MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Power in Nigeria does not shout. It waits. It moves silently, through files, through whispers, through the subtle shifting of alliances. A nomination stalls. Doors close without a word. Committees awaken with sudden urgency. Somewhere in the capital, a former ally calls it what he fears it is: a witch hunt. That is how […] Read more
PETER OBI WILL DEFEAT ATIKU ABUBAKAR AND ROTIMI AMAECHI IN ADC DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS
Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Direct Primaries are the forte of popular presidential candidates who are not very wealthy personally but are rich in people. The pitiable lack of knowledge on democratic practices outside the shores of Nigeria make Nigerians underrate the prospects of Peter Obi versus Abubakar Atiku and Amaechi in a direct Primaries […] Read more
Dr. Richard Ikiebe MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Lately, Abuja has embarked on signing or deepening defence partnerships with the United States, China, United Kingdom, Russia, France, India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and now Türkiye, often within overlapping timeframes and against a backdrop of unrelenting insecurity. On paper, this looks like strategic diversification. But given Nigeria’s weak institutions […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Mallam Nasir Ahmad EL-Rufai, a former leading member of the ruling APC but now a frontline opposition figure who has been fishing in the troubled waters of Nigerian politics for some time, may have been dragged into the water by a fish heavier than his modest body frame. And like still waters […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Alhaji Shehu Shagari first met General Murtala Mohammed in August 1974. Newly appointed Federal Commissioner for Communications, Murtala, wrote a memo for cabinet approval and needed financial clearance from Shagari, then Commissioner for Finance. Shagari recalled the encounter: “I studied the memo carefully and made a number of comments and suggestions. He […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Talking about coups, the most benevolent military regime that ever ruled Nigeria was the one led by General Yakubu Gowon while the most principled one was led by his successor, General Murtala Muhammed, who committed billions of dollars and other logistic requirements towards the liberation struggle in Southern Africa. […] Read more
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
