By Yusuf Babalola MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Nigerians have frowned at President Bola Tinubu’s frequent foreign travels amid the current economic challenges occasioned by his administration’s policies. Leadership Sunday reports that the economic policies of the current administration have sent the cost of living skyrocketing, with hikes in the prices of goods and services after the […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Commissioner of Budget and Planning, Abdulmalik Abubakar Gajam, said the Minister of State for Defence, Matawalle, received ₦290 billion as allocation, ₦133 billion as local government allocation and obtained a loan of ₦105 billion but could not pay gratuity to retirees. The government of Zamfara state has accused the immediate past […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carrier Emirates flight landed at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Tuesday. This is coming two years after the suspension of operation by the airline over several issues including unresolved trapped funds belonging to the airline. However the flight EK 783 which touched down […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Tackling Nigeria’s security crisis demands a problem-specific, or region-specific approach beyond the current involvement of military, a new report has revealed. It is based on a research by the Initiative for Economic Development Communication, (INSDEC) Lagos and the International Organisation for Peacebuilding and Social Justice (PSJ-UK). The report was signed by Executive […] Read more
By Bola BOLAWOLE MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The face-off between the anti-corruption agency – the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) – and the immediate past civilian governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, is a sad reminder of how weak and easily manipulated institutions are here. It also showcases the crawling stage of our democratic […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Bola Tinubu is facing increasing pressure to appoint former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and human rights activist Shehu Sani to his cabinet. The call for their inclusion comes from the Mandate Protection Vanguard (MPV), a civil society group advocating for strong and competent leadership in Tinubu’s administration. In a statement issued by […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In this week’s Saturday Tribune column, I draw inspiration from how my late father raised me to critique Tinubu’s lavishness amid mass misery in Nigeria. The unfailingly abiding emotional investment I have in the wellbeing of common people springs forth from my experiential and mediated identification with the […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas They did what locusts do to farms. They spared almost nothing. They ate road slabs, pilfered roofs and stole ceilings. They attacked and looted at least one mosque – and at least one church. They hammered concrete slabs and squeezed out of them iron rods for sale. Well-paved roads […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Number 10, Downing Street has been home to Britain’s prime ministers since 1735 AD. Why would a hugely popular new prime minister move into a 289-year-old mansion without spending good pounds on it to buff it up to today’s taste? Keir Starmer, the new British prime minister, moved into […] Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas My Saturday Tribune column on former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello, one of the most detestable governors that ever ruled any state in Nigeria, who is fluttering from the EFCC like a frightened little chicken. Yahaya Bello’s EFCC ComeuppanceBy Farooq A. KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogi I am not from Kogi […] Read more
