MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Between Fela and Whizkid… 1 By Bola BOLAWOLE “Anything you can do/I can do it better/I’m the toughest (I’m the toughest)/And I can do what you can’t do/You’ll never try to do what I do/I’m the toughest/I’m the toughest” (1978) – Peter Tosh. Growing up in the late sixties, seventies and early […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Three years have passed since the United Kingdom began publicly assisting Nigeria in its efforts to confront the country’s domestic kidnapping crisis. Over the same period, figures from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics show the number of kidnapped citizens rising at an alarming rate. UK ministers have repeatedly highlighted the same flagship […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Nigeria’s ambassador, Reno Omokri, has given a detailed account of how he apologised to President Bola Tinubu after previously labelling him a “drug lord,” admitting that the allegation was based on information he later discovered to be false. Omokri made the clarification in a statement Wednesday while reacting to comments credited to […] Read more
By Idowu Ephraim Faleye MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Many people still ask what Boko Haram and ISWAP are really fighting for in Nigeria. Some say it is poverty. Others say injustice, politics, bad leadership, or neglect of the North. These explanations sound comforting because they make the crisis feel simple and fixable. But they miss the […] Read more
By Idowu Ephraim Faleye MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The argument about who developed Lagos has become loud, emotional, and often dishonest. It is repeated everywhere, from casual conversations to serious debates, yet very few people pause to ask the most important question first: what does development truly mean? Until this question is answered honestly, every claim […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas (Published on Monday, 26 January, 2026). The Cambridge English dictionary defines ‘Wizkid’ as “a young person who is very clever and successful.” Collins Dictionary defines it as “a person who is outstandingly successful for his or her age.” Wisdom Library says “’Wiz’ is a shortened form of ‘wizard,’ connoting […] Read more
…To Muhammed Ali, you, and me MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The last nuggets of wisdom from Bob Marley… …To Muhammed Ali, you, and me By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Neither Bob Nesta Marley nor Muhammed Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) needs any introduction – except, perhaps, to the Gen. Z and Alpha generations that know next-to-nothing […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Monday Lines 1 By Lasisi Olagunju (Published on Monday, 19 January, 2026) On Monday, 25 March, 1946, Chief I. B. Akinyele, Chief James Ladejo Ogunsola, Messrs D. T. Akinbiyi and E. A. Sanda, the very cream of the Ibadan educated elite, met behind closed doors with Oyo town delegates at the secretariat […] Read more
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Nigerian government, its military and security experts keep playing games with the issues of national security while citizens die, abducted for ransom or are maimed by bandits, terrorists and outlaws who have taken over the open spaces and forests across the nation. The Nigerian military are already too deeply […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The U.S. State Department announced Monday that it has revoked over 100,000 visas since U.S. President Donald Trump took office nearly a year ago. The revoked visas include “some 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized visas for individuals who had encounters with U.S. law enforcement for criminal activity,” the department said on […] Read more
