before Justice James Omotosho […] Read more
By Prince Wola MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Kemi Badenoch once seemed like the rising star of UK politics—a British Conservative leader with Nigerian roots, hailed by some as a symbol of modern, merit-based success. But today, her political future is hanging by a thread. After suffering a devastating blow in the recent UK local elections—losing over […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “There is the saying, to wit, an elder running in the afternoon: if he is not pursuing something, something is pursuing him” As was wont our practice, we rubbed minds as those of us who were friends and aides sat at table with Governor Ayodele Fayose at Osuntokun House, […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas When vultures surround you, stay awake so that you do not die stupid death. Whether you are in business or you are in politics or you are anything of value, stay alive and stay alert. People shave people’s heads in their absence. In 1938, Britain was rumoured to have […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The officials were apprehended over the alleged mismanagement of $2.96 billion earmarked for refinery rehabilitation projects. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended former managing directors and top executives of Nigeria’s three major state-owned refineries—Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. The […] Read more
