MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A bill seeking to return Nigeria to the parliamentary system of government passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill seeks to establish the office of the Prime Minister as Head of Government and the President as Head of State. The proposed legislation was among the 32 constitutional […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Nigerians are going without food as high transport costs raise food prices and squeeze households’ incomes. With petrol prices jumping nearly five times in 22 months, transport costs have risen by 20 to 100 percent over the period, raising the cost of logistics for food traders who pass it onto the consumers. […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Bola Tinubu is a president lashing out in panic and deep fear. His broadcast declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State yesterday was a self indicting broadside made by a man in real panic of the possible fallouts from removing a duly elected government. Neither the president nor anybody […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In this week’s Saturday column, I go beyond Tinubu’s unconstitutional usurpation of power in Rivers State and explore why he seems to be doing the exact things he spent his political career condemning before he became president. I use insights from psychology and philosophy to make sense of him and others who […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Jalingo revealed that Rita’s father, an immigration officer, died after participating in a protest against the demolition of his palm plantation to make way for the Obudu International Airport. Journalist and human rights activist Agba Jalingo has narrated how the father of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, who was recently […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A delegation from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), led by its President and Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, had paid a courtesy visit to President Tinubu to discuss pressing national issues. Following a meeting between Catholic Bishops in Nigeria and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Catholic Bishops have […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Afenifere Youth Leader Ojajuni Recounts 12-Day Ordeal In Kidnappers’ Den, Exposes 55 Bandit Camps In Southwest Nigeria Speaking at a press conference, Ojajuni recounted his recent abduction, describing it as a wake-up call for the government and security agencies. The National Youth President of Afenifere, Prince Eniola Ojajuni, has called for urgent […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Letters from the Home Office, seen by the publication, instruct some nurses to leave as early as next week after their visas were revoked due to allegations made by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Some Nigerian nurses under investigation for fraud at a UK test center have been ordered to leave […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Her salary and allowances have also been withheld for the duration of the suspension, and she has been barred from identifying herself as a senator. The Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio, has been sued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) over “the failure to reverse the patently unlawful suspension of Senator […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The young lady, who shared her grievances on TikTok via the handle @talktoraye, was seen in tears as she lamented the rising cost of goods in Nigeria. A serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Lagos State has raised concerns over alleged threats from the NYSC board after she criticized President […] Read more
