MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused his successor, Muhammadu Buhari, of fostering corruption, mainly through the 2022 state pardons granted to two convicted former governors. In his newly released book, Nigeria: Past and Future, Obasanjo claimed that Buhari’s administration presided over “the most atrocious waste” and that “corruption was at its peak” […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The federal government has reacted to last Wednesday’s United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa which gave President Donald Trump the green light to designate Nigeria ‘Country of Particular Concern’ and impose stringent sanctions on it over widespread killing of Christians in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says there […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas This week’s Saturday column examines Nasir El-Rufai’s transformation from an internally displaced “accidental public servant” to a troubled, accidental, one-band opposition squad who is railing against exactly the same things he did when he was in power. Enjoy: Nasir El-Rufai’s Scorched-Earth One-Man Opposition By Farooq A. Kperogi Like a stranded mariner gasping […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas I Think of Godswill Akpabio today and I remember another Senate president of a previous putrescent era, Joseph Wayas. Joseph Wayas was the senate president under the Shehu Shagari presidency 1979-1983. Joseph Wayas was a native of Obudu in the old Cross Rivers state which included at the time, the […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas “Possibly he cohabited with Miss Bloggs, but don’t mention it in front of his wife, let the sleeping dogs lie.” Gordon Jarvie’s ‘Dictionary of Idioms’ contains that example of a warning that has been with us since Geoffrey Chaucer’s 1385 epic poem, Troilus and Criseyde. When the storm is […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party in the 2023 elections on Thursday said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu has done “very well”. Speaking during his meeting with the Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, Obi said Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress are delivering on the promises they […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Mr Obasanjo criticised the superhighway project, describing the 700km project as wasteful, corrupt, and a misplaced priority. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and David Umahi (Credit: X) The federal government has criticized former President Olusegun Obasanjo for opposing the N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, saying those criticising the project should not use […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas •Ex-Kaduna governor insists current situation in ruling party unhealthy •We won’t lose sleep in Kaduna, says state party chairman •Lukman: He should’ve allowed us join SDP as group based on ongoing negotiations The presidency, yesterday, said former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s inordinate ambition was the reason he left the ruling […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Onanuga •Says Nigeria more secure today than before ABUJA — THE Presidency has faulted the position of the Catholic Conference of Nigeria on the alleged worsening condition of the economy, insecurity, corruption, poverty and electoral fraud under President Bola Tinubu, saying that the country under the current administration was moving in the […] Read more
By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas At a point I was in a quandary on how to address Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. What unfolded at the Lagos State House of Assembly presented a dilemma similar to that which confronted journalists after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won free and square by MKO […] Read more
