Basil Okoh MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa has just been arrested and taken in by the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly stealing N1.3 Trillion from one agency of the Delta State government, DESOPADEC. Just the thought of the humongous sum is making thinking men and women of Delta swoon. People […] Read more
Written by Wole Olaoye MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Six years ago, in my column in Daily Trust shortly after he broke the existing code of secrecy by revealing his humongous salary of N13.5 million as a senator, I said the following about the political activist, Shehu Sani: “Shehu Sani has not disappointed those who swore that he […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas How Nigeria’s Moribund Refineries Kill Hopes Of Cheap Petrol Despite Dangote Refinery’s Operations Warri refinery has a capacity as 125,000 barrels per day, Kaduna refinery has a capacity of 110,000 barrels per day, while the two combined refinery has a combined capacity for 210,000 barrels per day. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Dangote Refinery has disclosed the price of its petrol, revealing that it sells petrol at N960 per litre for ships and maintains a price of N990 per litre for trucks. The statement follows claims from the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Federal Government has raised the compensation for property owners affected by Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, increasing the amount from an initial N8 billion to approximately N18 billion. The announcement was made by the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, at a stakeholder engagement in Lagos, where discussions […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The organisation described the action of the police as an “irresponsible act of inhumanity” that has “attracted national and international outrage”, and “will forever be a stain on our national consciousness as a so-called democratic country”. The Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners’ Forum expressed its shock and outrage, echoing the sentiments of Nigerians, […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas My column on the back page of Saturday Tribune today: Nigeria is doddering on the edge of never-before-seen economic desolation, but President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s major preoccupation is not to bring ministration to a badly hurting nation but to prosecute harmless, impoverished, malnourished, and undernourished minors of […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The internet is ablaze with a viral video of House of Representatives member Alexander Mascot Ikwechegh from Abia State—who, in an amusing slip of self-importance, incorrectly refers to himself as a “Senator of this Republic”—brutally harassing a poised and unflappably courteous Bolt driver in Maitama, Abuja, identified as […] Read more
By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Those who created the T-Pain label for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must be grinning from ear-to-ear for the phenomenal success they have recorded! Not that they said anything new or that Nigerians were not familiar with the phenomenon they graphically painted but because the Tinubu government allowed it to […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas ‘Little girl’, Fani-Kayode hits UK Politician Badenoch over attack on Nigerians A Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has tackled Kemi Badenoch over repeated bashing of Nigerians in her bid to replace ousted former UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, as leader of the Tory party. In an interview with Mail Online, the […] Read more
