By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In today’s Saturday’s column, I bring to public attention what a close supporter of Tinubu, who is Yoruba, confided in me about Tinubu’s Yorubacentric provincialism at the NNPC, reminiscent of Buhari’s unabashed Arewacentricity. I hope Nigeria can transcend the ethnocratic insularity of its leaders someday. Tinubu’s Buharization of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas El-Rufai Reacts as Kperogi Accuses Tinubu of Appointing Yoruba People to Major Positions in NNPCL Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, has weighed in on Professor Farooq Kperogi’s recent criticism of alleged ethnic favouritism in President Bola Tinubu’s appointments. In an article titled “Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC,” Kperogi accused […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas On Thursday, the opposition Labour Party (LP), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and others made a mockery of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for Nigeria’s growing poverty. The opposition parties’ denunciation came after a widely shared video of long lines of Nigerians waiting for meals on Christmas Eve at President Bola Tinubu’s Bourdillon […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY, GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE Executive Governor of Oyo State Date: 24th December 2024 Subject: Acknowledgment of Your Statement on the Sharia Court Controversy and Call for Further Action Your Excellency, On behalf of YSDM-USA, a global organization dedicated to preserving the peace, unity, and cultural heritage of Yorubaland, […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022 have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro who sentenced them to various jail terms totaling twenty-eight (28) years with hard labour. By […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas There is some method to Dele Farotimi’s radicalized message and revolutionary streak The Revolution Farotimi is soliciting and canvassing to me, is for beyond just trying to defame Aare Afe Babalola for those who have the ears to hear and the eyes to see what the young man, a patriot of a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The recent food stampedes in Ibadan, Anambra, and Abuja, which claimed at least 50 lives in three days, starkly illustrate the depth of Nigeria’s economic and social crisis. These tragedies, where citizens died in desperate attempts to secure food and cash donations, are not isolated events but symbols of a systemic failure. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas By Damilola Aina President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has clarified that the recent reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol, to N899.50 per litre at its loading gantry was primarily driven by the complex dynamics of market forces. He also said it is his responsibility to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The presidency has dismissed reports claiming that fighter jets mistakenly bombed two communities in Sokoto State while targeting terrorists. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, refuted the allegations late Wednesday via his X account describing the news as false and urged the public to disregard it. “Kindly disregard […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The mother of a former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, Funmilayo Ogunseyi, has called on President Bola Tinubu and well-meaning Nigerians to intervene in her daughter’s legal troubles following the stampede in Ibadan, Oyo State. Mataz Arising reports that Naomi is among three individuals taken before the Iyaganku Magistrate Court in Ibadan in […] Read more
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